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Day 1 Duesseldorf Impressions

The wire fair just started yesterday. The Meisenbach Metallteam collected some impressions for you.The exhibition space alone covers an area of some 60 football pitches. Visitors can discover a vast range of new machinery, production processes, types of metal, qualities ... By Antje Schmidtpeter

On our own account - WIRE

Review of the industry - week 15/2024

At this point, we present the five most read articles of the past week. The ranking is based on your click behavior on the website. By Daniel Keienburg

Wafios presents machines with new assistants that facilitate the set-up of parts

New machinery concepts and sustainable solutions for machine retrofits

At “wire/Tube 2024” show, Wafios exhibits machines that feature semiassisted or fully assisted operator support, especially for setting up new parts. As a matter of course, also newly developed machines for the wire and tube processing industry will be showcased. By Jörg Dambock

Enhancing simplicity to deal with complexity

Micro springs

Coiling extra fine wire is a challenging task in the wire industry, as precision is paramount when dealing with diameters below a tenth of a millimeter. Imperfections are magnified when working with such thin wires. By Jörg Dambock

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Triple cross head type “TQU”. © Troester

20/04/2023 – New member Troester Mexiko

New member Troester Mexiko

Complete extrusion systems for the cable industry

The excellent results of its extrusion technology make Troester GmbH+Co. KG, manufacturer of complete extrusion lines, a competent and reliable partner ... By Jörg Dambock

Schlatter is the competent partner for cold rolling, multiple drawing, stretching, and coiling processes. © Schlatter

20/04/2023 – Wire manufacturing and processing

Wire manufacturing and processing

Cold rolling, multiple drawing, stretching, and coiling processes

The Schlatter Group is not only known as a system provider for resistance welding systems in mesh production, but is also a comprehensive partner for industrial ... By Jörg Dambock

RD-A: Rosendahl’s core insulation line for LAN cables. © Rosendahl Nextrom

19/04/2023 – Fine-tuned foaming process with artificial intelligence

Fine-tuned foaming process with artificial intelligence

How to put 40 Giga bit per second into practice

The latest generation of LAN cables, Category 8, are among the most powerful data cables on the market. In theory, they can transfer data up to 40Gb/s ... By Jörg Dambock

Interior of the “BMV 16” braiding machine. © Niehoff

19/04/2023 – Niehoff at Interwire 2023

Niehoff at Interwire 2023

Perfect braiding and bunching

Maschinenfabrik Niehoff and its subsidiary Niehoff Endex North America, Inc. (NENA) will be exhibiting at the “Interwire 2023” trade fair on stand 841 ... by Konrad Dengler

New model eddy current rotary, “Rotomac 25mm RM” which is designed to test wire and rod in applications such as cold heading and other parts forming operations. © Magnetic Analysis

19/04/2023 – Testing cold headed wire

Testing cold headed wire

New “Rotomac 25 RM” eddy current rotary tests wire and rod

The cost-effective tester is designed for detecting long, continuous surface flaws in cold heading, spring making and similar parts forming operations. By Jörg Dambock

18/04/2023 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 15/2023 in retrospect

Here, we present you the top articles from our four categories. This week, the most read one comes from the category „Reports“. By Daniel Keienburg

The “Profelis” has a blast gun manifold that ensures complete 360-degree finishing. © Vapormatt

18/04/2023 – Surface treatment / Blasting

Surface treatment / Blasting

Wet blasting system for wire and cable finishing

Designed specifically for the surface finishing of wire and cable, the automatic Vapormatt “Profelis” wet blasting system creates a highly clean reactive ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 02/2024

WIRE 2/2024 - the main-fair issue “wire 2024”
From 15 to 19 April the industry will be presenting new machines, technologies and trends expected for the coming years. WIRE shows the highlights in advance.
According to Messe Düsseldorf, the organisers, 1,464 exhibitors from 62 countries have registered for “wire 2024”. Over 67,400 square metres net have been sold in exhibition halls 9 to 17. Together with the “Tube” fair taking place in parallel, around 2,600 exhibitors will be displaying industry news and trends in an area of over 119,000 square metres. On the subject of the fastener area, the current edition of WIRE includes a special section in English of our German-language magazine “Umformtechnik Massiv+Leichtbau”, under the title “Forming Technology solid forming+lightweight construction”. WIRE magazine will be on show at “wire” with its own stand in hall 9, booth C 03. Come and see us at the end of your day at the fair – we look forward to an exchange of views with exhibitors and trade visitors. Your WIRE team