Content

wire 2024

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

Current contents

The metal-coated AluCoat basalt fibres for EM shielding are available as chopped fibre, yarn, fabric or fleece. © Fibre Coat

22/09/2022 – Technical textiles made from aluminium-coated high-performance fibres

Technical textiles made from aluminium-coated high-performance fibres

Significant advantages for electromagnetic shielding

Fibre Coat from Aachen, Germany, uses the aluminium-coated basalt fibres to produce short fibres, yarns and fabrics for electromagnetic shielding in electric ... By Jörg Dambock

Davis-Standard announces the formation of a global sustainability initiative. © Davis-Standard

22/09/2022 – Aligns with United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals

Aligns with United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals

Davis-Standard launches global sustainability initiative

Equipment supplier Davis-Standard is pleased to announce the formation of a global sustainability initiative that prioritizes resource conservation and ... By Jörg Dambock

Flymca is a world renowned engineering and manufacturing company of rotating equipment for the cable industry. © Flymca

21/09/2022 – Cable manufacturing

Cable manufacturing

Rotating equipment for the cable industry

Flymca is a world renowned engineering and manufacturing company of rotating equipment for the cable industry. Through the past and present year, it continues ... By Jörg Dambock

Simco has the subject of IoT as a main driver of innovation firmly anchored in its corporate strategy in the term Smart Factory 4.0. © Simco

20/09/2022 – Advertorial

Advertorial

Smart manufacturing of springs with loT architecture

Industry 4.0 is bringing changes to manufacturing and IoT is one of its enabling technologies. IoT is a term that is currently on everyone's minds when ... from Simco

“PLR Truss” welding machine for wall ties (Truss elements). © Eurobend

20/09/2022 – Eurobend's answer to the challenges of our time

Eurobend's answer to the challenges of our time

From the coil to the finished product bundle

At the forthcoming “Bauma”, which will take place from October 24th to 30th in Munich, Eurobend will be showing the latest generation of welding machines ... By Jörg Dambock

Alloy Wire International (AWI) has seen orders soar to nearly a third of its predicted £13m annual turnover. © Alloy Wire International

19/09/2022 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 37/2022 in retrospect

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

Wafios AG offers with the “Speed Former” a completely new approach to the production of hairpins for the latest generation of electric motors. © Wafios

19/09/2022 – CNC transfer bending machine “Speed Former”

CNC transfer bending machine “Speed Former”

Easy and reliable series production of hairpins

The “Speed Former” made by Wafios is the first machine that unites three well proven bending techniques from conventional wire and tube bending machines ... By Jörg Dambock

Topics

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