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Copper and aluminum wire rod

Lilian Hegg is the new CFO of Elcowire

Lilian Hegg joined Elcowire on December 1st, 2022 and took over the CFO role, succeeding Thomas Lejdström who is stepping down from his position. By Jörg Dambock

Outokumpu’s emission-minimized stainless steel

Cooperation with steel distributor Klöckner+Co started

Outokumpu is starting cooperation with Klöckner+Co, one of the largest producer-independent distributors of steel and metal products, by delivering the ... By Jörg Dambock

Borealis moves ever closer to goal of using renewable energy

Borealis and Verbund sign first long-term hydropower PPA

Borealis, a European leader in the recycling of polyolefins, and Verbund, Austria's leading energy company, have signed a ten-year power purchase agreement ... By Jörg Dambock

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 03/2023 in retrospect

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

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Troester “CCV Line Extrudergroup”. © Troester

07/06/2021 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 22/2021 in retrospect

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

Details of the double twist bunching machine type D 632. © Niehoff

07/06/2021 – wire Russia 2021

wire Russia 2021

Sustainable manufacturing solutions

Niehoff and Niehoff of Russia (NoR), its Moscow-based sales and service branch, are well prepared to be present at the “wire Russia” 2021 trade fair on ... By Jörg Dambock

Windak Premium has the floating pintles and a second tire drive as options. © Windak

02/06/2021 – Windak’s complete Payoff, Take-up and Rewind lines

Windak’s complete Payoff, Take-up and Rewind lines

Reel changing procedure quick, safe and easy

Windak pay-off, take-up and winding lines are specially designed for fast reel changes, very precise tension control, high line speed and excellent winding ... By Jörg Dambock

Less faults and a longer machine life cycle by using vibration sensors in the Kurre Drum-Twister. © Kurre Systems

01/06/2021 – Preventive Maintenance on cable production machines

Preventive Maintenance on cable production machines

Detect and stop oscillations and vibrations

By using a vibration sensor in the Kurre Drum Twister, it is now possible to detect and stop oscillations and vibrations in the system. By Jörg Dambock

01/06/2021 – wire Russia 2021

wire Russia 2021

Complete extrusion systems for the cable industry

Troester GmbH+Co. KG is a worldwide leading manufacturer of complete extrusion systems for the cable industry. The excellent results produced by its extrusion ... By Jörg Dambock

Dalian Konform’ s SSLB500 in operation at Shenyang Furukawa Cable © Dalian

31/05/2021 – On our own behalf - Wire

On our own behalf - Wire

Week 21/2021 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

A typical conductor preheater in a production line, placed directly in front of the extrusion head. © GH Induction

31/05/2021 – Cable production

Cable production

Inductive conductor preheater with automatic inductor change

GH Induction has developed a fully automated cable/conductor preheating system that avoids the risk of production losses due to human errors and greatly ... By Jörg Dambock

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Digital Issue 04/2022

The current issue 4/2022 contains a report on the ‘NE Drahtforum’ in Nuremberg, a non-ferrous wire conference. Further WIRE introduced a new development in hairpin production. Several articles are devoted to exhibitors at the ‘K’ plastics fair in Düsseldorf. An extruder manufacturer reports on digital servicing and maintenance, while several other articles highlight innovations in quality assurance and marks. Researchers from Karlsruhe are working on automating the production of cable harnesses. Quality assurance in stranding is the subject of an article by Swiss company FMS. And a contribution from Spain looks at how to identify faults in wire production using artificial intelligence.