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EuroWire – May 2007 33
english corporate news
Following its much-praised launch in
2005, Fastener Fair Stuttgart has grown
dramatically.
“With more than 330 confirmed
exhibitors and six months to go before
the show opens, I can confidently
predict this will be the industry’s main
event in 2007,” said exhibition organiser
Jerry Ramsdale.
“Not only are there already 132 more
exhibitors than there were in 2005, but
the show has also grown from one hall
to cover three.”
Taking place on 19th and 20th September
at Messe Stuttgart in Germany, the
exhibition has been designed as an
‘end-to-end’show, exclusively dedicated
to the fastener and fixings industry.
Two years ago, 2,000 senior trade buyers
from 51 countries visited the show,
and that number is expected to double
in 2007.
“We’re not in the numbers game
when it comes to visitors – we focus
on high quality attendees that are the
true decision influencers and makers,”
insisted Ramsdale.
“Because we focus on a niche sector,
visitors come knowing exactly what
they need. They are not simply there to
walk the aisles, but to buy.”
Fastener Fair Stuttgart – UK
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Celsa’s new Cardiff site
For Celsa Steel, a member of the Celsa
Group, SMS Demag has successfully
commissioned a turnkey steelmaking
plant with a downstream continuous billet
caster from Concast AG, Switzerland. The
facilities are installed at the customer’s
operations in Cardiff, Wales.
Acting as consortium leader, SMS Demag
provided the engineering and supplied
the equipment for the steel plant. The
continuous casting machine came from
Concast and is designed for an annual
production of 1.2million tons.
The EAF meltshop for carbon steel
consists of a 140 ton AC ARCCESS®
electric arc furnace with electric bottom
tapping, a 140 ton ladle furnace, as well
as the associated dust extraction facilities.
The six-strand billet caster features the
Convex® technology for rapid high-
capacity casting of various section sizes.
The scope of supply also included the
complete electro-technical outfit.
SMS Demag AG – Germany
Fax: +49 211 881 4386
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Lubricant Viscosity
Control Eliminates
Pre-coating Chemicals
The new innovative Lubricant Viscosity
Control (LVC) system, operating in
conjunction with the PDH ultra high-
pressure lubrication technology, is used in
themost demanding drawing applications,
allowing mechanically descaled high-
carbon, or low-carbon rod, to be drawn
directly, without pre-coating chemicals, at
the highest speeds.
The LVC/PDH rod dry coating/lubrication
system benefits from the most unique
fully controlled 3-way interaction between
the pressure, temperature and lubricant
viscosity, enabling an automatically
controlled fusion of standard lubrication
compounds, making themmolten/liquefied
with a viscosity suitable for the application.
Such a substance eliminates completely
traditional pre-coating chemicals and
performs an exceptionally adherent
and consistent residual
coat in the 1st draft,
operating in close
circuit lubrication,
automatically adjust-
able in weight at
all speeds without
limitation, completely
eliminating traditional
wet pre-coatings for
all drawing applications,
including mechanically
descaled 0.90%C bare
rod.
The system permits full film ‘frictionless’
drawing in remaining drafts, benefiting
from the innovative LVC/PDH rod
dry coating/lubrication technology,
completely eliminating the need for
phosphate and borax pre-coating
chemicals and their substitutes in the
most demanding multi-draft applications
from rod to wire in a one-step operation.
The new rod dry coating/lubrication
system allows a wide range of residual
coats, strongly adherent for high-tensile
wire, and light water soluble coat for
plating wire.
Typical applications of the LVC/PDH dry
coating system include direct drawing
from mechanically descaled H/C rod,
without pre-coating chemicals, from
5.5mm down to 1.3-3.25mm at 18-8.3m/s,
and with die life enabling production of
200-220 tons/die in the first draft.
Decalub – France
Fax: +33 1 60 20 20 21
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