EuroWire March 2020

wire 2020 show

30 March – 3 April

The Radyne Spring Wire solution produces high-strength spring wire with an increased fatigue rate, which extends the life expectancy of the product when compared to more traditional methods. It hardens and tempers high-carbon spring steels, achieving a tensile strength of 2,000 MPa, with a throughput capacity of up to 1.5, two or three tons an hour.

processing equipment used in the melting, heating, heat treating, forging, galvanising, coating, cutting and welding of metals. The group brings together 40 companies with 38 manufacturing facilities located in 23 countries. Brands include Inductotherm, Banyard, Inductoheat, Thermatool, Radyne and Consarc. Inductotherm Heating &Welding Ltd www.inductothermhw.co.uk Inosym has been supplying reels to the cable and wire industry for 16 years, and to more than 55 countries. Specialising in steel and plastic reels that are manufactured to European and US standards, Inosym can o er reels to meet the varying needs of modern manufacturing plants. Product examples include ABS plastic reels from 250 to 1,000mm, for insulating, group twinners, stranding, bunching and jacketing; MF (metal ange) pressed metal process reels in sizes from 100 to 1,250mm, made from high-quality steel plate and tube, for applications such as universal take-up and payo reels, bunching, stranding, insulating and jacketing; and SM (semi machined) double-wall high-speed reels in sizes from 315 to 1,250mm, also made from high-quality steel plate and tube, for applications in drawing, bunching, stranding and insulating. Inosym’s FM (fully machined) steel high-speed reels are available in sizes ranging from 100 to 1,000mm, ▼ SD steel drum reels are available in sizes up to 4,500mm Inosym Ltd Stand: 11 D52

and applications include high-speed single-wire drawing, high-speed multi-wire drawing, bunching and enamelled wire coating. SD (steel drum reels) are large steel process and shipping drums in sizes from 800 to 4,500mm, for use in drum twisting, stranding, insulating and jacketing. Options include at-sided anges, corrugated ange and breakdown reels. With more than 40,000 square metres of production space, Inosym can provide rapid delivery of both large and small reel orders. Inosym Ltd www.inosym.com The International Wire and Machinery Association launches its 50 th anniversary year at wire Düsseldorf by showing o a bold new look for the new decade. The world’s largest and most in uential corporate membership body for wire and cable industries will sport a new logo, new corporate colours and an entire brand tool kit, among other changes. The IWMA was founded in the UK in 1970 by a group of industry leaders, and today promotes the interests of hundreds of corporate members, from global, billion-dollar industries to micro-companies o ering specialist services on a small scale. The IWMA includes one of the world’s oldest wire-making companies as a member – Webster and Horsfall of Birmingham, UK – this year celebrating its 300 th anniversary. Explaining the rebrand as part of a forward-looking strategy, executive manager Andy Lewis said, “Over the past couple of years we have been changing our internal structures to make ourselves more useful and vital to members, and the rebrand is the IWMA pointing itself at the 2020s and beyond, so we can be a broader, even more involved association.” The rebrand also extends to a redesign of the exhibition stand seen at major wire and cable exhibitions around the world, and the IWMA newsletter, WCN , has also been given a new look. Van Der Zwan commented, “This a major milestone in the life of a body that started very small, with just a handful of Association chairman Martin InternationalWire and Machinery Association Stand: 11 D22

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The Radyne solution comes with a guarantee that covers dimensional distortions, surface nish, defects, ultimate tensile strength and ROA, giving customers peace of mind that their investment will deliver the required product to their speci cations. Inductotherm Group o ers advanced technology for the engineering, manufacturing and service of thermal

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