EuroWire May 2016

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Wire cleaning & treatment Lubricant residues need to be removed from drawn wire before galvanising, cladding, welding or any other finishing operation can proceed successfully. This simply stated rule supposes an immense amount of knowledge: of materials (steel, stainless, copper, nickel, titanium); processes (plasma, anodic, electrolytic, magnetic, electronic, hydraulic); hybrid functions (descaling/annealing, deglassing, pickling, passivating, corrosion inhibition, sanitation); plus salts and acids, thickeners and surfactants. It also requires a sure grasp of cleaning tanks, pumps, filters, oil skimmers and air-wipes. Cleaning and treatment make a natural pairing in a state-of-the-art wire mill. The products and services reviewed in this section are offered by suppliers who know their specialities: both of them.

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