EuroWire May 2019

Technology News

On target with the Bullet II

InfoSight metal bar-coded identification tags have provided metal manufacturers and fabricators with flexible on-demand identification and traceability solutions for decades. Now there is a method of tagging materials without the tag “hanging out”. InfoSight has introduced band tags, which have slots in the ends through which a band can be threaded. This allows the user to attach the ID tag with the same material they are using to secure their product. This translates into flush-mounted identification at no additional cost. Pic-Anneal® tags are available as band tags. They are designed to withstand high temperatures and chemical treatments as well as UV exposure. InfoTag Hi-Temp is generally used by manufacturers of high-temperature metals including steel and titanium. Fast tool changes, threaded retaining ring for the die and threaded tip retainer • Dies are removed from the front and tips from the rear • Tooling retainers also provide gum space adjustment • Hassle-free air/vacuum connections • Simplified cleaning • Reduces downtime and lowers operating costs InfoTag® Hi-Temp and GUILL Tool introduced The Bullet® in 2015, a new extrusion head with fixed centre design, multi-port spiral flow design and gum space adjustment, plus the added feature of no fastening hardware, so cleaning and restart are easier and faster. The company has launched its next generation of this unique and patented tool, The Bullet II. The Bullet II allows quick tooling changes, as the tips remove from the back and the die removes from the front of the unit. The absence of fastening hardware eliminates leaking, as does the taper body and deflector design pioneered by Guill. Additionally, the new patent-pending Cam Lock® deflector retaining system offers these additional benefits to extruders and machine builders: • It only takes ½ turn of the Cam Lock to remove and install the deflector and tip • No fastening hardware required •

High- and low-volume applications are suitable for this head and are accommodated with the simple changing of just one component. A family of crosshead designs is available and users can specify the “calibre”, ie the max die ID. A vacuum chamber and kit for assembly and disassembly are included with the unit. Optional keyed tooling capabilities offer machine designers and end users quick orientation, so the overall unit design enables faster disassembly, proper cleaning and restart. Guill Tool & Engineering – USA Website : www.guill.com ▲ ▲ The Bullet II, showing the absence of hardware, ie nuts and bolts, so disassembly, cleaning and restart are made easier

• Electrolytic plating • Candojet hot water cleaning • Electrolytic & Ultrasonic degreasing • Welding wire cleaning and copper coating • Pickling & phosphating www.candorsweden.com

Band tags allow for flush mount identification

Multi wire cleaning plant

Ultrasonic & Electrolytic

▲ ▲ The new band tags from InfoSight

Single wire plating plant

The Pic-Anneal tag gives rod mills, wire mills and strip coil mills a way to track parts through the entire pickling and annealing process, including acid baths and annealing heat. The slot sizes are 6.3mm (0.25") wide and 38mm (1.5") long. InfoSight has always been committed to providing identification and traceability in the most difficult circumstances. InfoSight Corp – USA Website : www.infosight.com

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