EuroWire January 2017

Feature

Wire cleaning, treatments & finishes

Photo courtesy of Candor Sweden AB

E ven the heftiest wire presents a challenge in cleaning, treatment and finishing: as compared to broad-and-deep, a long-and-thin workpiece allows for a much narrower margin of error. This puts a premium on experience, especially in light of the number and variety of processes available. The specialist in these techniques will have hands-on skill with chemicals,

furnaces and acid baths; a working knowledge of stabilisation and stress relief; and a ready familiarity with the behaviours of auxiliary materials.

This interactive expertise is highly prized and carefully cultivated in a state-of-the-art wire mill.

As always, the main beneficiaries are the customer and end user.

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