EuroWire January 2019

Corporate News

Decalub green cleaning TecHnOlOgieS FOcuS On: Wire Cleaning ( for plating and high glossy finish )

Wire Rod Lubrication ( for frictionless drawing )

Breakdown mill ▲ ▲ The new production line at the Kirov plant of Russian producer OCM

Rod Dry Preparation ( with no speed limit )

a belt wrapper to coil the finished strip to spools. Together with a finishing rolling mill, installed in 2008, OCM will now perform the complete copper cold-rolling process, from a maximum incoming strip thickness of 16mm down to foil-finished products of minimum 0.025mm, on Danieli Fröhling technology. OCM expects to increase its domestic market share by up to 55 per cent as a result of its investment. The new production line was launched by local region governor Igor Vasiliev, together with management from UMMC-OMC and Danieli Fröhling. Danieli Fröhling – Germany Website : www.danieli-froehling.de

A NEW mill, believed to be among the most advanced in the world, will guarantee the highest quality of rolled copper strip for the Russian producer OCM and its Kirov plant. The four-high copper breakdown mill is fitted with the latest equipment and based on the most advanced rolling technologies. It will produce copper strips up to 1,050mm wide, at finished thicknesses between 5mm and 0.5mm.

DECALUB 31, avenue de Condé 77500 CHELLES, FRANCE E-mail: info@decalub.com Website: www.decalub.com

Proton Products Inc has appointed Greg Goss as sales manager, based in Sharpsburg, Georgia, USA. Grant Latimer, president, said: “Greg has a long affiliation with the wire and cable industry having worked at Southwire, then we both worked for Beta Instruments in the late 1990s and Beta LaserMike in the early 2000s. Greg has also represented Proton Products as an independent sales representative for a number of years and brings with him a huge breadth of knowledge and experience of instrumentation and control systems, which are designed and developed for wire and cable applications. knowledge and understanding of laser doppler non-contact speed and length measurement, laser scanning and CCD diameter gauges, spark testers, eccentricity gauges and pre-heaters. Process knowledge and being a practical hands-on person is exactly what we look for at Proton. Customers come Besides breakdown rolling to prepare incoming material for the downstream finishing mill, the design is focused on direct production of finished strip. Special design features include flatness measurement and control, a special strip drying system for the finishing pass, and New sales manager at Proton “Greg brings a deep

▲ ▲ Greg Goss

first always, that means our team must have the skills to be able to support our customers; that may be in product selection, start up, operation and even service if needed.” Proton Products Inc – USA Website : www.protonproducts.com

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