WCA March 2015

Industry news

Success in Asia Wiedenbach Apparatebau’s appearance at wire China 2014 and Wire & Cable India 2014 proved very successful, with meetings with numerous customers and potential customers underlining that the demand for cable in these two economic areas will continue. One of the growing requirements is the trend towards smaller cable diameters and also smaller inscriptions. Therefore, the visitors at the Wiedenbach booth expressed interest in a new small character printer that can create high-quality fonts down to a minimum height of only 0.8mm. On display was live cable printing with a high pigmented white ink adhering extremely well to PE as well as the newly introduced ‘Command Control System’ (CCS), a web-based software solution with which single printers and printer series can be set and controlled remotely via the Internet, and even by smartphone. Wiedenbach Apparatebau GmbH – Germany Website : www.wiedenbach.com

❍ The Wiedenbach booth at the wire China 2014 trade fair in Shanghai

Furnaces head to China CMI Industry Metals will supply 16 heating and heat treatment furnaces to Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of the Nanshan Group, for its high-quality thermal processing related to superalloys in Nanshan’s ‘Aviation Materials Park’. Nanshan Group, a large-scale private joint-stock enterprise, comprising over 40 companies, is investing into the construction of an integrated alloy plant in Nanshan, China. The CMI full-range supply will feature rotary furnaces, box furnaces, car bottom furnaces, ventilated box heat treatment furnaces, and the associated line equipment like quenching, manipulators for material handling and charging cars, as well as the comprehensive range of services comprising planning, design, manufacture, assembly, commissioning and training. The supply will be a combination of both gas and electrical furnaces. The applied CMI process technologies are based on a sound track record of successfully running references for several major blue chip companies supplying high end industrial sectors. An optimised equipment design using numerical simulations and dedicated mathematical models, as well as easy operator interfaces, secure systems management programs, and precise process control to reach optimum heat curves and temperature uniformity, are major elements of the CMI solution.

CMI Industry Metals – Belgium Website : www.cmigroupe.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2015