WCA May 2010

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Bright annealing of shaped wire A new Rad-Con 100% hydrogen annealing furnace system has been commissioned for Charter Wire’s new facility in Menomonee Valley, Wisconsin.

In August 2009, Ebner received an order from United Wire Factories Co, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a Hicon ® N2 bell annealer facility. The scope of supply includes two Hicon N2 workbases, two heating bells, two cooling bells, a control centre and ancillary equipment. The facility will be used to recrystallise bailing wire in a nitrogen process atmosphere. With an effective work- load space diameter of 3,450mm and a charging height of 4,400mm, each workbase can accommodate a net charge of up to 48 tonnes. The facility is scheduled to begin production some time in the first quarter of 2011. Ebner Industrieofenbau – Austria Fax : +43 70 6868 1000 Email : sales@ebner.cc Website : www.ebner.cc Bell annealer facility for United Wire

Charter Wire moved its manufacturing facility to a new location last year, and called on Rad-Con Inc to replace old batch annealing capacity with 100% hydrogen annealing, the latest technology available. Charter, a supplier of shaped steel bar and wire products, will utilise the Rad-Con annealing system prim- arily for recrystallise annealing of low-carbon drawn wire. The new system also gives Charter the capability to anneal alloy steels. Rad-Con’s FlexLoad™ plenum allows Charter to load a variety of coil packages. The system includes a rapid hydro gen cooling spray-water feature, and Rad-Con’s AC/APEx™ atmosphere control for regulation of heating rates and atmosphere flows.

Rad-Con technology at Charter 

It also includes Rad-Con’s super-high convection (H2SHC™) technology for superior atmosphere circulation resulting in uniform material properties with low utility costs.

Rad-Con Inc – USA Fax : +1216 221 1135

Email : sales@rad-con.com Website : www.rad-con.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – May/June 2010