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personnel on hand to provide details about the company’s die-inventory management and re-cutting services to optimise return on investment for its customers. “It’s really cost effective from more than just the standpoint of extending die life through timely, precision re-cutting,” explains Brad Scherer of FWWD. “Our customer inventory management system is designed around the customer’s operation and expected die life cycles, with the goal of maximising die utilisation by managing the inventory to demand. By increasing the number of re-cuts used, the customer’s new die purchases should decrease.” For high-speed multi-wire drawing applications, FWWD can detail the numerous cost-efficiency benefits of its matched elongation die sets.

Significant developments include: Ultrasonic degreasing: • frequency waves hit the wire and cause cracking of residues adher- ing to the wire surface. Ultrasonic degreasing can be combined with electrolytic degreasing, making the system more effective Electrolytic pickling: H • 2 SO 4 electro- lytic pickling has many more advantages than HCl fumeless pickling, being faster and less hazardous, as the fumes are less aggressive and sulphuric acid is safer to handle Electro-plating with insoluble an- • odes: zinc is carried by the plating solution and dissolved in a sepa- rate tank. There is no need for zinc anodes that require continuous replacement because the zinc pellets are dropped into the dissolv- ing station, maintaining constant concentration of the plating solution GCR Eurodraw has developed technology for current control with a high-precision wave slicing rectifier and no choppers. This assures transmission of much cleaner current to the wire, thus further improving the plating quality. Induction diffusion: a zinc-copper • diffusion system based on induc- tion heating technology. Induction diffusion is offered as an alternative to Joulé effect or fluidised bed diffusion Automatic take-ups: GCR’s new • take-ups for brass-plating lines are equipped with an automatic wire accumulation system for non-stop operation of the line, and an auto- matic winding control system Computerised line supervision and • process analysis: a process super- vision system that monitors all the parameters of a brass-plating line high-

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Monitoring systems from FMS m m

The RTM equipment can be configured in various ways to handle nearly any tension control task. The monitoring system comprises tension sensors, amplifiers, bus system with radio transceiver and software. The components are specially designed for rotating applications and are all produced by FMS. A wide range of proven tension sensors is available. If control is required, controllers are used instead of amplifiers. The system can be powered by AC or DC. FMS Force Measuring Systems AG – Switzerland Website : www.fms-technology.com Flymca SL, located in Spain, is a producer of rotating equipment for the cable industry. Flymca’s range of machines includes: rigid stranders, tubular stranders, double twist bun- chers, bow stranders, drum twisting lines, planetary stranders, payoffs, take-ups, capstans, caterpillars and taping heads. For different types of cables, such as power, telecommunication, instrumen- tation, steel, offshore or umbilical, Flymca’s high technology, robust machines are built for low maintenance and easy operation. Flyro deals in second-hand equipment for the wire and cable industry. Flymca & Flyro Booth C18

FWWD’s matched elongation die sets m m

On display on the booth will be FWWD’s complete product line, including: Wire drawing dies – single crystal • diamond, Poly-Di ® polycrystalline, Dual-Draw TM and tungsten carbide Extrusion tips and dies • Shaped profile dies • Poly-Strand • TM stranding, bunching and compacting dies Enamelling dies • Di-Pro • TM diamond powder and compound Miscellaneous wear parts • Visitors can also find out more about Fort Wayne Wire Die’s full line of equip- ment for die maintenance, measuring and inspection.

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc – USA Website : www.fwwd.com

Flymca & Flyro – Spain Website : www.flymca.com

GCR Eurodraw SpA Italian Pavilion

Brass plating lines from GCR Eurodraw m m

GCR Eurodraw will attend wire Southeast Asia 2009 with its associ- ated company DEM Wire Rolling Technology.

Fort Wayne Wire Die Inc Booth B11

GCR Eurodraw has been manu- facturing brass plating lines since the early 70s, with continuous improve- ments in design and efficiency, implementing new technical solutions developed by its R&D department.

Along with showcasing its full line of diamond wire drawing dies, Fort Wayne Wire Die (FWWD) will have

GCR Eurodraw – Italy Website : www.gcrgroup.com

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