EOW May 2007

equipment for wire treatment

Polished stainless steel wirework Anopol Ltd, UK, provides sub-contract services for the electropolishing of customers’ free-issue stainless steel items. The company is also able to supply electropolishing plant and associated chemistry. Stainless steel wire has proved to be invaluable for use in a wide range of fabricated wirework applications. A growing number of these applications require the wire to be brightly polished for decorative or aesthetic reasons, or a combination of both. Equally important is the

Specialists in wire cleaning GEO-ReinigungstechnikGmbH,Germany, designs, develops, manufactures and installs wire and cable cleaning solu- tions, and provides application-specific solutions for comprehensive turnkey systems, upgrades, and additions to existing processes. Wet chemical processes are supported by compact, high-performance ultra- sound modules and high pressure nozzles to boost the cleansing capacity of the purifying agent. As a rule, the material passes through separate cleaning and rinsing sections before the final drying, and is capable of single- strand and multiple-strand cleaning. produces economically-priced equipment for fine cleaning or the improvement of gliding qualities, and stainless-steel air wipes for the drying of cables, wires and litz wire at high speed with low air consumption. GEO-Reinigungstechnik GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 25 4292 9791 Email : info@geo-reinigungstechnik.de Website : www.geo-reinigungstechnik.de In simple terms, electropolishing is the opposite of electroplating. Rather than depositing a metal layer, electropolishing removes a fine surface layer. The resulting wire finish is bright, micro-smooth and free from surface contamination, with no mechanical or thermal distortion of the finished item. Anopol Ltd – UK Fax : +44 121 631 2274 Email : info@anopol.co.uk Website : www.anopol.co.uk The company also requirement that wire items show no signs of corroding, even if subjected to repeated washing or sterilising in potentially harsh and corrosive fluids. Welded stainless steel wire products, such as trays and baskets, are not suitable for conventional metal polishing, traditionally using mops and brushes. Electropolishing has proven successful for achieving a highly polished finish with high corrosion resistance.

The electropolishing process can be used on welded stainless steel wire products, where conventional metal polishing is not practical t

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