EuroWire September 2014

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Electrolytic inline processes take over wire processing

Theleico has a spring in its step – for the third time! Verband der deutschen Federnindustrie – the Germany Spring Federation – has awarded the 2013 best supplier award for the manufacture of process materials to Theleico. Analysis and assessment are based over a three-year period for the award which is similarly only presented every three years. Evaluation covered 193 suppliers in total with 1,400 evaluations on average per year among 63 member companies. Performance was measured in terms of:

Staku-Anlagenbau GmbH has been supplying modern systems and process technology for over 20 years to a niche market that produces mainly innovative products and needs to have the most modern manufacturing processes. connections with global players, complete production lines are exported and developed all over the world. This integration has meant that close connections to many well-known mechanical engineers have developed over the years which ultimately means that a very high technical standard is achieved. Synergy effects and application possibilities result from the constantly increasing demands of familiar products. For example, high-quality stainless steel can be phosphatised directly without having to apply an intermediate coating beforehand. The phosphate layer can serve as a lubricant carrier for cold forming or as a bonding agent for paint or rubber coatings. electrical potential applied from outside prevents the basic material from dissolving. This increases the operating life of the process baths by months and guarantees consistent high product quality. Due to close On the topic of process reliability, the

▲ ▲ Electrolytic inline processes for processing wire as a complete production line

All systems can be equipped with titrolysers on request to guarantee online monitoring of the process baths. Electrolytic processes reduce process times of several minutes down to fractions of a second. This makes new inline products possible and reduces plant lengths whilst simultaneously increasing capacity. It was possible to increase the capacity of CO 2 welding wire production by 50 per cent due to the high throughput speed whilst simultaneously halving the manufacturing costs. The

reduction in manufacturing costs results from low disposal costs and savings in the precious metal used. Preventing the pickling process reduces the incidence of used acids and process baths. For a copper coating system for CO 2 welding wire, the operating life of a copper sulphate bath (volume around 1,000l) was formerly a week. With the process, the operating life of the same bath is two to three months. Staku-Anlagenbau GmbH – Germany Website : www.staku-gmh.de

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All standard inspection and sorting systems contain the latest engineering results of the products ScrewInspect, preciSORT and profiSORT and use a uniform operating concept. Particularly noteworthy is the easy and intuitive creation of test programs. There is no special image processing knowledge required by the user. Measurement ranges are freely selectable and can be created in any number. This results in a high flexibility of the software. The modular and very compact designed test systems can be adapted to the characteristics and needs to the test and sorting tasks of its customers. GPP Chemnitz – Germany Website : www.gppc.de

GPP Chemnitz offers custom measuring, test and sorting systems. Its products are designed and manufactured by GPP – ‘everything from one source.’ Both for manufacturers of precision parts and for the fastener industry, GPP offers a comprehensive service on its products. It designs machine vision systems for quality check and measuring, and integrates the most advanced inspection technology in older sorting machines from different manufacturers. GPP provides test and sorting machines with up to eight test stations. The precision parts are placed on a hardened glass plate or slot plate. Several camera systems check the quality of all sides. Depending on the test result, the part will be sorted out in the classified quality.

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Theleico is the only company to have received this award three times.

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