EoW January 2010

technology news

GCR Eurodraw’s wide range of equipment includes wire preparation and treatment lines, electrolytic and electroless cleaning, pickling and plating lines and special multi-function cleaning, drawing and/or plating lines; cold rolling lines, multi-block dry drawing machines, mono- and multi-wirewet drawingmachines; coil and spool payoffs, take-ups and rewinding systems; double twist stranders, bunchers and cabling machines; skip stranders and tubular stranders and a choice of accessories such as mechanical descalers, motorised soap mixers and rotating die boxes. The company is also a supplier of plant and machinery for the production of bare and plated steel wire and cord, in particular the steel cord used for radial tyres, and specialises in the design and construction of machinery and complete plants for the production of PC and PHC wire and PC strand, hose wire, bead wire, wire ropes, welding wire, staple wire and stainless steel wire. GCR Eurodraw SpA – Italy Fax : +39 029354 0452 Email : gcr@gcrgroup.com Website : www.gcrgroup.com Range for wire production Evonik Industries has extended its pro- duct range of flame-retardant polyamide 12 compounds for cable conduits and cable protection hoses. Vestamid® EX9203 black, a highly flexible moulding compound, is a response to the increasingly tough requirements in the electrical and cable industries. The new compound is designed for excellent fire-retardant properties and a high oxygen index and, with an elastic modulus of 770 MPa, is highly flexible. This impact–resistant material will work even at temperatures as cold as –50°C. cable conduits and cable protection hoses are in particular demand for dynamically highly stressed components, as in rail vehicles, industrial plants, and mechanical engineering. Evonik Degussa GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 2365 49 5992 Website : www.evonik.com Halogen-free flame-retardant Flexible compounds

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EuroWire – January 2010