WCN Autumn 2012

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research of Boron Alloying of High Carbon Wire at the CabWire Conference. This year a new award has been granted to Ben Turner of Wintwire Ltd to fund his study for an MBA. From my conversations with many exhibitors, in spite of the current global economic climate, the quality of visitors attending the exhibition was high. Whitelegg Machines Ltd, UK, added: “The visitors came in batches – sometimes it was very quiet and other times there were too many at once but in general we received a good number of enquiries for all branches of our production programme.”

S S Dr -Ing. Horst Scheid of Siebe Engineering GmbH receiving the non-ferrous award from Colin Dawson, right

It gave me great pleasure to present the prizes for the best technical papers given at the CabWire World Conference in Düsseldorf last November. From the wide range of papers, the prize for the ferrous subjects was awarded to Dr Veroniker Geinitz and Mr Ruediger Lux from the Ilmenau Technical University for their paper on “The Manufacture of Highly Loaded Springs Through the Optimisation of Tempering”. Dr.Ing. Horst Scheid of Siebe Engineering GmbH was awarded the non-ferrous prize for his paper on a device for the interpretation of colours in multi-core cables which are not always recognised by the human eye.

S S Dr Veroniker Geinitz and Mr Ruediger Lux from the Ilmenau Technical University with their award for their paper on “The Manufacture of Highly Loaded Springs Through the Optimisation of Tempering”

Spring Tooling Ltd, also from the UK commented: “A satisfactory exhibition. This year at the exhibition, the manufacturers of spring machines advised us of their increasing demand for tooling due to their greatly growing order books. We also opened several new accounts for tooling.” Steve Mepsted, managing director of PWM, said: “This year’s show proved extremely successful for us. Visitor traffic was excellent and visitor quality impressive. We received numerous solid sales leads, particularly from Middle East manufacturers. Our large rod welders generated a lot of interest: The sale of the P1000 rod welder exhibited on the stand is under negotiation with a manufacturer in the automotive sector, and the EP500 rod welder was sold to a Czech company. “We also sold the portable HP100 air/hydraulic cold welder direct from the stand. The mood amongst existing and potential customers appeared positive and buoyant throughout, and the turnout certainly exceeded our expectations.” UK-based Locton Ltd said: “We had an excellent exhibition with a number of very important large companies placing their first orders for wire pull-in dogs. Many existing clients also visited our stand.”

S S Colin Dawson, IWMA president; Steve Rika, chairman; Joachim Schaefer and Friedrich Kehrer, both of Messe Düsseldorf, are pictured with winners of the IWMA Educational Trust John C Hogg Travel award, on the association’s stand at wire 2012

The IWMA has an Educational Trust Fund for the training and further education of up to $24,000 for those employed in the wire industry. I was pleased to announce that Professor Emmanuel De Moor of the Colorado School of Mines was nearing the end of the two-year award and had presented a paper on his

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