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T ube Extrusion & D rawing T echnology
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Agir Technologies (Mouton + Rivom),
France, is the experienced manufacturer
of tungsten carbide tools for cold metal
forming. Tungsten carbide dies and
mandrels are manufactured in the
company’s two workshops.
These tools are supplied to large
European manufacturers of tubes in
different steels and non-ferrous metals for
the most various applications. Products
manufactured using Agir’s tools include
smooth tube with small dimensions
(0.25mm internal diameter and 0.33mm
external diameter), and large tubes with
200mm internal diameter and 300mm
external diameter.
The most complex shapes are used for
gearbox shafts or injection pipes in the
automotive industry. Cooling of thermal
and nuclear power plants requires specific
steel pipes with helical grooved profiles
that only a few companies are able to
manufacture.
Agir also manufactures adjustable dies
with carbide blocks for simple profiles
(square). In addition, they provide helical
mandrels dedicated to the production of
copper tubes used in air conditioners of
any type.
The company has also developed a specific
programme in order to optimise the range
of best-matched dies to obtain the final
required profile.
Agir Technologies – France
Fax: +33 3 80 51 81 36
Email:
Website:
Tungsten carbide tools for cold metal forming
 Agir has a large range of tungsten carbide tools for cold metal forming
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