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Drawing dies
& cones
Photo courtesy of Ceratizit Italia SpA – Italy
EuroWire – May 2011
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Feature
T
hrough however many stages
a thick rod is reduced in
diameter to a fine wire, it never comes in
direct contact with the progressively smaller drawing dies
that effect the transformation. Lubricant – just enough, not
too much – ensures this.
Other essential agents that never ‘meet’ in a state-of-the-art
drawing line are the entrance and exit cones at the extremes of the
operation. In large part due to companies such as those reviewed here,
they bracket a system in which the proof of technical expertise all along the line lies in the quality of
the product in the payoff and takeup.