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Ajex & Turner offers a wide range of dies and machinery,
including its horizontal type in-house polishing and
re-cutting machine, TCD-11. It is said to be an ideal solution
for grinding and polishing a range of tungsten carbide dies,
extrusion dies, cold heading and round wiredrawing dies.
The TCD-11 consists of a heavy solid base with X-axis,
Y-axis table and a five-inch chuck for holding the die,
along with a high-speed grinding spindle. There is also a
vertical type machine, the TCD-12, as well as machines for
polycrystalline and diamond dies; an ultrasonic machine;
plus single-head, twin-head and six-head wire die polishing
machines. The machine is designed for working the bearing
position and reduction angle in one setting.
The company’s wiredrawing dies, shaped and pressure
dies, are suitable for manufacturing copper, stainless steel,
medium- and high-carbon steel, brass, bronze, nickel,
tungsten and aluminium products. The company provides
PCD and natural diamond dies in sizes ranging from
10micron to 35mm, and tungsten carbide dies in sizes
from 0.1mm to 150mm. These dies are mounted in powder
metallurgy for support on all sides, allowing the dies to be
used in hot wiredrawing.
This process also allows the dies to withstand the drawing
forces encountered, thereby reducing die breakage and
improving die life.
For quality control Ajex & Turner is equipped with the
Conoptica die profiler, through which the inner geometry of
the die is provided along with every die supplied.
Ajex is a distributor of Metalube and TKT wire drawing
lubricants for copper, aluminium and steel.
Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co – India
Fax: +91 11 239 40226
Email:
Website:
Wire dies and die shop machines
3-axis detector
The InteliSENS LN series, 3-axis lump and neck detector
is the latest product from Proton Products International,
designed to detect, alarm and report surface quality
defects as they happen. Applications include braiding,
cable insulating and jacketing, rewinding and coiling.
Three-axis coverage significantly increases the
probability of lump and neck detection, covering a
greater circumferential area and significantly reducing
the minimum fault size that can be detected by older
two-axis methods. Three LED constant light sources
cover the complete circumference of the product. The
LED optical receivers detect any immediate change in the
surface profile, alarming and reporting the height, length
and location of lumps or neck-downs along and around
the product.
The InteliSENS LN series can be supplied with an
audible/visual alarm and fault printer, which alerts the
operator and records the type, size and position of the
fault and the time the lump or neck was detected.
InteliSENS LN series can be used as a standalone device.
The AiG-2 display unit can be connected directly to the
gauge head or can be positioned up to 100m away using
the interconnection cable. Alternatively the InteliSENS
LN series gauge can be connected to a host PC or PLC
using Ethernet IP, Profibus, Devicenet or other popular
digital or analogue communication.
Proton Products International – UK
Fax: +44 1494 670808
Website: