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EuroWire – September 2009 40
technology news
Guanbiao Electrical Machinery Co
Ltd is a manufacturer of wire drawing
equipment, based in China. The
company manufactures machines and
production lines capable of drawing
wire in diameters of 0.025mm to 3mm.
Guanbiao Electrical machines can
meet the standards of manufacturers
producing copper wire, aluminium wire,
copper-coated aluminium wire and
copper-coated steel wire.
Guanbiao Electrical Machinery Co Ltd
– China
Fax: +86 769 8525 3803
Email:
Website:
Wire drawing
machinery –
made in China
Wire drawing lines from Guanbiao Electrical ▲ ▲
Casting technology
bound for
Barcelona
Continuous casting technology
specialist, Rautomead Limited, of
Dundee, Scotland, has delivered,
installed and commissioned a model
RS 3000/5 upward vertical copper
rod casting machine at La Farga
Lacambra, Barcelona.
With a 200-year history, La Farga
Lacambra is one of Spain’s leading
copper processing companies and can
trace its origins back to bell-founding
and cannon manufacture. La Farga
Lacambra is also a leading technology
company, which has developed its own
process for making fire-refined copper
rod directly from scrap.
The new Rautomead casting machine is
being used for the production of copper
and copper alloy rods.
Successful casting trials, carried
out recently at Rautomead’s Scotland-
based technology centre, were a
key factor in securing this significant
new order.
Rautomead Limited – UK
Fax: + 44 1382 622941
Email:
Website:
Guild International has recently deve-
loped a new welding machine for joining
coil ends on production lines producing
cored wire. Known as the HMA Welder,
this machine produces complete edge-
to-edge welds on a variety of materials
on all types of lines producing cored wire
from flat strip.
The HMA Welder is designed to accom-
modate a strip with widths from 0.250"
up to 3", and thicknesses from 0.008" up
to 0.060".
The HMA Welder is fast and easy to use.
A shear cuts the coil ends on a bias,
creating a precise edge for welding. The
weld station is designed to use start and
stop tabs allowing the weld to cover the
entire strip width. This allows the weld to
pass through the line and remain in the
wire. The machine also features swing
weld clamps for easy viewing, an XY
micrometer slide for torch adjustment,
and optional roll planisher.
The entire weld process takes about
1-2 minutes, depending upon the size of
the material. The welder is portable and
compact, allowing it to be easily rolled
between lines.
Guild International – USA
Fax: +1 440 232 5878
Website:
New end welding unit for
cored wire lines
HMA Welder from Guild International ▲ ▲