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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2009
T
he first known wire treatment, for the prevention of rust, was
also an early form of insurance: a hedge against damage to
something of value.
Preservation from environmental corrosion is no less a consideration for
the wire maker of today, but it is one of many items in a greatly extended list.
From ‘Acid’ (Heating, Pickling, Recovery, Resistance, Storage and Handling,
Tanks) through ‘Waste Water Removal,’ the apparatus of wire treatment covers
many pages of a supplier’s catalogue for 2009. A parallel development may also
be traced, from the single strand of wire to a profusion of highly complex wire
and cable products whose value is higher by several orders of magnitude.
Providing ‘insurance’ for these advanced wares is the responsibility of
professionals whose grasp of the technicalities of wire treatment – of anneal-
ing, anodizing, austempering, brazing, carbonitriding, and a host of other
processes – must be reliable beyond question.
Equipment and services from
many of these specialists
are reviewed in this
section of Wire &
Cable ASIA.