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equipment has handled over the past two
years.
The machinery used has been both
the TRS wet drawbenches (spray type,
not immersed) as well as the TRD dry
drawbenches (with both vertically and
horizontally mounted capstans).
All these drawbenches are non-slip with
individual motors for each capstan,
dancer arms to finely tune the speed of
each capstan, liquid-cooled capstan
and die boxes, rotating standard or
pressure dies, and both wire diameter and
individual die wear control in real time, as
well as a host of other options, from skin
pass blocks to double decks to different
types of take-up (single block driven
coilers, reel take-up, static drum or stem
coilers, etc).
The high productivity of these lines does
not depend solely on the line speed
(which can even be in excess of 6,000
feet/minute or 30 meters/second) but also
on the reduced maintenance costs, ease
when threading wire through machines,
accessibility to all components, etc.
The design of the units is such that a Gimax
drawbench will adapt easily to both
ferrous and non-ferrous wires.
Machinery for the ferrous and non-ferrous
wire industry includes descaling, pickling,
dry drawing and wet drawing benches,
chemical coppering tanks, and shaving
and peeling lines for wire processing
machinery; and respooling, coiling and
rewinding, drum packing, and packaging
machinery for wire handling machinery.
Gimax Group Srl – Italy
Website:
Häfner & Krullmann
Booth 570
One of Europe’s largest manufacturers of
plastic spool drums, Häfner & Krullmann
will be displaying its new utility spools at
Interwire, allowing users to store, transport
and save space at the same time.
These new spools fit exactly onto a Euro
pallet and save space and money. They
are made of high quality materials, which
use resources sparingly.
Häfner is well known in the USAas producer
of spools and reels for bare wires and
welding wires and for automatic winding.
Häfner & Krullmann – Germany
Website:
S S Häfner’s KCS spools have proven themselves on the
market for many years
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