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Dry & Wet Lubricants
46 Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2007
Alchemix offers PRIME-MAS PA-1, a
modified polyethylene-based process-
ing aid masterbatch in pellet form,
for the elimination or reduction of
melt fracture and die build-up during
processing of polymers. It is also
effective in increasing throughput
and reducing power consumption.
PRIME-MAS PA-1 is suitable for
the processing of polyethylene,
co-polymers of polyethylene and
polypropylene.
Alchemix also offers customised
solutions in resolving processing
issues commonly associated with
New generation of lubricants for dry drawing
Tecnovo Srl, Italy, has recognised market demands for multifunction products
that have a low environmental impact, and has eliminated toxic and harmful
products from its range.
The technical requirements of the company’s new formulations were that the
products should provide adequate lubrication of wire over a wider temperature
range, greater temperature stability, strong adhesion of the lubricating film to
the drawn wire, resistance to compression, strong polarity towards the drawn
wire, and easy removal of the lubricating film from the surface of the wire.
The company’s calcium-based soaps start to work on the wire at a lower
temperature and with greater lubricating power than traditional calcium-based
lubricant.
The soaps continue to work evenly on the wire up to a temperature very
close to the maximum permitted by a sodium based lubricant, and contain no
potentially dangerous substances such as nitrites, borates, sulphides, amines,
chloride derivatives, or aromatic compounds.
They maintain the same characteristics as normal calcium soaps, and allow
easy dispersion in water and acid solutions.
Sodium soaps com-
monly used in wire
drawing contain com-
ponents that are not
environmentally friendly:
nitrites, chlorinated and
sulphurised compounds,
and soaps of heavy
metals (barium, chrome,
and lead).
Tecnovo has developed
a line of sodium
soap products that it
guarantees contain none
of these substances.
Manufactured using a
new production process which uses only inorganic, non-toxic and non-harmful
salts to obtain perfect reticulation of the fibre of the soap, this new sodium
soap maintains its characteristics at temperature ranges over 280°C.
Tecnovo Srl – Italy
Fax: +39 025 455 832
Email:
Website:
Halogen Free Flame Retardant (HFFR)
cable compounds and high filled
compounds. Other products available
from Alchemix includes environmental-
friendly anti-termite compounds,
anti-rodent cable compounds,
coupling agents or processing
aids in powder or liquid form and
silane-based crosslinking chemicals
suitable for Monosil or Sioplas
process.
Alchemix Pte Ltd – Singapore
Fax: +65 6262 3193
Email:
Website:
Wire drawing lubricants
from Germany
Traxit International, Germany, pro-
duces a wide range of wire drawing
lubricants, for applications including
low and high carbon wire, welding
wire, and non-ferrous wire.
The company, which is backed up
by ISO 9001 quality assurance, has
extensive research and development
facilities, to help it to remain at the
forefront of the latest technological
advances. Traxit International aims to
reduce lubricant consumption, create
less dust and increase the efficiency
of drawing machines, while extending
die life and reducing environmental
impact.
Traxit International – Germany
Fax: +49 2336 919 101
Email:
Website:
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Traxit International manufactures lubricants
for a wide range of applications
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A selection of calcium-based soaps from Tecnovo ▲