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Dedicated heating
Fives Celes has designed and manu-
factured induction heating equipment for
over forty years. With a strong focus on
innovation, Fives Celes provides a wide
range of solutions in static inverters,
delivering equipment dedicated to tube
and wire heating, hardening and cooling,
and quenching systems.
The Fives Celes range includes:
MOSFET and IGBT transistor •
inverters for medium and high
frequency induction heating
quenching tanks and cooling units •
a complete thermal treatment •
section based on these products
Fives Celes delivers customised
services all over the world.
Fives Celes – France
Fax: +33 3 89 76 36 79
Email:
Website:
Heat treatment
take-up systems
Lämneå’s heat treatment take-up systems, Stationary block frames (SBV)
and Rotating block frames (RBV) serve the coiling requirements of the
majority of in-line, multi-wire process operations involving low and high
carbon steel wires. As such they are a basic component of the wire mill.
Applications include take-up of low carbon steel wires following annealing,
annealing and plastic coating, annealing and galvanising, hard drawing
and galvanised wires. Also, high carbon steel wires following patenting or
patenting and galvanising.
The systems are of
modular construction, each
unit carrying a suitable
number of units depending
on the configuration of the
take-up frame. The upper
section provides mounting
for the vertical block shaft.
The lower section is of
a heavy fabricated steel
structure. A central column
supports catwalk and
handrails.
Both SBV and RBV feature
double-flanged blocks
on a vertical axis with wear resistant wire line surface but on the SBV the
blocks are held stationary by the frame.
Lämneå Bruk AB – Sweden Fax: +46 122 232 99
Email: Website:
Plasma treatment
Plasmait GmbH is a supplier of in-line surface and heat treatment solutions for
ferrous and non-ferrous wire, strip and tube applications. Plasma treatment is
conducted in a controlled atmosphere to ensure distinct surface cleanliness and
uncompromised surface quality. Plasma treatment is a dry, environment-friendly
cleaning process that can replace undesired acid/alkaline cleaning techniques.
Plasmait has introduced the following distinct processes:
PlasmaANNEALER – High-speed annealing of ferrous and non-ferrous wire,
rod, strip and tube. PlasmaCLEANER – surface degreasing and deoxidation on
ferrous and non-ferrous wires, tubes or strip. PlasmaDEGREASER – Removal of
oil/grease lubricants and wax protection from wire surface for applications such
as welding wire or medical wire.
PlasmaGRAPH – Graphite de-lubrication and annealing for hot drawn materials.
(Molybdenum, Tantalum and hot drawn steels).
PlasmaPREPLATE – high-speed annealing and dry surface cleaning process
suitable for electro-plating and hot dip plating of non-ferrous materials. The
process replaces chemical based treatments such as acid based deoxidation,
alkaline based degreasing and flux based surface activation in the case of hot
dip process.
Plasmait processes are available in horizontal and vertical configurations. All
Plasmait processes include computer assisted inline quality control and offer
greatest benefits to the applications with demanding surface and mechanical
requirements.
heat and dry surface treatment inline with electro plating and hot dip plating •
cleaning and annealing of copper alloys, silver and gold •
heat and surface treatment of stainless steels, nickel alloys and other alloys such as wolfram and molybdenum •
heat and surface treatment of medical wires, welding wire and superconductors •
Plasmait GmbH – Austria Fax: +43 318 252 4754 Email: Website:
Plasma treatment with Plasmait ❍ ❍
technology
Heating and quenching line from Fives ❍
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Celes
Stationary block frames from Lämneå Bruk ❍ ❍