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Wafios has supplemented the FMU line of wire bending and forming
centres with the new FMU 0.7. This machine is designed to process
spring steel wire according to DIN EN 10 270 in the bottom diameter
range between 0.15mm and 0.8mm. Thus the complete FMU line covers
a diameter range from 0.15mm to 6.5mm.
The FMU 0.7 can process round and profiled wire. For automotive
industry applications torsion springs, tension springs with loops
(according to DIN 2097) and bent parts can be produced on the FMU 0.7.
For the electronic industry, the FMU 0.7 is used for the economical
production of spiral-wound filaments made of tungsten wire, for the
production of coils made of enamel-insulated copper wire and for bent
parts made of copper or aluminium alloys for power distribution systems.
All-rounder for the wire
processing sector
The new FMU 0.7 wire bending centre m m
The flexibility of FMU 0.7 allows for
creativity, and a broad range of bent
wire parts can very easily be produced,
including eyeglass rims, bridges and
ear pieces made of titanium-based
alloys, body piercing jewellery of silver,
gold and titanium alloys and bent parts
for the medical industry.
For programming the FMU 0.7, the
established Wafios Programming
System 3 (WPS 3) is installed.
Production techniques and processes
are the same for the entire machine
line so operating personnel have to
learn them only once to apply them to
all five machine sizes. Identical
production and operating processes
thus provide high investment security
and increase process safety.
Wafios AG – Germany
Fax: +49 7121 49 12 09
Website:
High-altitude power
line for Tibet
China’s Xinhua news agency reports
that construction has begun of the
world’s longest and possibly most
difficult electricity transmission and
conversion project on the Tibetan
Plateau. China calls the project
“Heaven Road”.
Construction was apparently started
simultaneously in Golmud City of
Qinghai Province and Lhasa City of the
Tibet Autonomous Region. The report
said that of the transmission network’s
total length of 1,774km, around 565km
would run through year-round
permafrost areas. The project will
provide energy security, especially in
winter, and for the TAR’s rapid
economic and social development.
Xinhua News – China
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