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March 2013 12
Going solo
After more than
25 years working
in cooperation,
La Farga Group
(Spain) and
Continuus-Properzi
(Italy) have
decided to change
strategy for
approaching the
new opportunities
offered by
the market
and proceed
independently.
All works and
commissioning
in progress will
be completed
to all buyers of
CCR copper rod
lines and refining
furnaces, in
combination with
La Farga refining
technology
developed and
perfected during
the past 25 years.
Marketing
director
EFD Induction has
appointed Terje
Moldestad as new
group sales and
marketing director.
Mr Moldestad
takes over from
Truls Larsen, who
is moving into
the company’s
business
development
department.
Mr Moldestad took
over his new role
on 1st January and
is based in Skien,
Norway.
▲ ▲ Terje Moldestad
Combining business with
education seems to be proving
fruitful for Deka Surface
Technologies.
The fortunes of the Turkish
company, formed in 1957 as
a simple welding store, has
changed since Kemal and Omer
Demirkurt, sons of the original
owner, took over the business in
1989.
Since their involvement and
investment on CNC machines,
the company has become
partners with many local
companies in the areas of
automotive, agriculture, printing,
steel and iron, defence, marine
and aviation.
In 1989 they started their first
hot system fusing coating and
officially started their coating
business.
As they have already gained vast
experience on metals in general,
combining it with coating has
put them in a lucrative postion.
Together with their unstoppable
desire for innovation, Deka
has grown pretty fast. They
have always had their hands
into the metals, but also, in
the theoretical side, they have
started working with universities
on finding new coating solutions.
In 1998, Deka started producing
and coating parts for the wire
drawing sector.
“The power of Deka is not only
due to experience but also to
the ability to control the whole
manufacturing thanks to its
in-house machining process,”
said Kemal.
“Deka has specialised in applying
coatings that protect metal
components against wear,
abrasion and corrosion.
“Many industries have benefited
from Deka’s know-how and its
capability to detect the problem
and offer the solution.”
Omer, responsible from
the technical side of the
business, added: “Coating is a
sophisticated subject, because
many things should be taken
into consideration.
“Understanding the reason of
wear is very important for the
choice of the coating. Tungsten
carbide, aluminium oxide,
chrome oxide and zirconium
oxide are the most popular
ones for the wire drawing
sector.”
Deka Ltd Sti – Turkey
Website:
Building on strong Turkish history
▲ ▲ Deka has grown quickly thanks to the desire for innovation
The Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group from Anhui
Province has ordered a complete Contirod casting
and rolling plant for the production of copper wire
rod.
The high-performance line, from SMS Meer, can
produce 225,000 tons of copper wire rod per
year from cathodes, and is intended to further
strengthen Tongling’s position in the copper
business.
The Contirod line is designed for a capacity of
35 tons per hour, and will be one of the largest
integrated copper casting and rolling plants in
China.
The line comprises a gas control system on the SMS
shaft furnace for melting copper cathodes and a
modular Hazelett twin-belt caster.
The casting cross-section is 90mm x 70mm,
followed by the rolling line with a 12-stand rolling
mill.
The enormous reduction in the cross-sectional area
from the cast ingot to the wire rod creates a very
fine-grained material microstructure.
“The modern and energy-efficient technology
such as the gas control system and the
variable-frequency drives make the plant one of
the most cost-effective of its kind,” claims Thomas
Schatz, project manager at SMS Meer.
Commissioning of the line is expected in autumn
2013.
SMS Meer GmbH – Germany
Website:
Tongling orders Contirod® plant
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