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Die drawing & lubricants
March 2013 50
Headquartered in France, Balloffet has
been manufacturing dies since 1870
and has three subsidiary companies in
the USA, UK and Germany, as well as a
worldwide agents network. The company
has maintained all its die production in
Europe.
The company produces natural
diamond dies from 6µ to 3mm, synthetic
mono-crystalline dies from 6µ to 1mm,
poly-crystalline (PCD) dies from 50µ to
30mm, compacting, stranding and special
shaped dies, enamelling guides, extrusion
tooling (guides and dies), special tooling
with diamond insert and repolishing
machines and equipment.
Balloffet also offers repolishing, training
of operators and technicians in its own
training centre and showroom or at
the customer’s plant, and control and
technical report of customers’ dies.
Balloffet – France
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Recognised
leader
Hangsterfer’s Laboratories, Mantua, New
Jersey, USA, is recognised as a leader in
metal forming compounds.
The Aldraw series of metal forming
and fabricating compounds offers
outstanding performance across a wide
range of applications.
Stamping and blanking of carbon steel,
along with drawing of high nickel tubing
are accomplished with extended die life,
excellent finishes and reduction in scrap
material.
The non-hazardous formulation of the
Aldraw J2, J1, J4 and J50 provides for a
safe work environment and easy waste
disposal. Aldraw series metal forming
compounds provide customers with
complete operational flexibility to handle
the toughest jobs and exotic materials
with total confidence.
Metal spinning and severe forming
applications that require maximum
adherence and shear resistance are
applications where Hangsterfer’s Aldraw
metal forming compounds provide
outstanding results.
Hangsterfer’s Aldraw J2, J1, J4 and 50, as
well as the full line of Hangsterfer’s metal
working products, are available globally
through a select group of stocking
distributors.
Hangsterfer’s Laboratories – USA
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Invisible strength of dies
Ajex & Turner offers a wide range of wire drawing and compacting dies for any size in
PCD, ND, carbide, nano, enamelling and extrusion tooling with Conoptica report, giving
accurate geometry of the die.
The company offers in-house die polishing and re-conditioning machines, along with
die polishing accessories for PCD/ND/carbide.
Dies can be made in any size as per customers’ specifications and offer excellent
corrosive wear resistance.
Ajex dies offer following benefits:-
• Allows for high-speed cable production at significantly lower running temperatures
and reduces energy costs
• Vastly improves cable surface finish and reduces wire breakage and start-up
problems
• Unique design optimises price – performance benefits
• Special locking system in split dies
• Can be made in any size from 1mm to 100mm
Ajex & Turner offers full support in demonstration, applications and service support
requirements of its products for customers. It has set up European automatic machines
for making dies of all sizes and equipped with all latest quality control system. These
automatic machines will produce 300 dies per day with accurate geometry.
Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co – India
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Range of services
▼ A range of dies from Ajex & Turner
▲ A floating plug from Hangsterfers