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lubricants (dry & wet)
Beaded lubricants for wire drawing
Blachford has been in business since 1921 developing,
manufacturing and marketing technically advanced dry and wet
wire drawing lubricants and supplying them to the leading wire
manufacturers throughout the world. Blachford works closely
with individual customers to improve processes and products
and to reduce net costs.
Blachford is among leading manufacturers of beaded lubricants.
These products are found to be effective for reducing or
eliminating dust and die starvation (tunneling) caused by higher
quantities of lubricant fines. Blachford offers an assortment of
bead sizes and the ability to tailor the lubricant chemistry to
optimise pickup in the die. The combined physical and chemical
characteristics of beaded lubricants also result in reduced
lubricant consumption.
Blachford currently manufactures more than 200 technically
advanced wiredrawing lubricants with a variety of chemistries,
particle morphologies and colours.
Blachford Corp – USA Fax: +1 815 464 2112
Email: Website:
Lubrication
from Lubrimetal
The use of an advanced top performance drawing lubricant is
key to the production of high quality finished wires. Lubrimetal
manufactures an
established range,
including its well-
known trademarks
Fosfil® and Steelfor®
phosphating agents,
coatings and carriers.
Steelfor ITS/5 is a new
borax-free salt coating
for steel wire rod
and wire pre-drawing
preparation for batch
and in-line treatments.
For dry drawing, Lubrimetal’s Lubrifil® range includes:
Lubrifil VA 2007 – VA 2001 – strong drawing lubricants •
for mechanically descaled wire rod (production of
galvanised wire for fences, barbed wire and baling wire)
Lubrifil VA 3173 and VA 705 drawing lubricants for •
PC wire and strand production
Lubrifil VA 6001 – VA 7001 – VA 7090 borax-free •
sodium-based lubricants for high carbon steel (such as
spring and steel cord) and stainless steel wire drawing
The Lubriol® range of wet drawing lubricants for ferrous
metals, mild steel, high carbon and stainless steel includes:
Lubriol V 688 for mig wire •
Lubriol LMZ 10 for steel cord •
Lubriol CU lubricants for copper wire drawing •
(breakdown, intermediate, fine and superfine wire
drawings)
Lubrimetal has factories in Italy (Lubrimetal SpA) and in
India (Peddington Lubrimetal).
Lubrimetal – Italy Fax: +39 0341 422386
Email: Website:
A range of lubricants from Lubrimetal ▲ ▲