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english technology news
Decalub has developed a steel rod and
wire dry cleaning system, called Smooth-
Brush (SB), which operates in-line with a
wire drawing machine.
The SB system provides an extra-
clean product by transversal high-
speed fine brushing all around the
wire circumference with automatically
controlled brush pressure, and ensures
unchanged rod/wire physical properties
with no residual stress induced.
Development of the rod and wire SB
cleaning system eliminates the most
costly parameters in wire drawing process,
including elimination of acid and wet pre-
coating chemicals, providing significant
downstream benefits and substantial
process savings.
Suitable for use where the surface finish
is of great importance, the system offers
consistency and can benefit demanding
applications including plating wire,
CO2 welding wire and H/C wires where
the ductility is a focus, particularly in
production of spring wire, bead wire, PC
strand wire, etc.
Brush bristles penetration is adjustable
to automatically maintain surface micro-
roughness from 10 to 25 microns, pre-
selected at will.
In applications with rod, the system
provides transversal micro-roughing
which is ideal for lubricant pick up
during drawing, enabling even plastic
deformation and a uniform metal flow
within the, die at all practical speeds.
This eliminates the need for wet pre-
coating chemicals in the drawing process.
In wire cleaning applications, the system's
smooth abrading capability is used to
clean drawn wire from lubricant residual
enabling wire in-line polishing, metallic
and plastic coatings, painting, etc.
Decalub – France
Fax: +33 1 60 20 20 21
Email:
Website:
Rod and wire dry cleaning , in-line at high-speed
Rod/wire cleaning by the SB brushing system ▲
Super-size cables for Iraq
CMS (Cable Management
Supplies) Ltd went that extra
mile, literally, when it recently
supplied the UK's Ministry
of Defence with fibre optic
cables for use in Iraq.
Whereas CMS customers
typically order fibre in
lengths of 250m to 500m,
the MoD required lengths of
from two kilometres up to
eight and ten kilometres.
The fibre will be
used to extend Army
communications and
reconstruct civilian networks
in Iraq.
CMS is able to handle fibre orders of any size from small custom-made lengths and
assemblies to large bulk requirements.
Most cables can be delivered the next working day, before 1pm, at no extra charge on
orders of more than £100.
CMS (Cable Management Supplies) Ltd – UK Fax: +44 1252 379370
Email: Website:
CMS went – literally – the extra mile! ▲