March 2014
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News
Technology
Development of wire Smooth-Brush (SB) dry cleaning
system replaces the most costly operations in the wire rod
cleaning process, including acid and other wet chemicals,
generating substantial cost savings, environmental benefits
and improvement in productivity.
In rod cleaning applications, the SB incorporates
revolutionary new technology which continuously uses
liberated rod scale converted into unique micro-abrading
pressure pads, with adjustable load at will, to effectively
remove excess scale or rust from base material, making
the product ideal for in-line dry coating/lubrication and
direct drawing from mechanically descaled H/C and L/C rod
(including 0.90%C).
The SB system is recommended for use where the surface
finish is of great importance. The system offers consistency
and can benefit demanding applications including plating
wire, cold-heading wire and H/C wire where the ductility is
a prime focus, particularly in production of spring wire, bead
wire, PC strand wire, etc.
For drawn wire cleaning, the SB system features in-line
smooth ultra-fine brushing, operating with virtually no speed
limitation.
The system incorporates high density ultra-fine brush
bristles that finely impact wire surfaces, effectively removing
lubricant residue from base material, evacuating dispersed
contaminants by moving wire exiting the unit clean of
white-metal appearance, providing clean wire that is ideal
for galvanising and metallic and plastic coating applications,
including Al and Cu clad wire.
The system provides an extra-clean product by transversal
high-speed ultra-fine brushing all around the wire
circumference with automatically controlled brush pressure,
adjustable at will, and ensures unchanged wire physical
properties with no residual stress induced.
Decalub – France
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Rod and wire green
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Rod and wire cleaning by SB brushing system
