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Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2011
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Petar Erdeljan obituary
We are saddened to report that Petar Erdeljan, area sales manager of
Roteq Machinery passed away on 21
st
September 2010 in his seventieth
year, in Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario, Canada.
Petar was born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia and attained his higher education
at Leicester School of Technology and Commerce in the United Kingdom,
The Academy of Commerce in Belgrade Yugoslavia and the University
of Subotica, Yugoslavia.
In 1968, on completion of his military duties in Yugoslavia, Petar started
work with Wogau Engineering in London (UK) which was an agency that
represented companies that sold equipment to the Soviet Union and
Eastern Block companies.
His linguistic talents led him to represent and then be employed by
General Engineering (Radcliffe) Co Lc. In 1989 he re-located to Canada
and continued his wire and cable career in the position of area sales
manager with Ceeco Machinery of Concord Ontario, a position he held
until early 2010. In March of 2010 Petar joined Roteq Machinery of
Concord Ontario as area sales manager.
Petar’s wire and cable involvement totalled about 30 years, most of
which most was conducting business in Eastern Europe and the Far East.
Petar will be remembered as a highly respected professional with an easy charm that will be sadly missed by his many
customers, colleagues and friends.
Petar is survived by his son Dr Petar Erdeljan, daughter-in-law Dr Meivys Erdeljan, and his brother Lazar. He was also a
member of Wire Association International.
Mr Petar Erdeljan
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Continuous casting
forum
The Wire Association International (WAI) has announced its first Global
Continuous Casting Forum for copper practitioners, to take place at Interwire,
Atlanta from 2
nd
to 5
th
May 2011.
33 industry experts will lead the forum, which will comprise technical and
operational presentations, interactive workshops and panel discussions, and will
serve as a user’s group for all operations personnel involved with copper
continuous casting.
Forum topics will include:
Historical information on copper, continuous casting, wiredrawing and the
•
vertical shaft furnace
Process overviews by Properzi, SCR, Contirod and Upcast OY
•
New technologies: descaling; degassing; rod testing; scrap processing
•
New refractory materials and installation practices
•
Baghouses: design; fires investigation
•
Filtration: molten metal; caster and process water
•
Shaft furnace burner combustion ratios and dissolved oxygen
•
Cathode impurities and rod quality
•
Wire break analysis and copper fines generation
•
Preventive maintenance: electronic drives; hardware and software solutions
•
Registration is $395 for WAI members; $495 for non-members. The fee includes
access to Interwire 2011 exhibits, technical programme and the opening
reception.
Wire Association International Inc – USA
Fax
: +1 203 453 8384
Website
:
www.wirenet.org