EoW March 2013

Feature Die drawing & lubricants

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.

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.

A range of dies from Ajex & Turner

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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 Website : www.ajexturner.com Range of services

A floating plug from Hangsterfers

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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 Website : www.hangsterfers.com

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 Website : www.balloffetdie.com

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. 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 The company produces

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March 2013