EoW March 2012

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Plasma heat and surface treatment trial facility

Plasmait GmbH, a supplier of plasma heat and surface treatment lines for wire, tube and strip production, has opened a dedicated test facility for continuous annealing and degreasing of welding wires. Welding manufacturers are welcome to test plasma heat and surface treatment on their materials at Plasmait’s facility in Lebring, Austria. The welding wire facility has been designed to perform heat treatment, degreasing and deoxidation on a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous materials with diameters between 0.8mm and 3.5mm. The annealing and degreasing trials can be performed on copper, copper alloys, aluminium, various stainless steels and nickel alloys and other materials. Flux cored wires can also be tested. According to Plasmait’s R&D director, Peter Ziger, the welding wire trial facility is now available to all welding wire manufacturers who strive to improve the quality of their welding wire products. Applications with demanding surface or challenging annealing requirements will benefit most from plasma treatment. Such applications are found in the medical, precision mechanical, automotive, marine, aerospace and energy sectors. Other welding wire manufacturers may want to consider plasma annealing to reduce energy use or purging gas consumption, or to replace chemical surface treatments with dry, chemical-free degreasing, surface cleaning or deoxidation. Manufacturers of coated products may find plasma surface preparation prior to

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products. With over 50 deployments of plasma treatment lines worldwide Plasmait has established itself as a trusted supplier to the wire and tube industry.

coating or metallic plating also an area of potential interest. Since the introduction of plasma heat and surface treatment process in the wire industry in 2003, Plasmait has continuously improved the process and widened the application scope to include annealing and surface treatment of tubes and flat

Plasmait GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 3182 52 475 4 Email : info@plasmait.com Website : www.plasmait.com

FSP 3000 moves into Idaho and Utah

and create jobs in their communities. This network means much more than just reliability, availability and increased bandwidth,” said John Scherzinger, ADVA’s senior vice president of sales in North America. “With always-on access to high-bandwidth applications, this network will have an enormous impact on businesses. “Telemedicine, distance learning, and video conferencing are just the beginning. This connectivity will expand economic capacity and commerce throughout southern Idaho.” Syringa Networks – USA Fax : +1 208 229 6110

Syringa Networks, an Idaho, USA-based regional provider of fibre-optic services, has selected the modular optical transport platform FSP 3000 from ADVA Optical Networking to provide high-speed connectivity to southern Idaho and northern Utah businesses. Syringa Networks was created in 2002 to improve telecommunication and rural broadband services in Idaho. The carrier is a longstanding partner of ADVA. “We’re excited to partner with ADVA Optical Networking to offer flexible data transport solutions to Idaho businesses,” said Greg Lowe, president and CEO of Syringa Networks. “Cost-effective access to data-intensive services helps rural communities retain local businesses, attract new companies,

Email : info@syringanetworks.net Website : www.syringanetworks.net

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