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focused target applications in automotive, aerospace and renewables. Rautomead Ltd – UK Website : www.rautomead.co.uk International face of companies UK-based Stanaway Wire is European agent for USA-based L&P Wire Tie Systems and international agent for both L&P Wire International and MountJoy Wire Corporation.

individual projects with universities and research groups in the UK and overseas. Further collaborations are also on-going with both existing and prospective customers, with the goal of providing new and innovative processes and products within the non-ferrous metals technology market. Through harnessing its market-leading expertise in the field of graphite technology, and transferring the skills it has developed in continuous casting as the basis for these collaborations, the division’s objectives consist of developing imaginative and economical technological solutions with operating systems that will offer significant end user processing improvements and application enhancement benefits. Specifically, such collaborative objectives consist of innovating technologies which are clean, safe and environmentally friendly, help shorten the manufacturing process, provide economies on the small to medium scale, deliver reduced operating costs, enhance product quality and often embrace materials recycling. Recent examples of Rautomead AMT collaborative projects, which illustrate the breadth of scope of the division, include the application of Rautomead resistance furnaces in a metals “reclamation by electrolysis” process; the development of a rheo-extrusion process for aluminium alloys; investigating alternative methods to produce thin strip Fecralloy material; production methods and alternative applications on nano-materials; melting and continuous casting of alternative non-ferrous elements; the use of cored wire technologies as alloy feeders in a continuous casting environment; and the in-process monitoring of alloy levels in a continuous casting environment. Further collaborations are on-going, or are being sought, in the areas of “lightweighting” material, with specific

priority at PWM and the company offers a highly personal technical advice and support service. PWM’s specialist staff have over 30 years’ experience of cold welding techniques and applications and are happy to advise customers and help them find the most cost-effective cold welding solution for their project. and development programme ensures that it continues to offer wire and cable manufacturers the most advanced and comprehensive range of cold welders in the world. To explain the cold weld process, the company recently developed a series of videos demonstrating the technique, which can be viewed at www. pwmltd.co.uk PWM’s worldwide network of experienced agents, together with the UK team, provides fast and efficient on-site support with full back-up and after-sales service for all PWM products. PWM Ltd – UK Website : www.pwmltd.co.uk PWM’s on-going research Continuous casting technology specialist Rautomead Limited has recently formed its new ‘Advancing Metals Technology’ (AMT) division, a scientifically-based metals research and development structure within the company. The specific focus of the division is on the scientific exploration and development of non-ferrous metals and processes to drive improvements in metallurgical efficiency in a wide range of global production processes and end-user applications. In addition to pursuing in-house research projects, the new division’s mandate also covers involvement in a wide range of New division for metals research

Principal products include aluminium wire, annealed wire, baling wire, bedding and upholstery wire, brush wire, chrome silicon wire, fish hook wire, flat wire, Galfan coated wire, galvanised HT wire for auto-baling, galvanised MS wire,

▲ ▲ John Stanaway, of Stanaway Wire

hard drawn MB wire, low carbon wire, music wire, musical string wire, patented wire, plated wire, plow steel wire, profile wire, rocket wire, saw wire, shaped wire, stitching wire, oil tempered wire, tin coated wire and ultra fine wire. Principal John Stanaway has been involved in the wire industry in a career now spanning five decades. A past winner of the UK’s most prestigious customer service award (the Unisys/Management Today Service Excellence Award), Mr Stanaway conducts his business with an open, ethical and honest approach which has, he believes, won him the respect of colleagues, customers and competitors alike. StanawayWire – UK Website : www.stanawaywireconsulting.com

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