WCA January 2011

Wire drawing machinery Can anything useful be said in the Third Millennium about a manufacturing method that anticipated the Industrial Revolution by some 400 years — and has since been brought to a pitch of near- perfection? The makers of an Internet video on wire drawing didn’t try. To soft-jazz accompaniment, they simply tracked the progress of a round piece of metal as it moves through a series of dies that reduce its diameter while concentrating its volume. The suppliers reviewed in this section are likewise inclined to let the machinery of wire drawing speak for itself. Their experience informs the details of a state-of-the-art drawing line, ensuring the accuracy, speed, and certifiability that are standard operating procedure in this process at the heart of the wire making enterprise.

50

Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2011