EoW May 2013

Feature

Photo courtesy of Reber Systematic GmbH + Co KG

Wire cleaning technology & products In fact, when only whistle-clean wire will do, not even the thinnest shimmer of dry lubricant can be tolerated. When they are no longer essential to the protection of the drawing die, oils and soaps join scale and rust, oxides and dyes in the noxious category of things that must be expunged before the shipment leaves the plant. Despite the fact that wire – metallic, thin, frangible – is extraordinarily susceptible to attack from contaminants, zero tolerance for anything that might adhere to the wire surface is not a mere ideal. Expert and thorough cleaning is a condition of doing business in the wire making industry of today. This is very well understood by the contributors to this section of EuroWire, whose skill sets run from acid to ultrasonic. A lubricant is not a contaminant. Or is it?

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