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Application Overview: Wire Drawing

Mar 04, 2013

The process of wire drawing has in effect changed very little over the years. It uses a combination of a die and/or a series of dies to draw wire to a selected gauge. Drawn wire is in many applications beyond what we normally would think like electrical wire and TV cables. For example, springs of any kind are made of drawn wire; as well as re-bar used for construction world-wide. Paper clips and staples are made from thin drawn wire. Spokes on wheels, wire brushes, metal handles are made from drawn wire as well. There are literally thousands of finished products that rely on drawn wire. To satisfy this ever growing need, many millions of miles of wire are drawn by metal working companies annually. For this reason wire drawing, although unchanged in process for many years, is an extremely cost sensitive and competitive market. In turn, the companies that make wire drawing equipment and the process equipment around wire drawing are very in tune to any productivity or efficiency advantage they can get. One of those primary advantages is to use an ac inverter. Inverters are much more efficient, use less parts, and allow for more productivity than traditional designs.

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