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20.09.2017

Production of annealed copper wire without annealer

Revolutionary rolling mill has been introduced on the market of wire production equipment. It allows to produce 2mm soft copper wire from 8 mm rod at speeds of conventional RBD machines avoiding annealing process.

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The concept design of new process is based on the use of the rolling power to
increase the temperature of the wire while being rolled so that it exits at a temperature which is
above the recrystallization temperature. The costly power usage for the re-heating in the
annealer is totally avoided.

Main advantages:
- No annealer is needed
- Compact machine - 5 m length
- No copper dust
- Production speed for 2 mm wire is 27 m/s
- Quick start; feed of rod and acceleration up to work speed takes less than 6 s; emergency stop deceleration takes less than 3s
- Max. power consumption is 35 kWh per rolling stand

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