Wire Breaks and the Role of Drawing Machine Operators

摘要

The latest NF Wire Forum focused on "Cup-and-Cone" wire breaks. Due to COVID-19, the recent NF Wire Forum with English as the conference language was held online in October 2020. The webinar was organized by the consortium NF Wire Forum (Non-Ferrous Wire Forum), consisting of the copper manufacturer, Aurubis AG; the drawing die manufacturer, Balloffet GmbH; the lubricant manufacturer, Carl Bechem GmbH; the wire drawing machinery manufacturer, Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co. KG; the association, Deutsches Kupferinstitut (German Copper Institute) DKI; and moderated by Tanja Winter, Head of Marketing & Sales Rod at Aurubis AG. The event was dedicated to an interdisciplinary examination of "cup-and-cone" wire breaks. The lecturers from the consortium partners shared their specific aspects of this topic in short presentations. A recording can be found on the consortium's home page: www.nf-wireforum.com.