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WIRE FORMING EVENTS Table of Contents SeptemberF7a, l2l 022010 7 Vol. 10, No. 4 September 16, 2020 CASMI Golf Tournement International Conference Hoffman Estates, IL, USA on Spring Technologies (ICST) Feature Articles 1741 Akron Peninsula Rd, www.casmi-springworld.org Düsseldorf, Germany Dheyadlirnoggwenith 14 W FTI Technical Achievement AwaArdksr o–n C,laOssHo4f 24030173 USA www.icst2020-germanemysintb.erdseitplt.ler.e.in.m2g0ent Tel: +1 330 864 2122 • Fax: +1 330 864 5298Second Annual Wire Forming Technology International Technical Achievement Awards, given out September 22 – 24, 2020 21st China (Guangzhou) Int’l. Spring annually to spring making or wire forming industry individuals for major technical developments Industry Exhibition, Guangzhou, China www.springexpo.com.cn www.wireformingtech.comrelated to equipment, materials or accessories for making springs or wire formed parts. September 22 – 24, 2021 16 “How Re-Engineering My Wire Forming September 23 – 26, 2020 wwBaiwrnewgSk.owoukit,rheTe-ahssoat iuAlatshniaeda2 s0t2a1s ia.c om 2 0 HBsRDpricyuerihwndsag rriGdnsorteDeegee.senlSsbanisll aos StnEot gan-m ,AwvJ ibemrt.hdru-ailA ttiid-ttrpile serfvcorimuneosgwsemeiodonf n stEthto roexaf tmftpe ihgiSntyiygsc pariecttriasioioulnncmlnthgmeed”Pie t aSptinhrll@tu oegerdCsrgseoMyiw.wldhotihefiir khpnaeynetdfdLro aoMrgeirnpetmudncrpniNeP inmtnouugb pcrbtlirtoetotllyfectiitmsathbhe.inlceittyoro. fm wire China 2020, Shanghai, China September 28 – 30, 2021 23 CDro. Rmogpeor Ns.iWtiorignh tE- Pffaertc6tosf tihne mCualtri-bpaortns eSrietVes,eiTclhee SPtrreengstihdoef Sntteeal,nddediEcadteidtotorthe www.wirechina.net metallurgy of spring making and wire formedmpacrtns [email protected] Drum washer for springs and December 7 – 11, 2020 SeXMpIoM20e2ta1l Enginee ring wire formed parts...30 wire 2020, Düsseldorf, Germany 2 4 CKirotaant Rin. 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CHINA May 10 – 13, 2021 Interwire 2021, Atlanta, GA, USA 39 CExAceSrpMtedI fSrocmhtohelaCrAsShMiIpC OANwNaECrdTIsO NR, eaapucbhRlic Tiantoiogtnaioelf roTf UraSd$e4M63e,0d0i0a iLnt 2d0. 07 www.interwire21.com Rosemont, IL, USA CASMI (Chicago AssociaEtioans otf CSphriinnga M:aVnuifvacitaunrerSs,h Inacn.),gNa+p8er6vi-lle2,1IL,6U2S8A.9-5533, EXT 169 www.casmi-springworld.org 44 Wire Rod & Coating Supplier Consvoivliidaant@esr ingiert rade.co m June 8 – 10, 2021 October 7 – 9Ve,rs2atw0ileir2esy1hsa tenmgefrosr...p .3ro8ducin g IJtascq AuecstAivnciktiaeerst -iCno VmepanNney ozinurtetenhdlas&E t&oXt SaCpTootuhl9euth3dme3vCb2elihoapiminngaag:groMgwitehalgmiguari@keetrLininiLuagtiin+eA8rmt6re-ari2cda0e. .8c7o3m2-3316, wire Russia, Moscow, Russia International Conference of the 45 Company Profiles www.wire-russia.com interHnaotionnagl sKpriongnagn:d MwireikfoermHedapyart+s i8nd5u2stry2. 369 8788, ext 11 Information of value to the wBSpawrricwnegl.ofIenndade,urSnstpvraeyri nb and.d e 37 InSImdtaurgaesisgtarhnydt EfFacrv tosemfnrotmTswhiere SSohuothweastTASoImA 20H07u,mhtceclhdhiOnhcsatGooybenE@r,1R6rG-iM1nl8og,A2bi0eaN0rl7.Y,cSinoaBmlaen.shgkkMok,aTnhaailganedr. 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EDITORIAL Response to Cancellations to research these topics and come away not concerned that we are repeating at least some elements of them. In-person industry events continue to say goodbye to Today, we have 21st century struggle sessions and the 2020 with the SpringWorld® exhibition and the Interna- “cancel culture” exploding all over education, media, tional Conference on Spring Technologies (ICST) being the entertainment, political and corporate environments, we latest ones to be taken down by COVID-19. ICST has been have repackaged versions of communism being peddled rescheduled for September 7, 2021 with solid lineup of in the western world as the fairest and most effective content that you can see on pages 34 and 35 of this issue. forms of government, and we have modern day anar- SpringWorld will not return until 2022 as is stays on track chists waiting in the shadows of every crisis to level new with its every-other-year timing. To fill this void, we reigns of terror and iconoclasm on our cities, traditions asked SpringWorld exhibitors to send us text and image and institutions. As all of this is happening, the USA is files related to the products and services that they had setting new records for government debt and spending planned to promote this October in Rosemont, IL, USA. while the master practitioner of communist principles is The response was excellent, and you can see resulting executing its 100 year plan to rule the world. content on pages 44 through 57. Intellectual Property On a personal note, I expected these cancellations, but my patience is running thin. By my count, “15 days to Designing, developing, producing and processing flatten the curve“ has changed into “more than 150 days spring, wire formed parts, wire mesh and rebar products to flatten as many industries as possible”. In particular, are activities than can be complicated, time consuming I am disappointed by not getting to go to SpringWorld, and expensive. Many hours of behind the scenes work which is easily one of my favorite trade shows. I have go into every newly developed product, and it is natural been attending this event since the end of the 20th century, and wise to protect these efforts and the resulting intel- when the exhibition was known as the “CASMI Show”. lectual property. One of the SpringWorld exhibitors summed up my senti- The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ments exactly when he wrote this to me, “I wish CASMI or its equivalent in other locations is a good place to start. would happen, I wish COVID was dead, I wish we were A visit paid to www.uspto.gov turns up this advice, all ‘back to normal’, but it does not look like it. On top of “To protect your invention, you may need a patent, it, we have elections coming up! I think COVID will get trademark, copyright, marketing plan, trade secrets or quiet the next day after the elections. In any case, I need some combination of these. Before you begin preparing to work as nothing happened!” He may also be right on a patent application, find out if you really need a patent the timing, but for me, I hope COVID dies this month. or some other form of intellectual property protection: History • A patent for an invention is the grant of a prop- erty right to the inventor, which excludes others The dramatic events of the past few months have caused from making, using, offering for sale or selling the me to reflect on some past history lessons that I learned invention. in Mr. Rositano’s high school global history class more than 40 years ago. • A copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of ‘original works of authorship’ including A barrel chested wrestling coach and lover of history, literary, dramatic, musical, artistic and certain other facts and of doing things right, Mr. Rositano always intellectual works, both published and unpublished. taught us while standing at a green chalkboard, telling us the stories of global history while writing the highlights • A trademark is a word, name, symbol or device that in beautiful white chalk handwriting. Up to that point is used in trade with goods to indicate the source of of being in his history class, I was a fan of the quote, the goods and to distinguish them from the goods “history is bunk”. Mr. Rositano changed that attitude of others. A servicemark is the same as a trademark with his passionate story-telling, attention to detail and except that it identifies and distinguishes the source his insistence on the importance of documenting and of a service rather than a product.” studying the past. I soon became a fan of the subject, and I learned that the better quotes about history included, Product protection will usually fall “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to into the patent category. If you have repeat it” and “The more you know about the past, the a new or noteworthy patent, send it better prepared you are for the future.” to me by email for publication in a future issue. So now whenever a reference to a historical subject, event or person comes up, I usually look up the facts and con- Mike McNulty, Editor text before responding or weighing it with an opinion. [email protected] This happens a lot and most recently when the phrases “struggle session”, “cultural revolution” and “reign of terror” drifted into opinion articles. I challenge anyone 6 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

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NEWS WIRE SpringWorld 2020 for “OVC 2020”, which includes to announce Cancelled an educational event at the Mar- that due to riott Courtyard in Canfield, OH, the current Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, USA, followed by the chapter’s 17th circumstanc- the Chicago Association of Spring Annual Golf Tournament at the es regarding COVID-19, the 2020 Manufacturers, Inc. (CASMI) nearby Kennsington Golf Club, Government Affairs Conference, has cancelled SpringWorld 2020, followed by dinner. The morn- scheduled for September in Wash- scheduled to take place October 7 ing program will feature three ington, DC, USA, has now been to 9, 2020 in Rosemont, IL, USA. guest speakers on the subjects of cancelled. SpringWorld 2022 will take place Lubricants, Eddy Current Test- AWPA leadership is currently October 5 to 7, 2022, at the Donald ing and The Future of American monitoring the situation sur- E. Stephens Convention Center in Manufacturing. rounding the nation’s health crisis Rosemont, IL, USA. with regard to the 2021 Annual Meeting, s3c50hePdopulaler dAvteonubee held Feb- ruary 22 tEolm2h4u,rs2t,0IL2160, 1i2n6St. Peters- burg, FLP,hUFonaSex:A: 66.3300W..3355e99a..44r22e77m43 onitoring Wienb:fowrwmw.acatsiomni-sopnrintghweorslda.ofergty of travel E-maailn: [email protected] travel CASMI looks forward to wel- The cost is US$130 for golf, policies. A decision will be made bcoaScmpkriitnnoggSepWxriohnrigbldWi®toorWrlsdilialnnT2da0k2ve2i.s Piltaocrse OctoaUbnSed$r7U30 -Sf5o$r3int5hRefoosresmtehmienoadrniant,nnIdellridnioonninsleyr. about holding this event as we get closer to the meeting. 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ganizers expect stable numbers NEWS WIRE PaintExpo on Schedule of visitors from Europe despite the tight situation in the global neighboring countries as well as The world’s leading trade fair economy. companies from Germany, Bel- for industrial coating technologies, gium, the Netherlands, France, PaintExpo, takes place in Karl- So far, around one third of visi- Great Britain, Austria, Switzerland sruhe, Germany, from October 12 tors at both trade fairs came from and Italy will take part in wire to 15, 2020. And all signs indicate Germany, while two thirds were Russia 2021 to establish new busi- that PaintExpo will take place this international visitors. ness relations, intensify existing year at the Karlsruhe Exhibition contacts and present technologi- Centre with more than 500 na- This means that wire and Tube cal innovations from the wire and tional and international exhibitors. are among the most internation- cable industry. A comprehensive hygiene concept ally attended trade fairs organized www.wire-russia.com by Messe Düsseldorf. www.wire.de ECM-05 MTF22 GQ wire guide www.Tube.de electronic cutting straighten,chamfer, cutting machine ASM-ADM wire Russia to be ASF wire straightener Held in June 2021 wire straightener GAP-Cable guide wire Russia, the leading regional PFR43 SVO_ Russian trade fair for the wire and rotating die-holder wire pay-off unit AL6 AL12 feeder cable industry, will take place at the Krasnaya Presnya Exhibition STR AS-AD Center in Moscow, Russia, from mechanical traverse wire straightener June 8 to 10, 2021. unit CA, CAR, CAW- Approximately 200 exhibitors straightening rollers from 25 countries are expected AR MTF20 to participate. wire straightener straightening,cutting and marking machine wire Russia will be held concur- Complete range of complete range rently with Tube straighteners for of equipments Russia (Interna- tubes up to Ø50 mm for the processing tional Tube and Pipe Trade Fair), of wire Metallurgy Rus- sia (International Metallurgical COMETO SRL Via Cabella Lattuada 41 23841 Annone Brianza Lc Italy Technology, Processes and Metal +39-0341-263090 [email protected] www.cometo.ws Products Trade Fair) and Litmash www.youtube.com/user/Cometosnc Russia (International Foundry Technology, Supplies and Castings Trade Fair). Jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf Moscow and its local partner VNIIKP—All-Russian Cable Scientific Research and De- velopment Institute—wire Russia 2021 will feature machinery and plants for wire production and wire refinement, forming technol- ogy, spring production, cable and strand machines, tools and aids for process engineering as well as measuring and control technology. The product range will be comple- mented by wire rod, bright wire, wire mesh, special wire, cables and plates. Companies from Russia, its Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 9

NEWS WIRE will ensure best possible safety for States, and to determine if produc- steel wire rod from Brazil and the exhibitors and visitors. PaintExpo’s ers are receiving unfair subsidies. existing antidumping duty orders exhibition portfolio presents the on imports of this product from world’s most extensive range The petitions were filed by Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Mol- of solutions for adapting wet Insteel Wire Products Company dova, and Trinidad and Tobago painting, powder coating and (Mount Airy, NC, USA), Mid- would lead to continuation or re- coil coating processes to current South Wire Company (Nash- currence of material injury within requirements and aligning them ville, TN, USA), National Wire a reasonably foreseeable time. to the future. LLC (Conroe, TX, USA), Okla- homa Steel & Wire Co. (Madill, As a result of the Commission’s The trade fair organizer and OK, USA) and Wire Mesh Corp. affirmative determinations, the his team are confident that they’re (Houston, TX, USA). existing orders on imports of this well prepared for the event. To- product from Brazil, Indonesia, gether with Messe Karlsruhe as In the AD investigation, Com- Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad well as the relevant state and lo- merce will determine whether and Tobago will remain in place. cal authorities, a comprehensive imports of standard steel welded hygiene and safety concept is be- wire mesh from Mexico are being Chair Jason E. Kearns, Vice ing developed in order to provide dumped in the USA market at Chair Randolph J. Stayin, and exhibitors and visitors with best less-than-fair value. The alleged Commissioners David S. Johan- possible health protection, which dumping margins range from son, Rhonda K. Schmidtlein can be updated to accommodate 64.07% to 152.68%. and Amy A. Karpel voted in the current conditions at any time. affirmative. This action comes “Among other things, the concept In the CVD investigation, Com- under the five-year (sunset) review ensures that even on busy days at merce will determine whether process required by the Uruguay least four square meters of floor Mexican producers of standard Round Agreements Act. space are available per visitor,” steel welded wire mesh are receiv- adds organizer Jürgen Hauß- ing unfair government subsidies. The USITC’s public report, Car- mann. “Further aspects include Commerce will investigate 16 sub- bon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod strictly online ticket sales, as well sidy programs, including prefer- from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Mol- as online redemption and reg- ential lending, tax programs, tariff dova, and Trinidad and Tobago (Inv. istration of admission coupons. exemptions, grants and regional Nos. 701-TA-417 and 731-TA-953, In accordance with the security subsidies. 957-959, and 961 (Third Review), concept, box office ticket sales will USITC Publication 5100, Aug. not be offered.” If Commerce makes affirmative 2020) will contain the USITC’s findings in these investigations, views and information developed The range of products and and if the U.S. International Trade during the reviews. services offered by the exhibitors Commission (USITC) determines covers the entire process chain for that dumped and/or unfairly sub- The report will be available by liquid painting, powder coating sidized imports of standard steel September 8, 2020, at: and coil coating. welded wire mesh from Mexico www.usitc.gov/commission_publica- www.PaintExpo.com materially injure or threaten ma- tions_library. terial injury to the USA industry, USDOC Initiates Commerce will impose duties on U.S. Commercial Investigations on those imports in the amount of Service Offers Trade Mexican Wire Mesh dumping and/or unfair subsidiza- Show Booth Staffing tion found to exist. The U.S. Department of Com- In order to help USA exhibitors merce announced the initiation The 2019, imports of standard affecteestrictions, the U.S. Com- of new antidumping (AD) and steel welded wire mesh from Mex- mercial Service in Düsseldorf, countervailing duty (CVD) inves- ico were valued at approximately Germany, has launched the “Trade tigations in order to determine US$46.7 million. www.trade.gov Show Booth Staffing Program” for whether imports of standard steel the upcoming trade fairs, wire/ welded wire mesh from Mexico USITC Determination Tube, Caravan Salon, MEDICA, are being dumped in the United on Wire Rod from COMPAMED and Valve World Six Countries Expo and held at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has deter- Corporate travel policies, gov- mined that revoking the existing ernment restrictions and quar- countervailing duty order on im- antine requirements have made ports of carbon and certain alloy participation at trade fairs increas- 10 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

ingly complex. If USA exhibitors NEWS WIRE IWMA Launches New cannot staff their booth but want Website & Branding to keep their brand positioned istrative matters. internationally and not miss busi- • Visit the REP at least once dur- The International Wire Ma- ness opportunities, the U.S. Com- chinery Association (IWMA) in mercial Service will find, train and ing the trade fair. the UK is excited to launch to its monitor professional representa- • Check-in with the REP at the members, a brand new website tives at trade fairs in Düsseldorf. and new branding. Their office has a long history of beginning/end of each trade hiring articulate, motivated pro- fair day. While the world has been on fessionals to assist companies, • Collect business cards from pause tackling a global pandemic, explain product details and col- REP on the last day of the IWMA has been working hard, lect business contact information show, discuss any key interac- from home, on increasing the from current and future business tions, flag contacts for follow- benefits to its members through partners at trade fairs. The U.S. up, scan business cards and the launch of its new website and Commercial Service staff will: send to home office. visual transformation. • Find a qualified, professional Fees include the following: • Direct Payment to the REP With the first phase of IWMA’s representative (“REP”) to staff (approx. 200 Euros per day + new website, visitors will be able exhibit booth. local transportation costs). to navigate seamlessly through • Meet individually (virtually • Commercial Service fee: USA IWMA’s upcoming exhibitions, or in-person) with the REP to small company, US$600; USA to find out more about IWMA’s ensure quality standards, train medium company, US$1400; 50 year history, read the WCN on proper business contact eti- and USA large company, quette, discuss the exhibiting US$1800. firm’s products and review To determine if you are a small, trade fair schedule and admin- medium or large company, visit: www.trade.gov/us-commercial-ser- vice-user-fees and scroll to the bot- tom for an explanation. Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 11

NEWS WIRE magazine and get in touch with plus a take-up spooler that can AWI’s global reach also con- the staff, which is here to help in handle and store larger weight tinues to gather pace, with the any way it can. rolled wire profiles. appointment of Andrew Marshall of AM Wire Pte. Ltd. to look after Coming very soon, in phase Mark Venables, Managing Di- Singapore and nearby territories. two of the launch, will be the new rector of Alloy Wire International, He has been supporting spring members area, alongside a new commented, “We’re still averaging makers and other wire consumers on-line booking and payment 160 enquiries every week, so there in the region for many years and system and a more in depth mem- doesn’t appear to be a let up in de- will offer immediate access to a bership directory. mand like some parts of industry number of key industries. are seeing. You can find out more about the Angus Hogarth, Sales Director IWMA rebrand at the new IWMA “With this in mind, we have re- of AWI, concluded, “The pandem- website. IWMA says it is excited mained true to our commitment to ic has thrown up some massive about what the future holds for always have 200 tons of material in challenges, but we’ve tried to stay the association and can’t wait to stock at any one time, meaning we true to our core philosophies and share it with you all. www.iwma.org can complete orders in just three our staff have really delivered— weeks—and when an emergency first in supplying the NHS and, AWI Invests to arises, we look to our Emergency in more recent weeks, keeping up Meet Demand Manufacturing Service that can see with demand from other sectors. wire supplied in just three days” One of the UK’s leading manu- “Investment will continue in facturers of round, flat and profile He continued, “We appreciate material and equipment, with wire has completed a £1 million it’s a big investment at this current our next purchase planned to be investment in material to ensure it time, but we know it’s the right new cutting and straightening continues to meet the growing re- decision as our customers span machines that will deliver an in- quirements of its global client base. over 55 different countries and creased range of products for our when one territory is a little bit customers.” Alloy Wire International (AWI) down you usually find another is continued manufacturing wire increasing orders. For further information, please from high-performance nickel visit: www.alloywire.com alloys throughout the COVID-19 “All of the material is sourced pandemic, maintaining supply from approved suppliers in order Roy Metal Finishing to sectors that include medical, to ensure melt quality, which can Expands Technology power generation and commercial be important to the successful Plating Offerings transport. performance of the client’s end products, and this could be aircraft Roy Metal Finishing, Green- The company, which offers a parts, oil rig components or medi- ville, SC, USA, has added a robot 60-strong range of exotic alloys, cal equipment.” cell for Trivalent Black, Clear and has ensured it always has over Yellow Passivates over Zinc and 200 tons of European and DFARS- Alloy Wire International is ap- Zinc Nickel plating as well as a compliant material at any one proaching 75 years of manufactur- new automated, part-specific, time, so that it can manufacture ing wire in the UK and currently recipe-driven Heavy Zinc Phos- and deliver within three weeks of supplies in excess of 5000 custom- phate line. The company has clients placing their orders. ers involved in automotive, aero- added a robot cell for trivalent space, defence, medical, nuclear, black, Clear and Yellow Passivates This is just one element of an oil and gas and renewables. over Zinc and Zinc Nickel plating ongoing investment drive that with options for sealers, topcoats has also seen the redevelopment Material including Phynox, and/or waxes. of its offices in Brierley Hill and Inconel and Hastelloy is available the introduction of the latest wet from 0.025 mm (0.001\") to 21 mm drawing machine for producing (0.827\") in small batches or me- wire from 1.6 to 0.7 mm diameter, dium/large volume—all within a three-week timeframe. 12 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

Roy Metal Finishing has intro- NEWS WIRE Heights, OH, USA, at the end of duced a SIDASA robotic treat- June 2020. The steel wire maker ment technology for post plating treatment processing. made the notification by a letter and baking application of trivalent In addition, the company re- written by Manish Ishwar, Presi- passivates with options for sealers, dent and CEO. topcoats and waxes. The part- cently completed the installation specific, recipe-driven technology of a new automated, part-specific, Throughout the years 2018 and ensures gentle handling of all recipe-driven heavy zinc phos- 2019, ASWPengg LLC experienced size parts to guarantee excellent phate line. This line is capable of fiunancial distress due to unfavor- performance and appearance. coating parts in a barrel or rack able trade policy, timed with very The line is positioned beside the with the application of pre-black, heavy capital investment. The company’s Continuous Hydrogen heavy oil, dry-to-touch or no oil. company was successfully able Embrittlement Relief oven for ef- The company says the line cur- to obtain operating capital and ficient transfer of parts for post rently operates on a 10-hour per continue its operations. However day shift schedule with plans to with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Automated, part-specific, recipe- grow into a three shift, five day company no longer had the good driven heavy zinc phosphate line. per week schedule. faith belief that it could secure the needed capital to continue active Roy Metal Finishing says the operations beyond June 30, 2020. new technology is critical for growth in the automotive, ag- As a result, approximately 122 riculture and general fastener employees were affected with ter- industries. www.rmf-sc.com minations that took place in the 14 day period prior to and after the ASWPengg Closed June 30, 2020 date. USA Facility at the End of June 2020 ASWPengg LLC was a result of the partnership between Ameri- ASWPengg LLC closed its facil- can Spring Wire Corp. (ASW) ity at 26300 Miles Road in Bedford Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 13

NEWS WIRE Bedford Heights, OH, USA, and be tailored to a specific process or Special metals strip coil is also Joh. Pengg AG of Thörl, Austria, application. available in titanium, nickel alloys, to manufacture high-quality, and duplex alloys. specialty steel wires for the North Ordering replacement parts is American market. made simple with the Ecommerce View Gibbs’ expanded inven- wwwASWPengg.com platform. Customers can search tory of round chrome silicon and by part type to find parts needed chrome vanadium wire in both Grieve Corporation for their equipment and order di- valve and commercial quality, and Launches New Website rectly from the website. The Grieve ask about shaped Chrome Silicon team will verify the item with the and Chrome Vanadium. Grieve Corporation, an ex- customer’s equipment to ensure pert in industrial manufacturing compatibility. Grieve’s custom- Gibbs has also expanded its of ovens and furnaces with a ers are also encouraged to create inventory of X750 and I600. More long history of 70-plus years, has an account which will hold their sizes have been added to the com- launched an updated website with information for ease of checkout pany’s spring tempered inventory. new features and enhancements to for future purchases. Same day or next day shipping is existing capabilities. offered. Grieve works with sales repre- “As our company continues to sentatives throughout the country In addition to Gibbs’ vast inven- grow, we look for our new website (as well as globally) to support tory of spring wire products, the to offer the digital tools necessary customers that would like assis- company is now able to provide to better serve our customers,” tance at their workspace to deter- many nickel alloys, titanium and said Tony Caringella, Grieve mine the best equipment for their other specialty metals in round Corporation COO. needs. A local sales representative and shaped wire products. can be located using the Locate The website details Grieve’s en- a Rep tool. Another resource for And Gibbs shaped wire prod- tire selection of ovens and furnaces customers is the extensive re- ucts are available in carbon alloys, in a digital catalog that is easy to source library, housing hundreds stainless steel, nickel alloys, red navigate. With hundreds of dif- of manuals, component literature, metals, titanium and other exotic ferent models, customers can help safety information, etc. alloys. Shaped wire offers ‘near narrow down the right equipment net’ shapes reducing manufactur- for their process by utilizing the Explore these features as well ing and machining costs. oven finder tool by applying filters as additional information on all of www.gibbswire.com such as workspace area, operating Grieve’s products, processes and temperature, loading method and services at: www.grievecorp.com Valbruna Stainless more. Although the company of- Steel Within the New fers hundreds of standard models, Expanded Capabilities Bridge in Genova Grieve also has unique customiza- & Larger Stock tion abilities to engineer the best Selection from Gibbs Valbruna is playing an impor- equipment for one’s application. tant role in the building of the Additionally, the site details many Gibbs now offers an expanded new bridge in Genova, projected custom ovens and furnaces. selection of rolled precision strip by Renzo Piano and realized by in stainless, nickel, titanium and Salini Impregilo-Fincantieri. The Site visitors can browse Grieve’s other specialty metals. Gibbs can headquarter plant delivered sup- selections of ovens and furnaces provide smaller mill minimums and submit a request for quota- than most reroll mills and the same tion. Viewers can find the equip- high-quality strip, you’ve grown ment that fits their process needs, to expect. Its precision rerolled along with compatible modifica- coil can also be precision slit to tions and accessories, and submit extremely narrow widths, edged a message directly to Grieve for (round, square, broken corner) a customized quotation that can and oscillate wound to your spool specifications. Gauges as light as 0.0019\" and up to 0.100\" are available in widths from 0.020\"up to 51\". Gibbs can now supply addi- tional slit coil grades of 321, 347, 409, 420, 430, 434, 439 and 441. 14 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

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NEWS WIRE plies of REVAL®, the trademark for terials including Phynox, MP35N, threaded bars of enhanced grip for Stainless 316LVM, Nickel 200 and more than 30 years. 201 and Inconels. After taking part in the realiza- The company worked around tion of Italian and foreign major the clock to meet the requirements projects, among which the High of existing and new customers Speed railway bridges in Italy and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the recently inaugurated Hong with 200 tons of material always Kong-Zhuahai-Macau bridge, the available to be converted into wire main plant in Vicenza has been ranging from 0.025 mm (0.001\") to called to supply 250 tons of AISI 21 mm (0.827\") in small batches or 304 REVAL material. medium and large volumes. Beyond Italian borders, more- This also included AWI produc- over, Valbruna has just won the ing more than 5 km of material supply of stainless steel 40 mm for crucial parts that went into round bars to be used within the life-saving equipment used in the foundations of the 3200 m Stor- London Nightingale Hospital. stroem bridge in Denmark. www.valbruna-stainless-steel.com Mark Venables, Managing Director at Alloy Wire Interna- Janet Smith Retires now proud to call close friends,” tional, concluded, “Janet was a real commented Janet. ‘mother hen’ figure to everyone in After 28 Years at AWI the factory and her loyalty, enthu- “There’s not many companies siasm and sense of humor will be Janet Smith, an experienced like Alloy Wire International with deeply missed. female manufacturer has retired its employee-owned approach after 28 years of loyal service at meaning we all have a share in “Everyone wishes Janet Smith Alloy Wire International (AWI). the success of the business. It cer- a very happy and healthy retire- Smith had dedicated nearly three tainly made us appreciate where ment. Janet also knows that she decades of her working life to the we worked and encouraged us can always pop in and see us if Black Country wire specialist, to always try our best for our she misses seeing how wire is be- starting as a part-time Wire Tech- customers. ing produced!” www.alloywire.com nician responsible for annealing precision flat wire and re-spooling “Over the years I’ve had to learn GEMCO Welcomes in 1991 and playing an instru- all aspects of the annealing process Horst Bratke & mental role in the firm’s growth and furnace controls, utilizing JCD Marketing to a global supplier of alloys to 55 a range of machines from older countries across the world. in-house built equipment to the Mark DiVenere, President of latest in cutting-edge technology. GEMCO Manufacturing Com- Respected for her knowledge I was even asked to use my experi- pany, has announced that Horst of everything AWI, she cites her ence to develop a new multi-head Bratke and JCD Marketing have favorite memories as being part winding machine that is now an been brought on as GEMCO’s of the team that supported the important part of our factory’s New England and Mid-Atlantic management buyout in 1999 and production processes.” Manufacturing Representatives. assisting in the relocation to its current premises in Narrowboat Alloy Wire International is one Bratke is dedicated to provid- Way in Brierley Hill, UK. of the UK’s leading manufactur- ing specialized component solu- ers of round, flat and profile wire, tions to firearm manufacturers She says that she will miss the with its 60-strong range featuring throughout the territories that he day-to-day conversations and a number of medical suitable ma- now represents and throughout laughs with other staff members, the country. With over 25 years but is keen to spend time pamper- of experience in manufacturing, ing herself, lots of sunny holidays Bratke brings a wealth of experi- and cruises and helping out with ence to multiple markets including her two grandchildren. electronics, medical devices and industrial lighting. “I never thought I’d spend 28 years at AWI when I first started, Bratke’s primary charge will but I’m so glad to have been part be to support GEMCO’s current of its journey and getting to work business partners while identify- with such great people, who I’m 16 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020



NEWS WIRE ing and investigating new rela- surcharges for strip and wire at the touch of a button, thanks to tionships with companies that are multiple gauges. the launch of the company’s new, seeking high quality, dependable TecAlliance powered web-based support in the area of custom, The Ulbrich Strip & Wire Alloy catalogue. precision metal stampings and Surcharge App delivers a best- wire forms. in-class user experience to make Featuring a new interface, and interacting with Ulbrich digitally specially designed to be more user He joined JCD Marketing as a as seamless as possible. Manu- friendly and quicker, the catalogue manufacturer’s representative in facturers now have the ability to offers a significant improvement 2015 where he was responsible for quickly find specific alloys and see on the old version which will no sales of the company’s full line of the current month's surcharges on longer be main- custom metal and plastic compo- the go. The app also allows an in- tained. With the nents across a variety of Industrial depth viewing of the price history new web cata- markets. Bratke purchased JCD over either three, six or 12 months, logue, users will Marketing in 2019. for available Stainless Steel Alloys, be sure to get the Nickel Alloys, Commercially Pure correct part ev- Prior to his career at JCD, Bratke Titanium and Titanium Alloys, ery time. The catalogue features served 10 years as Director of Pur- and many more special metals! Lesjöfors’ leading range of coil chasing for O.F. Mossberg, where springs, gas springs and leaf he had both domestic and interna- The app is a platform that Ul- springs for passenger car and tional purchasing responsibilities brich plans to build upon includ- light commercial vehicle applica- for all firearm components. Horst ing updates with new features and tions. All aftermarket springs are also held similar positions at the functionality. The goal is for the guaranteed to match or exceed Wiremold Company in Rocky app to coincide with the mission OE quality. Hill, CT, USA; Shelter Logic Corp. of being an invaluable develop- in Watertown, CT, USA; and Dow- ment partner for all customers and Users simply choose vehicle UT in Wallingford, CT, USA. stakeholders. The Ulbrich Strip & type, before specifying the re- www.gemcomfg.com Wire Alloy Surcharge App will quired vehicle to find all the rel- transform how you design, spec- evant Lesjöfors product details. Ulbrich Introduces ify and purchase precision metal Mobile App products forever. www.ulbrich.com As before, users simply search for a spring via the VIN or regis- Ulbrich Stainless Steels & 40 Years of Metax tration number, before arriving Special Metals, Inc., continues to at a ‘dashboard’ that lists prod- uphold its commitment to an in- The first METAX bar cutting ucts available, part numbers and novative business standard with machine from Pedax was built graphics, with full vehicle details. the new Ulbrich Strip & Wire 40 years ago. A few revisions Surcharge App. With this debut and technical generations later, To get access to the makes and app, monthly strip and wire alloy the name METAX still stands for models for a specific country, cus- surcharges are available at the robustness, precision and high tomers just change the settings in palm of your hand. Customers and cutting capacity. the right-hand corner, tailoring the stakeholders can now access the catalogue to their specific needs. information they need to do their Pedax wants to celebrate this work more efficiently and engage anniversary with you for one year The catalogue can be viewed at: with Ulbrich in new ways. This and so the company is offering web.tecalliance.net/lesjofors metal alloy mobile application the special edition METAX until is the first of its kind designed July 13, 2021. Find out about our Maryland Precision to help manufacturers find and limited offer of free extra features analyze historic data and real-time and take the opportunity to update Now AS9100D & your machine park now. ISO 9001:2015 Certified Either order our free newsletter and automatically receive all offer Maryland Precision Spring, details by email or contact our sales department: [email protected] Baltimore, MD, USA, is pleased www.pedax.com to announce its achievement of AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 cer- tification. AS9100 registration is an aviation, space and defense Lesjöfors Launches quality standard, based on the ISO New Web Catalogue 9001 quality management system Customers can access the full range of Lesjöfors products at and supported by the Interna- 18 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020 tional Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG). Continued...

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NEWS WIRE Maryland Precision Spring is leaving its mark on the sprawl- Werner Dornscheidt has been manufacturing custom ing metropolitan areas of China. Retires from components to the aerospace and www.awm.it Messe Düsseldorf general industrial markets for over 40 years. The company excels Mecmesin Launches Werner M. Dornscheidt has at application engineering sup- On-Line Store for left his mark on Messe Düssel- port, consignment and Kan-Ban North America dorf—its corporate strategy, its inventory, EDM prototyping pro- international outlook, its state- duction, in-house heat treating/ Mecmesin, a world leader in of-the-art premises, its digital tool shop and special packaging. the design and manufacture of transformation and its financial This rapid response, combined force, materials and torque test- stability. After almost 17 years as with the quality assurance of the ing equipment for quality control, a President and Chief Executive AS9100 certification, ensures the has announced the launch of its Officer—and serving the company company’s continued position as new web store. Customers in the for about 37 years—Werner M. a trusted supplier within the aero- USA and Canada can choose from Dornscheidt has resigned from his space and defense industries. Mecmesin’s range of digital force office at Messe Düsseldorf www.mw-ind.com/maryland/precision gauges, digital torque testers, manual test stands plus the cutting “Trade fairs are my life,” says AWM Project for edge VectorPro Lite data acquisi- the outgoing CEO. “What we MyHome Group tion software and a selection of have built up together with my grips and fixtures. team over all those years benefits AWM is currently completing a the company today. While condi- giant project, begun in mid-2018, The new on-line store may be tions are difficult at present, it that engaged the company in the accessed directly from the web- is comforting to know that ‘my’ manufacturing of steel reinforce- sites below, which also features company is in good hands. The ment machinery for MyHome the company’s more sophisticated team is already busy working on Group, one of the major Chinese universal testing machines. a re-start and developing further developers and real estate corpora- digital add-ons so that Messe tions, which is headquartered in Mecmesin’ new web store is Düsseldorf will also remain the Wuhan, China. a resource for quality control, successful, reputable company in production and R&D personnel future that it is today. I have made The list of machines supplied across a wide range of industries, my contribution.” by AWM is considerable since the who want to take advantage of project consisted in four fully- fast delivery, competitive prices, Profitable, subsidy-free man- automated factories for precast secure on-line payment processing agement and financial stability are concrete elements to be used by and Mecmesins’ 40+ years’ experi- two trademarks of the Dornscheidt the flourishing Chinese modular ence in force and torque testing era. The Messe Düsseldorf Group construction industry. NIST-traceable calibration on all closed the last full business year instruments. under his leadership with a sales And thanks to eight automatic increase of 28.7%. Group earnings mesh welding machine mod- Mecmesin President of North after tax more than doubled in els “Flexiweld S”, that are all American Operations, Rod An- 2019. In 2004, Dornscheidt took equipped with the relevant auto- sari, comments, “We are proud to over as CEO of the company matic mesh buffers and handling announce the launch of our new when the Messe Düsseldorf Group cranes, and eight automatic lattice web store as it is a testament of the posted an ROI of 6.4% and a core girder machines model “Girder- commitment we have made to lis- capital ratio of 34.4%. Its ROI re- flex”, also equipped with auto- tening to our customers and con- cently rose to 14.8% and its core matic placing robots, the company tinually improving the experience equity ratio to 66%. of partnering with Mecmesin.” store.mecmesin.com All of these are the best prereq- www.mecmesin.com/us 20 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020



NEWS WIRE uisites for buffering the effects of the development of the Düsseldorf Obituaries the Corona pandemic. Exhibition Centre—in terms of technical facilities, functionality, With deep sadness we announce Wolfram N. Diener has served convenience and architecture. This the passing of John E. Tisza who Messe Düsseldorf as Managing was done “with a view to staying passed away unexpectedly, June Director Operative Business since both competitive and attractive for 3, 2020, at his home in 2018 and has taken over as Chief customers,” explains Dornscheidt. Prospect Heights, IL, Executive Officer. After the commissioning of Hall 1 USA. He was born July boasting more than 12,000 m2 as 13, 1959, in Chicago to “I am delighted at the trust early as autumn 2019, this year Eugene and Joan (nee placed in me. We can perfectly will see the completion of the Kanabay) Tisza. John build on Werner Dornscheidt’s new South Entrance with its 20 m was baptized into and grew up within achievements and jointly rise to high cantilevered roof measuring the Immaculate Heart of Mary the challenges ahead,” says Die- 7800 m2. School and Parish Community. He ner. “Here in Düsseldorf we boast proudly attended Lane Tech HS and an inimitable brand profile that “In time for re-booting trade went on to study at UIC for college. can be made even more successful fair operations in autumn, Messe John was married to his wife Jan for through the drivers that are inter- Düsseldorf will have a new archi- 35 years and was a proud father of nationalization and digitalization; tectural highlight in the offing,” three sons and a proud grandfather and what’s just as important: a delights Dornscheidt. “Up until to one grandaughter. John’s passing powerful team.” the lockdown in March the adja- is mourned by his loving siblings, cent Hall 1 had been fully booked their spouses and his 12 nieces Werner Dornscheidt has deci- from the outset.” and nephews. John founded Zaco sively driven both these themes. Manufacturing in 1989. He proudly While in 2004 Messe Düsseldorf At the same time, Werner Dorn- owned and operated his company had 65 foreign representatives for scheidt also drove the further de- until the day of his passing. John was 104 countries, today 77 foreign velopment of digital presentation the past President of CASMI. John representations look after 141 and his brother Tom were charter countries. The share of foreign possibilities. members (1987) and cooked at Mike exhibitors in Düsseldorf rose from “On our on-line portals, our Royko’s Chicago RibFest every year 58% to the recent figure of 73.4% until the event was no longer held. and the share of foreign visitors trade fairs have long been in op- The pair were awarded a semifinalist from 34% to 37.1%. eration 365 days a year,” under- award one year. John’s enjoyment of scores Dornscheidt. “Here Messe outdoor BBQ continued throughout “All of these international guests Düsseldorf provides the possibil- his life. From his teenage years John benefit the city,” says Dornscheidt. ity for its exhibitors to showcase had a passion for all types of music. “It is all the more important that themselves and their products in John played electric and acoustic trade fair operations are resumed a multi-media format and make guitar in several bands. John shared again quickly. My team is cur- contact with other industry rep- a love of all things CUBS together rently working on concepts for the resentatives. with his dad, Gene. His paren8 re-start and I know it will succeed in doing so.” “Messe Düsseldorf is constantly CASMI is very sad to report that Bob working towards making their Hoffenberg passed peacefully from The strategic re-orientation of customers’ content more attractive natural causes on May 20, 2020. He the company spearheaded by Wer- and user-friendly. The digitaliza- was working daily up until the Covid ner Dornscheidt decisively con- tion of the trade fair format itself shutdown. Bob started to work for tributed to international growth. has gone hand in hand with the his brother in 1955 at Victory Ma- Düsseldorf’s four number one digital transformation of the com- chinery Exchange, Inc./Victory trade fairs with the highest num- pany as a whole. This pays off both Rebuilding Parts Technology, after ber of events organized abroad during and after COVID-19.” closing his retail toy store. His broth- were grouped into the following www.messe-duesseldorf.com er passed away in 1963 and Bob Global Portfolios: “Processing & ultimately purchased the company Packaging”, “Plastics & Rubber”, from his sister-in-law, after success- “Health & Medical Technologies” fully putting his nephews through and “Metals & Flow Technologies” college in 1968. Bob was a former with the cable, wire and tube trade weight-lifting champion of Indiana, fairs wire and Tube—serving as past President of Skokie Indians the drivers of global expansion Boys Baseball and past President of since that time. Carlyle Homeowners Association for 26 years. His hobbies were his fam- On site, Werner Dornscheidt ily, gardening, sunbathing and work focused among other things on at Victory Machinery. 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CASMI News & Events Update by: Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers, Inc. Michael Bandy Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers, Inc. (CASMI) 218 Glorieta Drive St. Augustine, FL 32095 USA www.casmi-springworld.org SpringWorld 2020 Cancelled: 4 Guidelines and is open to both CASMI members Next SpringWorld October 5-7, 2022 and nonmembers as well as SpringWorld exhibiting companies. Details and registration are available on The Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers, the association’s website: www.casmi-springworld.org Inc. (CASMI) Board of Directors met July 16, 2020, in Oak Brook, IL, USA, and made the difficult decision to “Cannabis in the Workplace” Is the cancel SpringWorld 2020, which was scheduled to take place Topic for CASMI’s November Meeting this October at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, USA. The November CASMI membership meeting will take place November 12, 2020, at Maggiano’s in Schaum- “The COVID-19 situation and the current state of re- burg, IL, USA. Mike Wong, Partner, SmithAmund- opening in Illinois made it impossible to hold Spring- sen’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, will tackle World as scheduled,” says Tony Pesaresi, CASMI the topic of “Cannabis in the Workplace”. President. “We discussed the possibility of postponing the event until Q1 of 2021, but ultimately made our de- On January 1, 2020, the Cannabis cision to cancel and to proceed with SpringWorld 2022. Regulation and Tax Act went into ef- The decision to cancel came down to three reasons.” fect allowing adults over 21 to legally purchase and use cannabis products. • The Good of the Industry—This industry is mud- dling through tough times, and the Board felt Wong, who specializes in labor and strongly that back-to-back years of SpringWorld would not be good for its members, exhibitors or employment law, will discuss how the industry. People and companies have come to expect SpringWorld every other year, and the legalization of marijuana impacts organization felt it was important to remain com- mitted to this rotation. your policies and procedures in- • Concern CASMI Would Be in the Same Boat— cluding hiring process, drug testing, COVID-19 continues to disrupt personal and professional lives. Given the Governor of Illinois’ disability accommodations and discipline/termination. comments on Stage 5, or the full re-opening of the state, the Board felt the organization could end up Understanding the law itself and different provisions having to cancel a rescheduled SpringWorld. that the law has, which specifically address employers • Trade Show Results—The Board was adamant that CASMI needs to provide a strong buyer attendance is important so that you can understand and limit your at SpringWorld. With business travel suffering, it could cause a significant decrease in attendance exposure to legal challenges and take steps to have a and the overall quality of SpringWorld. healthy and productive workforce. WFTI The next SpringWorld will take place October 5 to 7, 2022, in Rosemont. Exhibiting companies that were For details, please visit: www.casmi-springworld.org scheduled to take part in the 2020 edition of the show will have the opportunity to roll their exhibit space CASMI was founded in 1944 as an independent, not-for- forward into the 2022 event. More details are available profit trade association dedicated to developing good busi- on the CASMI website: www.casmi-springworld.org ness practices and sharing of technical information through ongoing communications among the job-shop spring manu- CASMI’s 2020 Golf Tournament facturers in the Greater Chicago area. While membership is Scheduled for September predominantly located in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, the organization provides support to spring manufacturer and CASMI’s rescheduled Annual Golf Tournament will supplier members throughout the USA. take place Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at Bridges of Poplar Creek Country Club in Hoffman Estates, IL, Although CASMI works closely on several issues with na- USA. The event will take place under Illinois Phase tional organization, the Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI), both organizations are independent of one another with unique missions, programs, services and members. CASMI sponsors SpringWorld® every two years. New tech- nology seen at this event brings thousands of people to the Chicago area from all over the world. Since the first show in 1959, the event has become the largest gathering of the spring manufacturing and wire forming industry anywhere at one time. Nearly 100 exhibiting companies, participating in 30,000 net ft2 of exhibit spac, demonstrate machinery, show raw materials, test equipment, software and other products/ services. www.casmi-springworld.org 24 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

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SMI Technical Update by: For additional information about the MEE event, C. Richard Gordon please go to the event website: Technical Director www.metalengineeringexpo.com Spring Manufacturers Institute (SMI) 2001 Midwest Road, Suite 106 Oak Brook, IL 60523 USA Cell: +1 574 514 9367 Email: [email protected] www.smihq.org SMI Metal Engineering eXpo 2021 Above and below photographs are from the most September 28-30, 2021, Las Vegas, NV, USA recent Metal Engineering eXpo event. Call for Speakers Training Classes and Materials Metal Engineering eXpo (MEE) is the premier global As presented in the Spring 2020 issue of this magazine, event for spring makers, metal stampers, wire form- Gary Van Buren, who is SMI’s Technical Advisor, and ers and suppliers to I have worked with the SMI Technical Committee in the precision spring order to develop spring design training programs at manufacturing in- the fundamental, basic and advanced levels. dustry. MEE offers Fundamentals courses were developed with new hires the industry’s most in-depth and diverse technical and nontechnical staff in mind. Basic classes are de- and business content. signed to meet the needs of production and technical Carefully chosen educational seminars will cover both staff including engineers, designers and inspectors. the technical and practical business content ranging Advanced courses address a higher level of expertise from manufacturing, technology, materials and test- for engineers, designers, and other technical staff. ing to business best practices, workforce solutions, The training program consists of 14 courses: three and marketing. fundamental, seven basic, and four advanced. Two The 2021 Metal Engineering eXpo Technical Symposia fundamentals training modules, “Spring Fundamen- agenda will be organized into three tracks and your tals” and “Overview of Spring Making Materials”, are Speaker proposal must align with one of these main topics: • Business Trends & Best Practices • Manufacturing, Technology & Innovation • Materials & Testing As an eXpo speaker, you will receive: • Complimentary “All Access” admission to the 2021 Metal Engineering eXpo, which includes full access to the exhibit hall, all the Technical Symposia classes and the Welcome Reception. • Industry recognition for yourself and your or- ganization. • Excellent networking opportunities with industry leaders and influencers. • The opportunity to be considered to share a com- mercial pitch about your products or services direct from the show floor in SMI’s “Technical Theater.” Experts in the industry are invited to submit a speaking proposal to Lynne Carr, Executive Director, SMI, at [email protected] . Speaker proposals will be accepted by SMI until Thursday, December 31, 2020. 26 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

available to the public at www.smihq.org. About SMI The SMI member feedback for these modules has been very favorable. Founded in 1933, the Spring Manufacturers Institute The first basic training module, compression spring (SMI) serves, supports and educates North American design was presented to favorable feedback at the 2019 precision spring manufacturers in their pursuit of SMI Metal Engineering eXpo in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, competitiveness in world markets. and at the 2020 West Coast Spring Manufacturers As- sociation (WCSMA) meeting in Buena Park, CA, USA. The Spring Manufacturers Institute is an association Basic training modules—compression spring design, of companies that manufacture springs and their sup- extension spring design and torsion spring design— pliers. Collectively, SMI members work together to were originally planned to be conducted at this fall’s meet the key issues of the industry worldwide. These 2020 CASMI SpringWorld event in Rosemont, IL, USA. include quality, materials, technology, and govern- ment regulations. However, with the cancellation of the SpringWorld event because of the coronavirus pandemic, these SMI provides many services including the quarterly modules now will be offered in separate four-hour magazine, Springs, various technical publications, sessions online: spring design software, industry data, seminars, meetings, safety/regulatory compliance, and techni- • Compression Spring – August 2020 cal assistance. • Torsion Spring – September 2020 Technical assistance is provided to spring manufactur- ers and associate members with metallurgical chal- • Extension Spring – October 2020 lenges such as fatigue life, corrosion, material, and process-related problems as well as spring design and Courses are organized as focused, real-world spring problem-solving issues. design training programs combining basic spring de- sign content for each spring type along with practical SMI member companies receive two complimentary hands-on use of SMI’s world-famous Advanced Spring Design 7 (ASD7) software. hours of technical assistance per year as a member For each spring type, students will learn: benefit. Services are also available to non-members • The seven-step spring design process for a fee. www.smihq.org WFTI • Definitions and terminology C. Richard Gordon (Rick) currently serves as • Design theory Technical Director for the Spring Manufacturers Institute. He has over 45 years’ experience in the • Design stress analysis steel and wire industries. Since retiring in 2016, Rick formed an engineering, quality and technol- • How to input engineering design data ogy consulting company focusing on process op- into the ASD7 software timization, best manufacturing practices, qual- ity systems and training. He previously worked at • Important ASD7 tolerancing criteria Gerdau Long Steel North America’s Beaumont, TX, USA and Perth Amboy, NJ, USA steel mills Classes benefit students by increasing the student’s as Technical Service Metallurgist. He also worked spring design knowledge and benefiting their com- with the National Standard Company manag- panies by having an SMI trained associate as part of ing groups in the areas of R&D, quality and pro- their team. cess technology for carbon steel and stainless -steel For more information, visit www.smihq.org or contact wire products. In addition, Rick worked for Baoan Dina Sanchez at [email protected]. International Investment Co. Ltd., a Chinese trading company in Covina, CA, USA, and the US Failure Analysis Program Steel Corporation in Chicago, IL, USA; Wauke- A spring failure analysis program was developed to gan, IL, USA; and Monroeville, PA, USA. He is a meet the needs of SMI member companies and is also graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology available to nonmember companies. with Master’s and B.S. degrees in metallurgical and We use several laboratories and work with the request- materials engineering. ing company to select the laboratory, which will best meet their requirements for spring failure analysis and Rick is currently Chairman of the ASM Interna- to identify the root cause of the failure for effective tional Notre Dame chapter. corrective action. Rick is also a member of ASTM, TMS, and Wire Association International. Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 27

All Things by: Springs Randy DeFord, Engineering Manager Mid-West Spring & Stamping Index and Grind Surface 105 Etna St. – Not So Obvious Mentone, IN 46539  USA E-mail: [email protected] www.mwspring.com The index of a spring ,which is the ratio of the mean There are also springs that have large indecies. A 20.0 diameter to the material size, is a very important param- index would indicate shallow end pitch and this condition eter. Since it is a ratio only, it has no unit of measure and requires much less grind to obtain the 270 degree surface. indicates how tightly the wire is formed into a helix. This On it’s face, this seems like a good thing. But it also means is typically considered the “curvature” indicator and it is that the spring ends will not require much of the end coil very important when calculating spring fatigue life as a material to be removed to realize 270° of flatness. If less smaller index increases the Wahl’s correction factor. The than half a wire size is ground from each end, the calcula- correction factor is a multiplier that raises the stress to a tion for the solid height will be inaccurate. If a maximum more realistic value for two dynamically loaded heights. solid height is required, there could then be a problem Small indecies are those less than 4.0 and large indecies holding that callout. are those larger than 20.0. The best range for good spring design practices are 5 to 12. Index is most critical to the spring maker due to tooling and marking issues that compound the stress factors. As far as But, index can also indicate another condition. When a design issues, tightly wound spring (small index) are more spring is wrapped tightly with an index of around 4.0, the of an issue than larger indicies for the most part. The key spring has a lot of curvature and this determines the pitch to life is stress reduction and small index springs carry with of the closed end. The last closed coil of the spring, which them more stress potential problems. But small indecies is resting on the last open coil, has a tendency to pitch also can produce challenges for the spring grinder as well. A upward in a way that requires more grind. The standard spring design that forces the grinder to grind too much, too callout for end grind surface is 270°. If a lot of end coil quickly, will require slower rates and less return. This would material is flared up at the end, it will require more grind to likely be reflected in part cost since slower grinding speeds remove enough material to realize a complete 270° bearing will slow the whole process. If parts are made of stainless surface. The result is a lot of material removed to get to or exotic wire types, even more grinding time is likely. that 270° bearing surface. There are two problems caused by this condition. Since a lot of the material cross section Increasing a spring index by re-tooling of the application (more than the standard half-of-the-material thickness) will and redesigning the spring, accordingly, will achieve longer be ground off, thin tips can result. This is never good due to spring life. And in my experience, an index less than 6.0 will the chance of the tips breaking off and causing innumerable require more grind and those greater than 6.0 will require consequences to mating parts. Another issue can be that less, as a rule. And although the index does not appear an parts can be ground too fast to keep up with production obvious factor in spring grinding, it can well be. times and this produces too much heat and the chance of the ends being brittle—another breakage potential. www.mwspring.com WFTI Randy DeFord is the Engineering Man- ager at Mid-West Spring & Stamping, a custom spring manufacturer that offers custom spring design, stock springs and metal stamping services. The company is multi-plant spring manufacturer and lead- ing supplier of auger springs and metal stampings. For information, call +1 574 353 7611, Ext. 2231, fax +1 574 353 7388, email [email protected] or visit www.mwspring.com. The company is also the home of Lan- drum Performance coil and leaf springs for racing applications, call +1 866 703 3154 or visit www.landrumspring.com. 28 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

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Spring & by: Wire Formed Alan Thomas, Marketing Department Parts Testing ZwickRoell Limited Southern Avenue Solutions for Spring Testing Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0QH United Kingdom www.zwickroell.com Among the most important classical design elements zwickiLine test machine with spring are springs, in which the elastic properties of materi- compression test fixture. als are exploited for energy storage and conversion. Without springs, regardless of their design, many me- curacy as the already minimal axial deformation can be chanical or electro-mechanical systems would fail to electronically compensated in real time. operate. The main functions of engineering springs are to absorb impacts and vibrations, distribute and coun- Valve springs are helical springs made of pure cold- terbalance forces, maintain pretension and measure formed high-tensile spring steel. As these are the most and regulate forces and moments. heavily stressed of all automotive springs, they must be of top quality. Minimal force tolerances, the highest The range of applications for precision springs is ex- possible fatigue limit and an extremely low relaxation tremely varied. They are used in electro-mechanical tendency are essential for optimum valve operation assemblies for the automotive, defence and aerospace and long engine life. industries as well as in sports and leisure activities. De- pending on the application, random samples are tested Due to the helix of the spring, loading of the spring after manufacture or in some cases 100% testing is ends is not uniform around the circumference. The line necessary. of action of the resulting forces does not follow the geo- metrical centerline of the spring. There are many more Rapid technical advance has led to a significant in- transverse forces and moments in the spring installa- crease in the demands placed on the accuracy and durability of springs. The corollary of this is greater de- mands on manufacturing accuracy due to ever-smaller dimensional, form and positional tolerances, with simi- larly enhanced requirements for testing technology. The zwickiLine single-column testing machine with testControl electronics, together with the precision spring compression test fixture, is ideally suited for use as a precision spring testing machine. The test appara- tus is extremely transverse force-resistant and protects against overload. The ground, demagnetized compres- sion platens have a parallel alignment of 1 µm/10 mm and precision guides permit only precise vertical move- ment of the compression platens. Measuring errors caused by deformation or lateral forces of the springs are reduced to a minimum thanks to the extremely stiff load cell, which is resistant to transverse forces. The instrument is designed for indirect spring length measurement, and this offers a very high level of ac- 30 Wire Forminig Technology International/Summer 2020

tion that lead to friction and wear of other components, springs for quality control purposes, especially where e.g., struts, brake cylinders and valves. That is why it such components are employed in harsh operating en- is important to be able to measure the line of resultant vironments such as automotive engines. force and the transverse forces and moments with a test fixture. Multi-channel measuring platforms allow the force vec- tor of compression coil springs (used as a valve spring or in MacPherson struts) to be determined. Standard testing systems are equipped with a six or nine-com- ponent force measuring platform for such applications. This enables the specific determination of the spring intersection points and the resulting force from the force components when loading the spring under com- pressive force. These characteristic values are impor- tant to evaluate the following quality attributes: friction, wear and service life. Dynamic testing machine incorporating temperature chamber. Multi-channel spring testing platform. In order to determine the maximum number of cycles to Chassis suspension springs are crucial for vehicle failure or service life of highly stressed springs for the ride characteristics. In conjunction with shock absorb- automotive sector, a servo-hydraulic testing machine ers, suspension springs improve the ride comfort and can be used for long duration dynamic tests. The addi- handling safety of modern vehicles. The automobile in- tion of a temperature chamber facilitates spring testing dustry places extremely high demands on quality and in a temperature range from -70°C to +250°C. cost-effectiveness. There is an increasing need for dynamic testing of Additional information about ZwickRoell may be found at: www.zwickroell.com Six-component force measuring platform. WFTI ZwickRoell is a global leading supplier of materi- als and component testing systems. The company supplies both standard and tailor-made solutions for the most demanding requirements – in R&D, production and quality assurance – across more than 20 industry sectors. Privately held, the company’s consistent focus on innovation and commitment to outstanding quality has supported its growth in markets worldwide. Additional infor- mation about the ZwickRoell Group may be found at: www.zwickroell.com For further information regarding this article, please contact: Alan Thomas, Marketing Department E: [email protected] Tel: +44 1568 615201 Mob: +44 7710 196684 Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 31

It’s Not Funny!!!! by: Dr. Roger N. Wright Who Is In Roger N. Wright, LLC Charge of Fines? 600 State Street Lawrenceville, IL 62439 USA E-mail: [email protected] www.rnwinc.com The incidents and technical situations in these its being guided by contact with a pulley or sheave. columns were, in fact, encountered in the author’s professional practice. Names and places have been The sheave was likely of a ceramic constitution and changed in some cases to protect the guilty. had worn such that the interface between the sheave When one is drawing wire, it is not uncommon to en- and wire was abrasive, resulting in copious fine gen- counter small particles of wire material on the wire, in the lubricant, on the cap- eration, hence the ant hill at the base of the sheave stan surface, on the shop floor and so on. In some stand. of the more crude as- sessments, these “fines” As my host and I walked past the ant hill, we noted may simply be wiped from the capstan, wire or the rather remarkable die surface, and looked at with low-power optics. situation, and I could The Figure seen here shows a “fine” caught not help but observe the emerging, or delaminat- ing, from the surface of proximity of an operator a copper wire, observed in Gil Baker’s doctoral reading a newspaper, work at Rensselaer Pol- ytechnic Institute. and I could not help but These days, fines are considered, at best, a nui- sance, owing to their role in lubricant contamina- ask, “Now, why doesn’t tion, wire coating disruption and many other process challenges. Trade show exhibitors are not above he do something to rem- displaying glass jars full of fines to illustrate the grossness of this species. edy that fine problem?” In this context, I had occasion to observe, on a plant My host, without hesita- tour, an “ant hill” of fines at the base of a sheave stand. That is, the wire was being conducted from tion, replied, “because it one slow-speed operation to another by means of is not his job.” Of course, I wondered whose job it was to look after fines and general drawing line mainte- nance, but dropped the subject, since I was a guest. Fines observation and control are just some of the many “secondary” engineering and operations re- sponsibilities that are the hall marks that distinguish a well-run drawing shop. Dealing with such matters should be a responsibility of someone, if not every- one. Do you have anyone with such a responsibility? Who would know the most about fines generation in your shop? Have you ever had a meeting on fines generation? And so on. Good luck!!!! WFTI After 15 years of authoring Strength of Steel columns covering “hard core” engineering materials relevant to the produc- tion and processing of wires and wire products, Wire Forming Technology Intrernational (WFTI) columnist & metallurgy expert Dr. Roger N. Wright shares lighter and practical anecdotes in It’s Not Funny!!!! For more than forty years, Dr. Wright (MIT '65 & '69) has provided consulting and technical services in metallurgy and metals processing. Clients have included many of the world’s leading corporations, as well as major technical operations of the US government. Moreover, Dr. Wright has had extensive experience in litigation support, working with both defendants and plaintiffs. He is highly active in industrial education, and he created the popular WireDrawing 101® short course. His book, Wire Technology – Pro- cess Engineering and Metallurgy, Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier), Oxford, 2011 (ISBN 978-0-12-382092-1), is readily available from the www.rnwinc.com publisher as well as from major on-line sources. If you are looking for practical, clearly-stated information and analysis, based on the most rigorous engineering and scientific principles, visit www.rnwinc.com. Contact Dr. Wright at (618) 943-1029 or [email protected]. 32 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

Plan now to participate in SpringWorld® 2022! Join your colleagues at the industry’s premier event. SpringWorld provides a unique opportunity to network with other spring manufacturers, wire formers, and OEMs. • The premiere spring show since 1960. • One-on-one discussions with others who share your concerns offering new insights • A global showcase for suppliers to the spring and wire for your business. form industry featuring attendees from 18 countries. • Attend free educational seminars offered by • See the newest technology available to improve your exhibitors and industry experts. productivity, quality and service. We’ll see you at presented by www.casmi-springworld.org SpringWorld® 2022 October 5-7 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont, IL

International Conference on Spring Technologies Update by: 2nd International Conference on Andres Weinrich Spring Technologies 2021 (ICST 2021) Verband Der Deutschen Federnindustrie e.V. (VDFI) September 7, 2021 Hagen, Germany Düsseldorf, Germany www.federnverband.de www.icst2020-germany.de We at event organizer, Verband Der Deutschen Fed- academic lectures, but you will be also able to gather ernindustrie e.V. (VDFI), want to achieve a successful information about production technologies and meas- international event so that you can get the most benefit uring techniques from exhibition booths. In addition, from an international audience, but the current situ- you will have the chance to interact with engineers ation worldwide is connected with from around the world in the banquet that will be held many regulations, which make it after the lectures. considerably more difficult to hold VDFI invites engineers, technicians, researchers and the ICST conference. Since the health other business people engaged in spring and related and safety of the attendees is important for us, the VDFI industries as well as their suppliers and customers, International Committee has decided to postpone the to participate in the 2nd-ICST, and we look forward to 2nd ICST to September 7th 2021. welcoming you. The International Committee determines the location and organizational responsibility for the International Exhibitors & Sponsors Conference on Spring Technology. Furthermore, it pro- motes the dissemination of knowledge and research Exhibitors and sponsors at ICST activity in the area of spring technologies and allied 2021 will have the possibility to processes. present their company’s products The VDFI International Committee thanks you for your and services to international pro- understanding, the always excellent cooperation and fessionals and research institutes. great support. Applications for exhibition and sponsoring are now being accepted. Conference Scope Current ICST 2021 exhibitors and sponsors include Weiler, Technical springs are usually invisible parts of our Stresstech, Raajratna, Dörken everyday life. They make our life easier and safer. MKS, Wire Draht, SMI (Spring Technical springs can be used in simple toys or in very Manufacturer’s Institute), Wire sophisticated medical technology, but also irreplace- Forming Technology International and able in both traditional and modern measurement SMI metal engineering eXpo. technology. You will also find springs in all kind of The following exhibiting and spon- vehicles and even in building technology. Springs are soring capabilities are currently and remain a very effective energy storage element available to ICST 2021 exhibitors: with a high degree of efficiency. The environmental conditions where springs are used can be very differ- • Display of company logo in the ent from very low to very high temperatures, from main session hall in the Confer- vacuum to acidic atmosphere. ence Banner The essential foundations of technical springs are ex- tensively researched and understood. However, the • Acknowledgement in Confer- demands on the spring increase continuously. The ence Proceedings improvements in research knowledge are meaningless if they cannot be implemented under industrial condi- • Placement of company logo tions. Therefore, a close cooperation between research with link on the Conference and industry is a matter of special importance. Website This diversity and the increasing demands on quality, dimensional accuracy and higher durability requires • Full page color advertisement an improvement of this “simple” machine part, whose in Conference Proceedings main property is to store mechanical energy, must be allowed for the demands of the future. • Stand with table and chair for During ICST 2021, you will not only be able to attend the Exhibition See the accompanying exhibitors/ sponsors options chart for more information on available programs. 34 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

Also, the accompanying Fees and Registration chart WFTI provides information and instructions for International Conference on Spring Technologies 2021 (ICST 2021) reg- VDFI is the association of the German industry istration and costs for technical springs. With 105 full members, Visit www.icst2020-germany.de to learn more. VDFI represents around 85% of German spring production. There are 59 associate members which are manufacturers/suppliers of machines, materials and auxiliary materials and eight spring manufacturers from other European countries. VDFI represents the economic and technical in- terests of the German spring industry vis-à-vis third parties such as customer groups, higher- level bodies, etc. VDFI is an active member of the ESF (European Spring Association). INDUSTRY 4.0 READY BB-20MM phone +39 031 536584 8.00 – 20.00 mm .310 – .787 inches fax +39 031 2170001 MACCHINE AVVOLGITRICI SPRING COILING MACHINES sales department [email protected] service department [email protected] BB Spring Technology SRL Via G. Puecher, 28 22070 Turate (CO) ITALY bbspringtechnology.com ASPI REVISIONI WIRE MACHINE SYSTEMS PAYOFFS UPGRADES North America Sales Jay Griffith [email protected] 6032A Highview Drive Fort Wayne, IN 46818 +1 (260) 483-9269 wire-machine.com Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 35

Conductive Stress Relief of Wire Forms by: To prevent unwanted geometric Bob Ackermann & Torsten Luik changes and failures due to stress WAFIOS Machinery Corporation cracking, heat treating in the form of 27 Northeast Industrial Rd. stress relieving is a process necessity. Branford, CT 06405 USA www.wafios.us The straightening and bending of wire generates re- Oven-Based Stress Relief sidual stresses within the wire that are slowly relieved over the life of the part during loading and thermal The stress-relief process is typically done using electri- cycling. This relief of generated residual stresses results cally or gas-fired ovens whose operating principle is in unwanted geometric changes as well as failures based on thermal radiation and convection. The com- resulting from stress cracking. To prevent this, heat ponents remain in the oven long enough to ensure a treating in the form of stress relieving is necessary in part reaches a uniform target temperature throughout the process. the part, for some period of time. The parts are then Most seat frame components made of spring steel re- allowed to air cool back to room temperature. Most quire a stress-relieving after the bending process. For often, continuous conveyor-type ovens are used for example, zig-zag and double zig-zag seat mat spring this purpose. These are a long tunnel ovens with a wire parts, torsion bars and other “open” frame bent conveyor to transport the parts through the oven parts must maintain stability over their useful life. where they remain for periods of 20 minutes or more Failure to do this would result in sagging seats or depending on the part mass, to allow for temperature other seat failures. uniformity. The parts are usually placed randomly on the conveyor and may end up overlapping each other Sample parts. or tangled, which affects the time required to attain a uniform temperature. After any heat treatment or stress relief operation, the The parts are then allowed to air cool for a period parts will change dimension. These changes in dimen- of time, again, depending on the part mass. After sion must be anticipated in the forming process and sufficient cooling, the part can then be measured or result in the pre-heat treated part being dimensionally gauged. This makes a true-to-gauge setup, at the start different than the final part. of series production and after coil changes, a tedious, During the stress relief process, the bends will relax time-consuming process requiring long periods of and move to the final, desired dimensions. For this nonproduction. reason, parts must be made and then stress relieved before attempting to determine whether the parts are Conductive Stress Relief within tolerance. Using modern CNC bending equipment, that is eas- Alternatively, wire forms can be resistively heated ily adjustable, three to four cycles (bend, heat treat, through the application of an electrical current, end to measure) are required to zero-in on the desired part end. This resistively heats the part, uniformly, in just dimensions and tolerances. a few seconds. After the bending process, each compo- Depending on the process requirements, this can result nent is individually clamped between two electrodes, in some hours before a part can be put into produc- to which current is applied. tion mode. This process is also required for periodic As a result, each individual component reaches the material changes and typically also requires one to target temperature within seconds in an energy- two cycles. efficient and individually documentable manner (for Additionally, normal variations that occur during real 100% control). production may result in additional downtime and The temperature control can be verified through the the requirement to scrap parts between the bending use of power monitoring or with an optical pyrometer. and end of the stress relief operation. This temperature control verification reduces the time required to get to a true-to-gauge part, at the start of 36 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020 series production and after coil changes, literally > 100 times faster.

bending machine to the heating station, and from there to a follow-on process. Additionally, this capability to make use of a single robot results in significant savings over the lifetime of a system. Energy Efficiency Summary The technology of oven-based stress relief exhibits Despite the higher initial cost to use conductive stress a variety of disadvantages when oven-based stress relief is compared with the conductive heat treatment relief, the savings on energy and labor expenses, result technology. Such oven-based stress relief disadvantages include in significant savings. the following: Additional benefits such as the ability to verify and • Long startup time: When not running on a 24 hour/ seven day per week basis, gas fired and electricly document the heat treatment of each part and the fired ovens have to be preheated at the beginning of a shift and may take an hour or more. Due to reduction of nonproductive time during setup and this issue, they are often left running to avoid this lost time. material changes offer additional savings. • Due to the above, there is also wasted energy Also, please see page 7 in this magazine for a BM-60, when adjusting the part. In most cases only three parts may be run through the oven over a one which is well suited for the above application. hour period. For further discussion on the subject of conductive • Temperature change: Ovens require long periods to adjust to temperature changes. stress relief of wire forms, contact the author at WA- Compared with oven-based stress relief, the conduc- FIOS Machinery Corp. in Connecticut. tive stress relief technology makes use of energy to only heat the workpiece. With conductive stress relief www.wafios.us WFTI technology, there is no pre-heat or idle time, during which energy is wasted. Company Profile: Automation WAFIOS Machinery Corporation offers a broad array of machines and systems that include bend- Conductive stress relief requires some degree of ing machines as well as stress relief annealing equip- automation. Wire form products are well suited for ment that works on the principle of heat conduction. automation, both for stress relief and general handling. The 14,000 ft2 Branford, CT, USA, facility houses While oven-based stress relief does not require auto- WAFIOS North American sales, spare parts and ser- mation, the process does require additional labor in vice headquarters. order to handle the parts after exiting the oven. This additional labor to handle the parts can be significant In Branford, the company maintains more than if the parts are likely to tangle. 1500 ft3 of automated spare parts stores for WAFI- The automation of oven-based processes is more com- OS customers in North America. The Chicago-area plex because of the requirement to handle the parts Midwest Technical Center in Mokena, IL, USA, pro- both going into the oven as well as another system to vides 7500 ft2 of space as a service center, machines handle them at the exit of the oven. for demonstration and application development and When utilizing the conductive heating process, a single hands-on training programs. robot is capable of transfering the workpieces from the Stock machinery is maintained at both the Branford facility and Midwest Technical Center. WAFIOS Machinery Corporation is structured to provide ser- vice and parts to the continental USA, Puerto Rico and Canada. www.wafios.us Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 37

Wire Testing Identify and eliminate defective wire before it is formed. by: Frank Passarelli Resonic Technologies Ventura, CA, USA www.resonic.com There has long been a need in industries that use wire Fig. 1 — Note: inclusion field and distortion of the sur- of various alloys in forming and forging operations. rounding microstructure 8740 alloy wire 0.494\" diameter. Most wire unless highly processed, an expensive and energy-intensive process, has defects both on the surface and internally that when formed into a near finished component either fracture due to the form- ing stresses or fracture during subsequent processing operations. Tooling wear and damage are directly af- fected by nonconforming materials. There are several existing technologies including both eddy current and water coupled ultrasonics in use that are either ineffective in finding a number of material defects or are too expensive or cumbersome to use in daily header machine operations. The technology has evolved from early work con- ducted at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), into a commercially viable and proven industrial test methodology. It is now in use, where it’s providing a cost effective measurement solution with operating simplicity similar to process monitors. Measurement capability extends from the surface to the deep interior. Additionally, microstructure varia- tion information such as decarb, grain size irregulari- ties and process variations is available. Discontinui- ties such as cracks, seams and button defects, detailed by ASTM F2282 as well as localized modulus or elas- tic properties variations can be selectively detected. Fundamentals Fig. 2 — Detection is capable of complying or exceeding ASTM F2282 for surface seams and defects. Resonance describes a natural phenomenon through- out nature; all matter vibrates, like a violin string, a tun- Defect resolution in 0.250\" low carbon steel wire. ing fork or an atom. These vibrations characterize the object size, mass and composition. Resonic Technolo- nance methods where a body is put into low-frequency gies has developed a technology to control the types vibration with a mechanical actuator and the resulting of vibrations through its noncontacting technology sound is mathematically analyzed for deviations from allowing a practical method to extract information that “normal”. In this application, noncontacting EMATs, details the materials properties of the object under test. Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers, generate and From a common technology, various applications have detect specific shear wave ultrasonic resonances. The been developed from defect detection in wire that can unique physics of these transducers enable spatial be quickly identified and graded for their severity control of the acoustic fields confined in both depth to individual components such as fasteners. Defects and length along the wire axis. This is conceptually including inclusions and porosity are detected due to similar to an MRI of the material under inspection. variances in thermal history and stress distributions The vibrating patterns change as different material surrounding the affected area. Some actual detection microstructures in the wire or rod pass under the photographs are seen in Figure 1 and Figure 2. transducers. The science is known as EMAR (Electromagnetic And the nature of the EMAT allows for the measure- Acoustic Resonance) or EMAS (Electromagnetic ment of pure high-frequency resonance modes only Acoustic Spectroscopy) in the scientific communities. possible with a noncontacting method that is not avail- This is not to be confused with the older Acoustic Reso- able with the complications of the piezo transducer and liquid couplant. Reference Figure 3 and Figure 4. 38 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020 Continued...



Wire Testing ...continued Fig. 3 — Simulation of acoustic fields generated at differ- Fig. 5 — Self-adjusting wire mount with EMAT’s ent depths by EMAT transducers thru wire cross-section. installed on 16 mm wire. Fig. 4 — Typical transducer placement on wire with com- In addition to its unique in-line wire detection technol- plete circumferential coverage, no rotation required. ogy, Resonic Technologies is developing a suite of ap- The System plications using its advanced ultrasonic methodology The ARIS (Acoustic Resonance Inspection System) in- strument package from Resonic Technologies consists including component level defect detection, precision of a touch screen display, Windows™ based signal processing unit and self-adjusting transducer mount hardness, hydrogen embrittlement detection and di- adaptable for a wide range of wire diameters. The installation of the ARIS (Acoustic Resonance rect measurement of fastener preload. Resonic will be Inspection System) instrument package is quick and nonintrusive and also requires little if any header providing detailed information on these applications machine downtime. Initial calibration and operator support can be provided remotely by Resonic. Com- is the coming months. munication with the header directly or process monitor is through an internal relay or other standard computer www.resonic.com WFTI interface. Installation can be performed by the end user’s technical staff (Figure 5). Company Profile: Roller bearing suspension keeps the sensors suspended above the moving wire with the entire mount requiring Resonic Technologies is the developer of a visionary and about 2\" of clearance for mounting. proprietary, nondestructive testing technology. Through both research and design activities Resonic produces high- 40 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020 performance, integrated inspection systems for manufac- turers of specialty wire and automotive components in the USA. Resonic clients look to the company for novel inspec- tion capabilities and competitive advantages at a time of ris- ing material costs and increased design complexity. Higher performance manufacturing demands higher performance quality control. Since its founding in 2000, Resonic has been an active researcher in the field of applied Resonance Acoustic Spectroscopy or Resonance Scattering Theory. Originating from early scientific collaboration with NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), the patented Electromagnetic Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy technique has been refined over time for a ground-breaking deployment into the service of industrial NDT. Resonic is an excitable and diverse group of engineers and technolo- gists based in California. The company shares a contrarian spirit, a deep admiration for its manufacturing clients and a conviction that NDT will help to drive the future of indus- trial achievement. www.resonic.com

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Case Study: Failure of a High-Performance Valve Spring by: “Infinite life” is a term often spoken in Dr. Conor McCaughey engineering circles, but is almost never Metallurgist the case, as even extremely small dynamic Institute of Spring Technology (IST) stresses can cause failure with enough time. Henry Street, Sheffield South Yorkshire, S3 7EQ, UK www.ist.org.uk Within all industries, certain components are known indicated that the spring failed from the inside coil for their precise manufacture and exceptional perfor- position, the region of highest stress. However, there mance. Within the spring industry, valve springs are was no evidence of damage, defects or corrosion pits considered some of the top performers. These springs on the surface of the wire. Examination of the rest of are typically manufactured from material with the the spring highlighted some areas of wear and dam- tightest tolerances, highest strength and with mini- age, but nothing beyond what would be expected of mal inclusions (super clean). The spring design is op- a spring in service. timized in many ways compared to a typical parallel Higher magnification images taken of the fracture sided, constant pitch compression spring. face (see Figure 1) indicated that the failure did not Post-manufacture, these springs are typically exposed initiate from the surface of the wire, but slightly be- to some of the most advanced processes available in low it. Emanating from this was a propagation re- the spring industry. This includes dual peening, ni- gion, indicating that the spring failed via fatigue. This triding and hot pre-stressing, imparting beneficial was in keeping with the background information properties, improving the performance and increas- supplied. Although it now seemed probable, even at ing the spring’s life. However, this does not make this early stage, that the spring failed via fatigue from the spring immune to failure. In this article I will go a sub-surface point close to the inside coil position, it through one of the rare instances where a precision was unclear what the root cause of failure was. engine valve spring failed prematurely; the question is why. With all the checks and improvements made Fig. 1 — Sub-surface initiation. to this design, the advanced material and process route, why are there still unexpected failures within this sub-sector of the industry? The spring supplied to us was a valve spring for use in a high-performance combustion engine. Manu- factured from super clean silicon chrome vanadium wire, the spring had also been exposed to variety of advanced post processing techniques (including dual shot peening) to improve the fatigue life and relaxa- tion of the spring—a great example of an extremely high-performance spring. This spring design had been in service for years without any premature fail- ures and with no new changes to the design or manu- facture. Which again poses the question: why did this spring fail? The failure occurred at a single point in the centre As per our standard failure analysis procedure, sam- of the spring. Initial examination of the fracture face ples were taken from the spring, the microstructure observed, defects measured, and the hardness re- corded. None of the results obtained shed light on why the spring had failed. All the observations and measurements taken were within the limits expected of an alloy of this grade. The breakthrough came when the fracture faces were imaged using a scanning electron microscope. Figure 2 shows the initiation region from one of the fracture faces. It clearly shows a small (roughly 30 µm across) indent at the centre of the propagation region 42 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

close to the surface of the wire. This was exactly where As fatigue life is dependent on the stress applied this the optical images indicated the initiation would be. A similar indent was seen on the other fracture face. will lower the life of the spring if there is a defect pre- This led to the conclusion that the spring failed via fatigue, initiated at an inclusion. sent, around which a fatigue crack can initiate, e.g., Fig. 2 — Initiation and propagation region. an inclusion. This might seem clear cut and uninteresting, but the spring had been manufactured from super clean ma- This should not dissuade anyone from shot peening terial. How could an inclusion have caused failure? The answer is, as good as wire manufacturing is, and springs. In the vast majority of springs, peening will as clean as the material is, it is impossible to remove all inclusions. It is even stated on most, if not all, su- increase the fatigue life. It is only in a tiny propor- per clean material that an occasional inclusion will be present in the material in excess of 30 µm. This might tion of cases where an inclusion is present in just the be well known in the spring and wire industries, but it doesn’t seem to be as widely known by end users. wrong area that this will become a catastrophic prob- However, what is particularly unfortunate is not only that the inclusion was present, but its location. lem. As I said at the start, this spring design had been It is known that the highest stresses in a compression spring are located on the surface of the wire at the used for years without any previous failures. It was inside coil position. If this inclusion had been present on the surface it would have either been detected by just unlucky that an inclusion of this size, very rare the wire manufacturer or removed during the peen- ing process. However, it was subsurface (and yet in this grade of wire in the first place, was present at close enough to the surface to be in a position of high stress), remained undetected and was in a region this location. where crack initiation was likely. The final nail in the coffin, however, was that the This shows the value of super clean material. As the spring was shot peened. Shot peening is used in the spring industry because it can remove surface defects surface quality of the wire gets better and better, you and impart beneficial residual stresses at the surface. The beneficial residual stresses at the surface, howev- can end up in a situation where the spring will never er, hide a dirty little secret—they are balanced out by detrimental residual stresses subsurface. While the fail from a surface defect, but initiations caused by beneficial residual stresses reduce the peak stress, the detrimental ones act in the same direction as the ap- subsurface inclusions or microstructural deflects. plied stresses, leading to localised, increased stress. These can sometimes be smaller and way beneath the region discussed here affected by shot peening, at a relatively low stress, and cause failure after a huge number of cycles (hundreds of millions or even bil- lions). Although this might be considered by most to be equivalent to infinite life it is not. Manufactur- ers and customers should use extreme caution when quoting “infinite life”. It is a term thrown round in engineering circles but is almost never the case, as even very small dynamic stresses can cause failure if given enough time. If you have any questions about this article, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. www.ist.org.uk WFTI Company Profile: The Institute of Spring Technology (IST) is recognised as the spring industry’s most authoritative and influential voice for spring design, manu- facturing, training, test- ing and failure analysis. We are a unique centre of excellence for spring technology, enjoying an unrivalled pedi- gree and reputation stretching back to 1942. We have a fantastic reputation for metallurgy and steel-mak- ing knowledge, it only seems right that home of IST should be in Sheffield in the UK. We are right at the heart of the global spring making industry, covering all aspects of research and development, software, problem solving and testing. Our software, Spring Calculator Professional (SCP), is rec- ognized as the smartest spring design software worldwide. It is packed with an impressive range of international design standards, materials data, relaxation prediction and fatigue data available to everyone as standard. SCP can predict the behaviour of a spring under different environmental and oper- ating conditions. Hone your design to see how it will perform under real-world conditions like limited space and visualise your work with 3D modelling and working animations. More info at www.ist.org.uk. Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 43

SpringWorld® 2020 Update by: The 2020 show has been cancelled until 2022; exhibitors Michael Bandy, Co-Executive Director have submitted editorial content describing the products CASMI-SpringWorld and/or services that they intended to promote, as shown in 218 Glorieta Drive the sidebar boxes. The full exhibitor list is also supplied. St. Augustine, FL 32095  USA www.casmi-springworld.org The Chicago Association of Spring Manufacturers, in Rosemont, IL, USA—just five minutes from O’Hare Inc. (CASMI) Board of Directors met July 16, 2020, in International Airport. Oak Brook, IL, USA, and made the difficult decision to cancel SpringWorld® 2020, which was scheduled to AttendSanpcreinatgthWe sohroldw®is2fr0ee2a0ndIiss lCimaitnecdetolespdr;inNg,ext Spri take place this October at the Donald E. 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This machine design is very versatile and allows one to change the posi- Jowitt & Rodgers Co. ........................................................ 1015 tioning of its components within minutes. It can also be equipped with a chamfering and marking/stamping sys- Keyence Corp. of America .................................................. 927 Kinecoil Division, Kinefac Corporation ................................. 510 tem – modular collector tray is also available for the collection of the cut material sections. The cut lengths are KISWIRE/KOS AMERICA/KISWEL (KISWIRE GROUP) .... 733 contrColloedmbyeanteoncohdear asnd bfitrteod waidth eelencterodnic, ihtysdrafueliceordpenerumuatinc ciutttirnag unnigts.eVaorioffues praiyn-ogff units KSW WIRE/S&J HANS CORP. ........................................... 700 are adlsoiffaveairlaeblne ftorfecoeiledd oer rspsooalesd wairesimple add-on/replacement acces- Lake Michigan Metals Inc. .................................................. 924 Please don´t hesitate to contact us for any additional information and details: machines. Larson Systems, Inc. .......................................................... 824 sory onto various manufacturing/[email protected] / 905-761-6165 / www.aitmac-ca.com Leggett & Platt Wire Group ................................................ 1121 Little Falls Alloys ............................................................... 1032 Cometo wire straightening, guiding and feeding equipment. Materials Testing (Technology for Energy) ........................ 1313 AITMAC, Inc, the North American business of Italy’s Cometo s.n.c., offers a comprehensive selection of wire McLaren Photographic LLC ................................................ 933 handling & feeding devices for supplying coiled wire, rod and shaped materials to an extensive range of ma- Metal Improvement Co.: Curtiss Wright ............................ 1224 chinery including wire forming and wire bending machinery. Feeding is an essential operation that requires its Midwestern Rust Proof, Inc. .............................................. 1020 own unique needs. Cometo have broadened their feeder unit range offering different feeders as a simple add- Mount Joy Wire ................................................................. 1128 on/replacement accessory onto various manufacturing/processing machinery. Moyer Process & Control .................................................. 1022 Straightening & cutting machine with chamfering system and motorized pay-off (coils) Nabertherm, Inc. ............................................................... 1214 Neturen America Corp. ..................................................... 1130 In addition to manufacturing quality parts and machinery, Cometo also offer complete systems for the feeding, Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives ......................................... 821 straightening, cutting, stamping/marking & chamfering of various wires and profiles (round, square, triangular, rectangular and more). With a modular structure, these machines are constructed according to the wire to be PROTO ...............................................................................1115 Pyromaitre ......................................................................... 1521 ftsietoadninianlnegdssosfstrtiaetsieSglc,hottmrmenaipledoidgn&eahnnscdttsayerawbsrnoeittnhsieiunsnitmtegmaebli.ln&aeuTntfheocisdrs.uaImtmtwactcaiihdnonienatglerosaodnrmegbiseezigaoeenqfcduimsihpavppiteenearrdyieaywlvsioewtirhnsffiacattliuch(lhdecainamcongfhdieclroaasilnplm)pgo.ewarfnseadollrmnoieyansrt,kogianclguh/masntiagnmeumpthineaglplosoyysssi--, Raajratna Stainless Wire (USA), Inc. ................................ 1315 tem – modular collector tray is also available for the collection of the cut material sections. The cut lengths are Radcliff Wire, Inc. .............................................................. 1100 RK Trading Company .......................................................... 713 caorentarlosIlolneadvaabiydlaabdnleietfniocorocdnoeirlteaodndomrfistptaeodnolweuditfhwaeircleectturorniinc,ghyqdrauualicliotrypnpeuamrattsic cautntindg munitas.cVhairniouesrpyay,-off units PleaseCdoon´mt heesittaote tao clsonotactouffs feorrasnycadodimtionpalleintfoermsatyiosn atnedmdetsailsf:or the feeding, Simplex-Rapid / NIMSCO ................................................. 1005 [email protected]/n90g5-,76c1-u61t6t5i/nwgww,.asittmaacm-ca.pcoming/marking and chamfering SIVACO Wire Group ......................................................... 1513 SMI ...................................................................................... 627 of various wires and profiles (round, square, triangular, Stainless Steel Products ..................................................... 617 rectangular and more).Straightening & cutting machine with marking/stamping system and motorized horizontal spool pay-off Starrett Company ................................................................ 920 Sumiden Wire Products Corp. .......................................... 1326 With a modular structure, these machines are con- Sungshin Electric Furnace ................................................. 1605 structed according to the wire to be fed and straightened Suzuki Garphyttan Corporation ......................................... 1008 and are suitable for a wide range of materials including copper alloys, aluminum alloys, stainless steel and mild Taubensee Steel and Wire Company ............................... 1030 and carbon steel. This machine design is very versatile Theleico Schleiftachnik ....................................................... 522 and allows one to change the positioning of its compo- Tool King Inc. .................................................................... 1129 nents within minutes.Straightening & cutting machine with chamfering system and motorized pay-off (coils) Toyo Seiko North America ................................................. 1031 Straightening & cutting machine with marking/stamping system and motorized horizontal spool pay-off Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Specialty Metals ........................ 925 United Wire Company, Inc. ............................................... 1219 Straightening & cutting machine with marking/stamp- ing system and motorized horizontal spool payoff. Victory Machinery Exchange/Victory Rebuilding & Parts Technology ....................................... 1018 Additionally, this machine is capable of being equipped Vinston US Corporation ...................................................... 721 with a chamfering and marking and stamping system. The system’s modular collector tray is also available WAFIOS Machinery Corporation ...................................... 1205 for the collection of the cut material sections. The cut Winoa USA/W Abrasives Brand Products ......................... 1031 lengths are controlled by an encoder and fitted with Winona Powder Coating ................................................... 1013 electronic, hydraulic or pneumatic cutting units. A vari- Wire Forming Technology International .............................. 825 erty of payoff units can also be supplied to the user for Worth Steel ....................................................................... 1017 coiled or spooled wire. Continued... Please don’t hesitate to contact Allan Brown of AIT- MAC, Inc. by emailing [email protected] Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 45 for any additional technical information and details. www.aitmac-ca.com

SpringWorld® 2020 UPDATE Ultimate Automation: Advanced 2D AIM, Inc.: On-Line Virtual Platform & Wire Forming & Welding Machines New Spring Making Machine Martin Smith, Sales Director, Ultimate Automation Constantine Grapsas of AIM, Inc., Tampa, FL, USA, Ltd., West Sussex, UK, says Ultimation has been mak- tells us that AIM Inc., manufactures the broadest line of ing wire forming and welding machines for over 25 years wire bending machines in the world, from below 0.2 to and has designed and made an array of groundbreaking over 25 mm wire diameters, in all shapes from aluminum models and is well respected by its global customers. to Chrome Silicon and Titanium. We produce the most The “ULTIMAT” brand consisting of a range of 2-axis, reliable, fast and dependable equipment in the world, PC-controlled wire forming/welding machines is used for and offer it at a fair price. manufacture of a wide range of wire products from POP AIM Inc. has headquarters in the USA, in Illinois, Florida displays, appliance shelving to automotive components. and a third location in Europe, covering 16-hour rapid- response tech support per day. At AIM, we write our soft- ware, and we select the best technologically advanced components for industrial use. We are committed to innovation and top quality. AIM uniquely qualifies as the premier wire automation company. Ultimat – world leaders in 2D WireAIM has gained its reputation through the arduous work, the dedication of its associates and culture of customer Forming & Welding Machinesservice that exists throughout the entire organization. We have dedicated 28 years in product innovation and manufacturing efficiencies and provided our customers The core range is the ULTIMAT UMW series of 2D wire withUtlhtimeahtioignhheassbteqenumaalintuyf,acvtaurliungewoirfepforromdinugcatnsdawnedldinsgervice. forming and welding machines, which feature a robust, Stayminacghinaelswfoaryosvetrr2u5eyetaorsoanudrhcasodmespiganendya’nsdmmaontutfoac,tu“rFedorming our fauwtuidreerawngitehoyf ogruoursnd”b, rheaaksingfomrgodeedls aanlldiaisnwceellsraesnpedctpedartner- modular design and user-friendly Windows 10-based shipbsy gitslocubsatolmlyeras nwdorlidswcidoe.ntinuing to do so to enable wire software. All ULTIMAT models use a Closed Die Form- comTphoeinr e“UnLt TmIMaAnTu”fabcratundrecorsnsitsotinbg eof ma oa rreangperoofd2u-acxtiisv, e and ing and Cutting System, which produces high-quality profiPtCa-bcolentrtohllaednweirveefrorbmeinfgo,raen.d welding machines are used bends with square, burr-free cuts. The range includes five standard models for processing wire ranging from AtraIMindfoiiAsnrptcglhaaeydsma,enaAnmdpupfyalcic,atonuocrneeutSorefhneaoltvwn-iin-rdlgiiecntroheanAgruveetioorsmtfuowoatuiirvlreecppCerlooasdmtufpcaootsntrmefrnaotmst.chPlaOictPkoffoef ras 2.00 to 13.00 mm (0.080\" to 0.512\") and with maximum buttoThne,ir bcoerce aramngee itshthee bUeLTsItMhAitT fUoMr W20s2er0ie!s Wof e2Dpwaircekaged frame sizes up to 1200 mm and and beyond, depending our feorxmpinegrtiasned iwneldaingsymstaechminest,hawthidchelifveaeturrse aanroebnusht,anced on the wire diameter. modern, modular design, and wwfohitihrchusperrodfruiceensdlhyigwhu-inqsdueoalwritsye1b0xenpbdaessrewideitshnosfctqweuaarrteeh., rbAoulrlurU-gfLrheTeIcMautAsl.iTbmraordyelsoufseiantCelorsaecd tDiviee con- The versatile ULTIMAT desigFnornmeinggaanted sCuttthineg Snyesteemd, special tooling to produce high-quality parts and compo- nents. Special ULTIMAT versionCsomcaprnisibngeosfufipvpe lsiteanddafordrmuosdeels for processing wire ranging from 2.00 mm (0.080\") up to 13.00 mm (0.512\") and OtTwhhietehr vmoeaprsxtaiimtoilunemsUfLirnaTmcIMleuAsdizTeesdpeurspiegtosns1n2e0g0amtems tahnednaenedd beyond, depending on the wire diameter. with flat strip or profiled wire. for special tooling to produce high-quality parts and components. and chamfering stations, and seSpceocinaldUaLryTIbMeAnTdvheresiaondsscafnorbe supplied for use with flat strip or profiled wire. Other options include press and intricate forms with a tilting tablcehatmofearicncgostmatimonos,dseactoendlaaryrgbeend heads for intricate forms with a tilting table to accommodate large components or components or for forming spirfoarlsfo.rming spirals. Also available are URW and Also available – UTW Automatic Ring Form- URW and UTW Automatic Ring Forming & Welding Machines ing and Welding Machines; UTIG Automatic Ring Forming UTIG Automatic Ring Forming Machines with TIG / Heli-Arc Welding Machines with TIG/Heli-Arc UCW Cross Wire Welding Machines for Oven / Refrigerator racks and HVAC Welding; UCW Cross Wire filter frames Welding Machines for Oven/ Refrigerator racks and HVAC USW Sign Wire Frame Welding Machines for yard/political signs filter frames; and USW Sign Wire Frame Welding MachinesUlftiomratyioanr’sd/pproodluitcitclainlesiisgnnost .limited to standard wire forming and welding machines, as they also design and Ultimation’s product line is notmliamnuiftaectduretospsectiaalnpduarprodsewmoirdeels to suit customer requirements. forming and welding machines, as the company also designs and manufactures speUcLiTaIMl-pAuTrWpoIRsEe FmOoRdMeIlNsGtoand WELDING MACHINES: Versatile machines with proven reliability, meeting suit customer requirements. and exceeding our customer’s expectations. ULTIMAT WIRE FORMING andAWffoErdLabDleI,NprGogMresAsivCe,HaInNd EinnSo:vative machine designs to make you be more efficient, more competitive, and more Versatile machines with provenprorfeitlaibaleb!ility, meeting and exceeding our customer’s expeUcltaimtaiotenAsu.tAomffaotriodnaLbtdle, pro- gmroersesieveffiacniednitn, nmoovraetivceommpacehtiitnivCT2eee3odln:Sateat+nasc4rtd4igRP-(oenm0ar)ss-doo1tIn4rno0edis3mu-Mps7ta1raroi0rkat0filien4Et3syaSt,moabFtiuleatehx,b:P!+ae4rt4r-id(0g)e-1G4r0e3e-n5,8W80e8s4t Sussex, RH13 8RA, U.K. www.ultimat.com [email protected] www.ultimat.com 46 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020

SpringWorld® 2020 UPDATE tent with videos, images, quizzes, workbooks and detection, Auto Pilot speed/load monitoring, touch other active learning elements. Visit: screen monitors, Microsoft Windows®, 5 HP wire payoff, www.aimmachines.com/aim-academy/ “Dial-A-Service” for remote support via the Internet and a maintenance module that reminds users with all required The latest from AIM will spring you into the future! The work needed for zero downtime. future in spring manufacturing is here with AIM’s new Available options include automatic bend setup with NX-500F spring machine, an exciting new product cre- our AccuCal, easy production statistics with AccuTrack, ated to solve difficult manufacturing challenges in larger 24/7 on-line AIM Academy training, FARO, ROMER and size springs. Spring making with High Speed, High Preci- AICON CMM’s communications for automatic program- sion and High Power capability with the well known AIM mer corrections, integration with Robots and STEP and support. The new spring machines are manufactured IGES files import. with top shelf components at the PLUSPRINGS facility You can learn more about the equipment available from with the cooperation of AIM Inc. experts, in most cases, AIM Inc. as well as find additional technical specifica- common with the existing AIM machine components. tions on the company’s new NX-500X spring machine and AFES-3DxT, by visiting the company’s website. The machine provides nine to 25 axes and is also www.aimmachines.com capable of processing spring wire from 0.5 to 5 mm. Options include a servo cutter, double spinner, servo Continued... stamping, external feeding device and Easydur Camera inspection system (with maximum of 14 axis feedback Summer 2020/Wire Forming Technology International 47 at the same time). Additionally, the new NX-500F spring machine can be customized relative to the customer’s requirements. AIM Inc. released the new AFES-3DxT, which is an updated five servo-axis turret tool-changer machine with an ultra-fast servo cutter available at a very attrac- tive price. AIM’s strongest and proven model for more than 20 years, the Turret Head indexing tool changer provides even more flexibility in wire forming capability while the machine’s 200 mps Servo-cut assures fast and quiet production. Standard features include DXF, LRA and XYZ import as well as animated bending simulation with collision

SpringWorld® 2020 UPDATE FENN-Torin Spring Coilers TRAMEV Portable Cutting, – Single & Dual Points Bending & Straightening Tools Jessica Morgan, Marketing Coordinator, FENN LLC, According to Allan Brown of AITMAC, Inc., TRAMEV East Berlin, CT, USA, says despite the cancellation of Srl is a world renowned producer of portable hand- SpringWorld® 2020, this fall will still be an exciting time held cutting tools for shearing, cutting-off, bending and for product releases from FENN Torin. The redesigned straightening of wire, cable, rod, bar, strip, strand, metal FZ-810 single-point spring coiler, which was to debut banding, bolts and nuts. at the show, boasts Torin’s reliable, proven mechanics, Represented by AITMAC, Inc., North America, TRAMEV state-of-the-art programming and competitive pricing, all will be featuring the Cordless Rod Straightener for the in a reduced footprint compared proficient straightening of wire, rod, rebar, wire rope to its predecessor. The FZ-810 and cable products. This tool is ideal for straightening can coil larger wire than the the leading end of coiled stock for easy insertion into a FZ-10 in diameters of 0.010\" to cold heading or wire drawing machine. Widely used in 0.040\" (0.25 to 1.0 mm). The the wire, rod and cable industries and also construction debut of the FZ-810 would have engineering for straightening of steel rod, wire, bar and followed FENN’s release of the cable, it is portable and versatile enough saving valuable redesigned FZ-10 in 2019. But man-hours and operator fatigue coupled with safety by with the show’s cancellation, efficiently straightening various steel materials with its FENN will premier the redesigned FZ-810 coiler online. hydraulic capabilities. Torin’s FZ-10 and FZ-810 both have the capacity to The cordless design makes the unit very portable on the produce over 100,000 PPH and are available in four, shop floor or in the field. It is suitable for up to 20 mm five or six axes. Wire ranges for the FZ-10 are 0.008\" diameter for steel rod, rebar and wire rope materials, to 0.028\" (0.20 to 0.70 mm). FENN also redesigned the and it can accommodate larger diameters for hard drawn Torin FZ-100 model coileTrR,AwMitEhVws.ir.el. risaangweoroldf r0e.n0o0w3n\"etdoproducer ofcPooprtpaebrleahnadndtwisted wire. 0.015\" (0.076 to 0.38 mhme)ld, pCrUimTTaINriGlyTuOsOeLdS for Smheeadriicnag,l Cutting-Off, Bending and Straightening of Wire, Ca- solutions and micro-elecbtrleo,nRicosd., Bar, Strip, Strand, Metal Banding, BoltTs h&eNLuittsh.ium Ion-Battery Rod Straightener has a unique double acting hydraulic operation via the trigger switch, In addition to single poinRtesp, rFesEeNntNedTboyriAnitims apcr,oIundc.,toin othf-e North Ameernicaabwliengwitlhl beeuFnEiAtTtUoRhINaGvethaenCo“irndclehsins g” forward and re- fer the R-Series of dualRopdoinSttracioghilteernserwfiothr twhiereprroafnicgieent straightenvienrgseofdwirierec,tiorondo, preebraart,iowniroef rtohpeepaisntdon/ram. 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This hoypdrearualicticoapnabgiliitviees.s thesotproerkaetortofulal ccocnotrmolmovoedrathte stdriafifgehrtenn-t ing process with maximum Tohpe ecorradlteossrsdessiagnfemtayk.esEtmahecauhntieot eprxietarrelmatediloyimpnorestatnbrlaesioigonhnttheesns,hso(pa8fploptoorroorx2iinm0thaemtfeiemllyd. 180 mm (7 inches) odfiarmodetaetaISrouc.ancit-oaBtmbSiamltmietmeoferodypra-RtlueyopSdlEatsSorEtlgri2ead0prigidmhnhitaogmemntdeeoipfrtageohmrrrasroeasftohxpaerruhiamHfnsoriaqrdraaudSetltDeosedernotalleuwyRgbonesldei2Cl,daoR5mcepetpibnpeaamgrrrthaeaeymnnpddrdraiaTWaurfwloiliiirncseartogeRpndohetpWdrhaaeeitrirmuoed.nfapeTtveheidrateidoartLlhasieteah-wtnicrupiadmngn-- of coiled rod 3/4” Torin’s latest software costmhtrebaiitgnoheotslednhosiwgahnn-otthtehecehrrof1de8aa0ntumdrpmeitgniueosgrnl(plsw7oiwrnfoiittcgithcenhhestc,sphehwinseetiatohsbtnl)ri/mn.irgagaTmxgtihhm.eeTeurhuminsicotopptooeerprhaaatptiovoeernsargsniavaf“eeisnntytch.dheEinaotgcpw”heforoiasprtweotrarearftdudiolalnncwodstnirrtraerieovgelh)rots.eveenrdsitarhepecptsritoornxaiimoghpateteernaly-- ecTiartesuonvmserdcitnrolocyatmoeosnmspeaeiecrcpwrclfCaiaemctcNsooeisrlCiinsltesy.tpuar.,TrprWoyrepagieoptirnhrhamtieo/nmdrangam2wdudimkaaen5rniifimegitrisfilnstaelenm)osud)grffio.•eoneuujmp,usanrcrpT•pmstttlhotipuuoEfcaaapomroPdrsbarerktirdse,al.sssetiitntohddOtsaoeaptgnaenlrBeuirwi-spHaedatsreGtrilrldaoitarfirthmjdnoanldeiuiipnrdnircsamaspsilitttttenwaeouyHelreogborGrnrrnaaicvylckansreeeian-hiicldcpotraotdwma2uost1daarletonhiten58nifasfponiorfmesr0tfiasoctaeecoypdiaminto.edmg)nrffaro(.aeoieetffhjmloulcmufeia(nretsir•llnooes8edtockthltptuddnf(sagoaaerrr7omrofrPs&breomrtbwmidialhssadneotntihnsaccoeemlm3ptaohtnitloreaat/irhtweisaed4ahyropeGstdlld”eo)di–rpdrmjdrsnddoiuodalprtiraf1esaidmausane2tot8rtwtsamHeoarer0dd0ebxosrnndn-aeilkmdansetaeicledopmtroarltonue.apontsl(pdal.t7iaSi(entmlcui(iirgnim8cknpegoetc&pmhtmh-hloeyceeSmmtoasaEtws)rropdEl.diii–pdgdsapTltgraeineh2hnoetsdd0eeogxsrtographs alongside preparing the feed end service technicians are ihnegroepteoramtioanx•imUiznebeyaotaubrleudPrpilolt)iw•mTeoerp tsoidewHaenidglehGtrip for stability dur- Torraintiolin•eMoinfimcoalilmerasincteannanpcreirona.gtdiooup•ecMraeitnioimna•l Unbeatable Power to weight and productivity. The maintenance. many spring types bienlctilnuCdgo,innrtgiancgctsoumsafnpodrreawsnsiyrieoadnfdo, irtemioxnsteaiCslnnaoilnesnwtsaif.aoociittrnrmuems,[email protected]/ei9ntd0fao5dir-lm7is6tai1(toai-o6nsn1k6aa5nfld/owfdreewotawaui.ltasrui(tamvrseikadcfs-oecraoio.cnuoorcmfvlitduhedoiseofttophiosislt)otool)l grip handle, top side torsion, magazine, diameters from 0.003\" tos0a.le7s5.a0i\"tm([email protected])/. 9W05it-h761-6165 / whwawn.dailtemgacr-ipca.fcoormstability during operation, unbeatable power-to-weight ratio and minimal maintenance. many in-person events being cancelled for the year, be sure to check out our YouTube Channel “FENN Torin” for Contact us for more information and ask for our video videos of our Torin spring coilers and other products. of this tool by emailing [email protected]. www.fenn-torin.com www.aitmac-ca.com 48 Wire Forming Technology International/Summer 2020