Continuous improvement of steel wire rod product quality to meet the wiredrawing industry’s future needs

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Driven by competitive pressures and the need to continually reduce costs, the wiredrawing industry is increasingly looking for improved performance from wire rod supplied by the rod mills. This paper will start with an examination of the various performance measures used by the wiredrawing industry and will then explain the quality improvement process as practiced by one of Europe’s leading wire producers.

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Description

Driven by competitive pressures and the need to continually reduce costs, the wiredrawing industry is increasingly looking for improved performance from wire rod supplied by the rod mills. This paper will start with an examination of the various performance measures used by the wiredrawing industry and will then explain the quality improvement process as practiced by one of Europe’s leading wire producers.

Additional information

Author(s)

J. H. Boddy, Corus Construction and Industrial, U.K.

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI International Technical Conference, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK. Paper published in Wire Journal International, Feb. 2003, pg. 67.

Year

2001