Description
This paper covers wiredrawing m/c design to increase efficiency from 80 to 95 percent; elimination of expensive heat treatment by new processes and new steels; reduction of labor cost by eco-friendly processes; tailoring of end product by judicious selection of wire rod size, drafting procedure, temperature control and physical properties; various tried and untried pollution-free methods of rod cleaning; reduction of waste products by selection of improved consumables; and heat treatment of wires such as patenting, low relaxation, stress relieving, oil tempering, inline galvanizing and coating.
