Quality control system for the manufacture of copper rod

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The report will discuss improvements at the ASARCO Amarillo copper refinery focusing on new quality control equipment and improved quality oriented processing for the production of copper rod. Beginning at the copper refinery tankhouse and proceeding through melting, casting, rolling, packaging and shipping, each aspect of the enhanced quality control system will be reviewed as it relates to wiredrawing and/or insulating.

Description

The report will discuss improvements at the ASARCO Amarillo copper refinery focusing on new quality control equipment and improved quality oriented processing for the production of copper rod. Beginning at the copper refinery tankhouse and proceeding through melting, casting, rolling, packaging and shipping, each aspect of the enhanced quality control system will be reviewed as it relates to wiredrawing and/or insulating.

Additional information

Author(s)

Christopher I. Strand, Melvin G. DeBord and Darrell Breitling, Asarco Inc., USA.

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 64th Annual Convention, Detroit, MI USA. Paper published in Wire Journal International, Sept. 1994, pg. 84.

Year

1994