Over the past 20 years, ACIMAF, IWMA and the WAI have produced numerous technical conferences throughout Europe. This time, they are being joined by Poland’s AGH University (AGH) to put
The weather may not have been overly obliging, but the New England Chapter’s Feb. 6 annual meeting and dinner was thoroughly enjoyed by the WAI chapter members who gathered at
The New England Chapter will present an insightful experience on Nov. 7 when it continues its string of educational/networking events at the ACCEL Wire Drawing Plant in Cheshire, Connecticut. The
The New England Chapter golf tournament on Sept. 9 saw a healthy field of 142 golfers view for top honors at the chapter’s annual event, held at the Tunxis Country
Category To Convert From To Multiple by Acceleration $ ft/s^2 $ $ m^2/s^2 $ $0.3048$ $ in/s^2 $ $ m^2/s^2 $ $ 2.5400×10^{-2}$ Area $ ft^2 $ $ m^2 $
It is not rare for finished wire to be marked. This often happens on stripper blocks and causes quality complaints. Below is a series of specific steps you can take
If you don’t see a thin shiny coating on the wire exiting a die using a dry lube, then there is a problem. The die and/or pressure die system has
Stepper motors or similar devices are used to move the stopper rods or metering pins that regulate molten metal flow into the casting machine.
The lead in this issue’s feature is Artificial Intelligence (AI), and while that term might seem to be a distant concept, one with a cringe-factor, that’s not necessarily the case.
The recommended contact point on the reduction zone of a die should be 75% to 100% of the wire diameter. The bearing (or land) of a die is downstream of
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