SHOW NEWS: Wire Expo Features Technical Education

John Wolz

There will be more than 50 technical papers, 90 authors, one-day short courses and plant tours at Wire Expo 2002 in addition to a trade show with 300 exhibiting companies.
The events will be June 8-13, 2002, at Chicago�s Navy Pier. \
Wire Expo is organized by the Wire Association International, which has 4,300 members worldwide.
Sponsors include the American Wire Producers Association, Chicago Bolt, Nut & Screw Association, Electrical Insulation Conference, Society of Plastics Engineers and the Wire & Cable Industry Suppliers Association.
The technical program includes a fastener presentation on �Development of steels for high-strength bolts with excellent delayed fracture resistance,� by Yuichi Namimura, Nobuhikno Ibaraki, Wataru Wurushihara and Takenori Nakayma of Kobe Steel of Japan.
There also are a wide variety of technical programs for nonferrous, fiber optics and electrical subjects. General abstract subjects include pickle line fume control, spill prevention, gauges and control systems, annealing, KSM, smooth bar & wire drawing, three-dimensional FEM simulation, alternate sulfonic acids and cryogenic tempering.
One-day short courses include �Failure analysis of steel wire and wire rod,� �Practical Wire Drawing,� �Wire Mill Problem Solving,� �Plastics in the Wire & Cable Industry� and �Pickling Science.� Robert Glodowski of Stratcor will give the annual Mordica Memorial Award lecture.
There will be plant tours of Merit Steel Co. and Copperfield LLC.
For Wire Expo information contact WAI. Tel: 203 453-2777 Fax 203 453-8384 Web: wirenet.org �2002 FastenerNews.com