11/19/2015 2:46:00 PM
NEWS BRIEFS
Micro products – less than 1mm in all three dimensions – are among the topics at the April 4-8, 2016, International Wire & Cable Fair and concurrent International Tube Fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.
It is the 15th showing for the biennial events at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre. The International Fastener Machinery & Suppliers Association will meet on April 5 in conjunction with Wire Düsseldorf.
“Wire and the resulting products, such as springs, screws and cables are necessary for technical systems to function,” Wire Düsseldorf noted. “However, products made by the wire and wire-processing industry also play a major role in everyday life – paperclips, ballpoint pen springs, key chains and of course power cables for example. Progress in areas such as transport and power engineering are closely related to ongoing developments in the wire and wire-processing industry and the increasing miniaturization in many areas of technology is only possible with the help of suitable wire products. These are based on wire made from a variety of metals and with a diameter between 0.5 and 2.5 mm.”
“While the dimensions of micro-components are getting smaller and smaller, a steady increase in requirements on technical properties and thus also on the relevant production equipment and its components is evident,” according to Wire Düsseldorf.
“Some typical components are micro-screws with a nominal diameter of 1 mm or less, used in sensors, mobile phones, printed circuit boards, digital cameras, hearing aids and small parts in medical devices.”
Shaping of material at room temperature through cold forging is one cost-effective manufacturing method.
“However, at the micro-level, the physical phenomena that must be taken into account are not the same as in the macro-range. For instance, the structure of such a small workpiece has a far greater effect on the processing method and friction, too, works differently between the part and the tool compared with the forming of larger parts.”
Wire 2016 includes machinery for the production and finishing of wire, tools and auxiliary materials in process engineering as well as materials, special wires and cables.
Exhibitors thus far are 920 companies from 46 nations, including 10 European countries, the U.S., and five Asian countries. Web: wire.de
For IFMSA information contact Doug Zirkle, Tel: 203 794-0444.
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