The relationship between scrap steel prices and wire rod costs has always been real and significant, since scrap is the primary feedstock for the electric arc furnace steelmaking process that produces most wire rod. What’s changed is the frequency and amplitude of the price cycles that buyers of wire rod need to navigate, with shorter…
Lubricant in wet wire drawing operations performs the critical function of reducing friction at the wire-die interface, carrying heat away from the die zone, and contributing to the surface quality of the drawn wire. Despite this importance, lubricant system management at many wire drawing operations receives less systematic attention than the drawing process itself, and…