Capstans in wire drawing lines perform a function that's easy to take for granted when they're working correctly: maintaining the tension required to draw wire through each die by gripping the wire through friction contact across their surface. When capstan surface condition degrades, either through wear that reduces the effective grip, through buildup that creates...
For fine wire producers supplying soft temper wire for electrical, weaving, or braiding applications, the traditional process sequence of drawing to an intermediate gauge, batch annealing, and then continuing to final size represented a production bottleneck and cost center that created real limitations on both throughput and the range of annealing conditions achievable. Inline continuous...