Posted by Vishnu on July 27th, 2010 11:05 PM | 28 Comments Lubricants: Two distinctive forms of lubrication are principally employed in wire-drawing dry lubricants in the form of a solid dry soap compound, and wet lubricants, which may be a wet paste-like solution or emulsion, or a straight liquefied mineral or ...
Posted by Vishnu on July 27th, 2010 11:04 PM | 26 Comments Long Eye Test: Involves wrapping or twisting wire round itself, when it must not crack, weaken, or show uneven spots. Usually known as a wrapping test.
Loop Processing: A method of handling wire or wire rod as a single strand without ...
Posted by Vishnu on July 27th, 2010 11:01 PM | 50 Comments Listing Wire: Hard drawn high carbon or oil-tempered steel. Employed for fastening car upholstery in position, particularly to the roof. In the manufacture of lists, the wire is often passed through a machine that straightens the wire, glue paper to ...
Posted by Vishnu on July 27th, 2010 10:58 PM | 33 Comments Line Wires: A term for the top or bottom horizontal wires used in chain link and field fencing. A line wire is sometimes used at intervals throughout the depth in chain link fencing to add extra strength to its construction.
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Posted by Vishnu on July 20th, 2010 08:32 PM | 15 Comments Lay: (1) The manner in which wires are helically laid into strands or strands into rope. (2) Part of a weaving loom, also known as a slay or batten, which operates horizontally across the loom and which beats the wire ...
Posted by Vishnu on July 20th, 2010 08:28 PM | 7 Comments Lacquering: May be regarded as compounded plastics dissolved in volatile solvents. The polymer and its plasticizers are retained by the cable after the solvent has evaporated. The coating is normally applied to textile lapping or braids to give a smooth ...
Posted by Vishnu on July 20th, 2010 08:24 PM | 24 Comments Keystone Strand Wire Rope: A type of rope in which the wires of the strands are combined in a keystone or wedge shape, so arranged that when the rope is in use the wear is evenly distributed over its outside ...
