For developing world-class fastener products for entering automotive, and other high-quality demanding industries, RAD-CON Inc recommends manufacturers consider the total value when investing in advanced process equipment for spheroidise annealing of wires.
For those companies cold forming fasteners or other parts from medium/high carbon steels, especially alloy steels, the spheroidise annealing process is critical to success. The total cost of lesser quality wires is well known, from rejects due to parts cracking to high costs of die replacements to maintain dimensional tolerances on formed parts.
With a higher quality annealing, forming steps may also be reduced, and difficult to form parts become easier and more consistent. It can be difficult to quantify these advantages, so a discussion with RAD-CON could be beneficial.
“RAD-CON is a world leader in the design and manufacture of bell-type furnaces for spheroidise annealing of wire and wire rod for the production of cold heading quality wires (CHQ). Many of the largest fastener manufacturers use RAD-CON equipment.”
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