Rod Production

During the last few years, the worldwide economy has been forced to face new challenges that were not expected. The COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated, or maybe it was the reason for, important changes and instability within the supply chain of several components that in turn led to other challenges.

Magnetic Analysis Corporation, a designer and producer of NDT instruments and systems for 95 years, is supplying a comprehensive automated test system to a precision cold finishing specialty steel mill that specializes in close-tolerance round bar products. This precision cold finishing specialty steel mill must be capable of providing the company’s customers with clean, round and straight precision round bar that is ready to be used as bar stock for manufacturing finished parts such as bearing shafts and other critical parts. And to do this, the company relies on accurate inspection using nondestructive testing technologies.

Rod producers with downstream wire drawing facilities recognize the benefits of cold welding. Cold welding machines consume much less power than electrical butt welders, and the process is quicker and easier. Weld quality is excellent because the process produces a worked structure as opposed to the cast structure obtained in fusion welding.

by Ashley Dingler On Saturday, January 21, 2023, at 12:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, the first copper bar was cast