Wire rod
Hydro is a major producer of top-quality aluminium wire rod, supported by well-equipped research centers in Norway.
In Europe and beyond, cable producers are finding innovative solutions with our wire rod products. In this market of intensive restructuring, requirements for overall quality are growing. We focus on meeting or exceeding the most demanding specifications.
Our production system is reliable and flexible, and we offer delivery precision, commercial service and technical assistance, with meticulous follow-up to all inquiries.
We develop partnerships with our customers on projects related to product and process development. Our research has mainly concentrated on improving and developing our own process. In addition, we focus on such customer processes as drawing, stranding and extruding.
Technical services
Our highly-skilled technicians are equipped with:
- Light optical microscope
- Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- Tensile testing machines
- Resistivity tester
- Corrosion testing
- Physical process simulation (Gleeble 3500)
- Facilities for testing hydrogen content (for measurements in melt and in solid material)
- Inclusions in Al melt (LIMCA)
R&D Projects – processing of wire rod - Melt treatment of 1370-alloys:
- Continuously casting of wire rod: modelling and understanding
- Rolling Mechanisms
- Consistency of product parameters like tensile strength and electrical conductivity · Increase of electrical conductivity
- Optimisation of the conform process; modelling and understanding of the drawing process
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