To tackle the demands of lower costs and improved machine performance and finished wire quality,Frigeco(a division of Mario frigerio) has further developed its TA copper and aluminium rod breakdown wire drawing machine with zero slip.

Conventional slip breakdown wire drawing machines can cause longituadinal friction-by the wire sliding on the capstan –and axial friction as the wire moves from wrap on the capstan itself.Frigeco’s TA zero slip rod beakdown machine avoids friction between wire laps and between wire and capstan. An independent AC motor for each drawing block, with dancer synchronization of the wire /capstan speed ,eliminates the longitudinal slipping problem and avoids longitudinal wire scratches.

In each drawing block the wire is wound to a double capstan . The first pulling capstan is motor driven while the second idle capstan is slightly out of centre with respect to the first. The idle capstan prevents side sliding and drafting and so avoids any axial wire scratches. To prevent dangerous wire yielding, the machine is also supplied with large diameter pulling and idle capstans while a high pressure lubricant die hold and efficient wire cooling help to achieve high production speeds.

 The advantages of the Ta are said to include:

.wire breaks are reduced when produced wire is re-drawn

. the machine is adaptable to most drawing ranges and wrie elongations, with inlet diameter from 8mm to 10mm and outlet diameter of 0.8mm to 9mm.

. Reduced energy consumption

. The absence of slippage minimizes pulling capstan wear,resulting in low maintenance costs and reduced downtime

.Low noise ,less than 80dba

.Unuesd motors are switched off.