Improving the durability of the dies and product quality in the production of nichrome strips

Abstract

Several complicated technological problems had to be solved to develop an alternative technology for the production of nichrome strips, the new technology involving the rolling of cast ingots and drawing of the hot-rolled semifinished products. In the traditional technology, sheet is hot- and cold-rolled and then cut lengthwise to form the strips. One particularly important advance over the existing technology is the improvement made to the geometry of the drawing channel in the hard-alloy dies. This modification significantly reduces die wear, practically eliminates breakage of the strip during drawing, and substantially improves the quality of the strip's surface. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.