The manufacturers of wire products all agree that the best wire is produced on a drawing surface that is smooth, inert, hard and strong. The surface should be smooth enough to minimise galling wear; inert enough to avoid adhesive wear; hard enough not to be scratched; and strong enough to resist load deformation.

Solid ceramic drawing blocks can generally provide these properties but as usual there are disadvantages - the cost of manufacture of precisely shaped solid ceramics is prohibitively expensive; the inherent brittleness of solid ceramics imparts catastrophic failure modes and there is no way to reclaim damaged components.

The use of the harder metals does not overcome the galling and adhesive problems - even tungsten carbide/cobalt composites or hard chrome suffer from plastic deformation under the extreme loads encountered.

C-Ramic coatings provide the optimal solution - the combination of a strong, hard metal body topped off with a ceramic coating offers a new exciting approach to quality wire production. All the desirable properties are incorporated - the smooth ceramic provides an excellent surface to draw the wire on while the metal substrate provides the supporting role.

C-Ramic coating is applied to a traditionally manufactured drawing block and this is now is a repairable item that can give unlimited service.
C-Ramic can design and supply the total package required to achieve the most cost effective solutions in wire drawing.

If you would like to take advantage of the latest technology to produce superior wire products, contact the experts at C-Ramic.