Registration open for WAI’s virtual Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing course offered December 1 and 8, 2021
Led by 13 industry experts, the program serves as a training and refresher course for wire and cable operations personnel, sales and administrative teams, and new hires.
Madison, Connecticut, USA - November 4, 2021 - The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. will offer its most popular training course "Fundamentals of Wire Manufacturing" virtually for the second time this year in a
Led by 13 industry experts, the program serves as a training and refresher course for wire and cable operations personnel, sales and administrative teams, and new hires.
Topics include:
• Mechanics of wiredrawing
• Drawing dies
• Wiredrawing lubricants
• Wire breaks & surface damage
• Stranding cable
• Cleaning & coating rod & wire
• Extrusion
• Basics of electrical testing
• Ferrous heat treatment
• Used machinery
• Testing & properties and
• Ferrous metallurgy
Discounts are available for WAI members at $147 USD for full access; and $175 for full access plus new WAI membership; the non-member rate is $245.
Visit: https://funwiremfg.heysummit.com/ for full details and to register.
SPONSORS INCLUDE:
Cerro Wire; Encore Wire Corp.; Gem Gravure Co. Inc.; James Monroe Wire & Cable Corp.; Lloyd & Bouvier; Prysmian Group; SDI LaFarga COPPERWORKS; Sonoco Reels & Spools; Southwire Co. LLC; and Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp.
The Wire Association International is a not-for-profit association with 1,800 individual members in 50 countries. The association serves the educational needs of the wire and cable manufacturing industry through a variety of products and services. WAI manages the Interwire Trade Exposition and the WAI Operations Summit & Wire Expo and publishes the Wire Journal International and the Wire Journal International Reference Guide.
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The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc.
The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc., founded in 1930, is a worldwide technical society for wire and cable industry professionals. Based in Madison, Connecticut, USA, WAI collects and shares technical, manufacturing, and general business information to the ferrous, nonferrous, electrical, fiber optic, and fastener segments of the wire and cable industry. WAI hosts trade expositions, technical conferences, and educational programs.