Tire Wire Technology, LLC

A Technical Consulting Firm Focusing on Manufacturing

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Specializing in manufacturing technology for the steel tire cord and bead wire industries.

“We don’t supply the equipment.  We supply the technology that makes it run.”

If you always do what you always did,  you will always get what you always got.

Isn't it time for a change?


WHAT'S NEW

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  1. Technical Partnership With Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC (JTT) - the greenest manufacturer of strand heat treating technology in the known universe!

Jigsaw Thermal Technology, LLC designs, markets, manufactures and sells heat treating equipment for strand annealing (patenting), diffusion and tempering operations.  JTT is different than other strand heat treating equipment suppliers; JTT engineers are equipment users and our equipment is manufactured by Joe Moore & Company, Inc., a fabricator with more than 50 years fabrication experience primarily with stainless steels and insulating materials.  JTT has 20 years hands-on experience running, maintaining and designing heat treating equipment for the manufacture of steel tire cord, mostly for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.  JTT has incorporated energy saving designs into all equipment, lowered emissions, eliminated maintenance issues and designed equipment for ease of the equipment operator and not the equipment designer.  The corporate goal of Jigsaw Thermal Technology LLC is to advance "Green" heat treating technology for the manufacture of steel tire cord, bead wire and other strand annealed products while focusing on customer satisfaction, sincerity, truthfulness, fairness, with an open lines of communication.  One activity to satisfy this goal is to use new energy efficient heat treating technology for the manufacture of steel tire cord and bead wire; we can offer heat treating technology that is superior in its efficiency with lower emissions than any similar heat treating technology on the market.  Want to learn more?  Click on the JTT icon below.

 

  1. Technical Partnership With GCR Eurodraw

In January 2008, GCR Eurodraw S.p.A. and Tire Wire Technology, LLC signed a long term technical support contract.  For the foreseeable future, TWT will support the GCR Eurodraw Team as the Technology & Product Development Team Leader.  TWT will participate as GCR’s Technology Leader for technical supervision services of manufacturing technology, technological and technical assistance for start-up, commissioning and operation of plants, machinery and equipment for production of Steel Tire Cord & Bead Wire, Steel Hose & Music Wire and other steel wire products as requested by GCR Eurodraw.  TWT services may also include technical lessons and training of personnel at GCR and/or on site, after-sale technological assistance to GCR’s customers as well as technical and technological assistance for offer preparation and during commercial negotiations.

  1. Liquid Quenchant Fluidized Bed Technology

Development of Liquid Quenchant Fluidized Bed Technology (LQF) has continued at a dazzling pace.  In 2009 we installed an industrial LQF unit for a major steel tire cord manufacturer that uses the equipment to manufacture steel tire cord, hose wire and saw wire.  We look forward to continue installation of as LQF units across the globe and are currently working with three major steel tire cord manufacturers.  Tire Wire Technology, LLC, Thermcraft, Incorporated & RichardsApex Incorporated are working together to market the process.

  1. News - Three New Manufacturing Oriented Publications have been added to our list of publications presented at 16 major venues around the world.

  1. Patents Pending

Tire Wire Technology, LLC is a technology leader in the development of new techniques and processes for the manufacture of drawn steel products, particularly steel tire cord and bead wire.  A goal of Tire Wire Technology is to produce one new process or technology per year to help advance technology, lower manufacturing costs, improve product quality and help develop higher strength products like Super, Ultra and Mega Tensile Steel Cords.

 

2006 - US patent application for the LQF process

2007 - PCT for the LQF Process

2007 - US patent application for a new drawing technology

2007 - US Patent Application & PCT for coating process resulting in patented wire free of scale & decarburization

2008 - US Patent Application for air fluidized sand bed technology

2009 - US Patent Application to straightening small diameter filament for improved fatigue performance

2010 - Planning a US Patent Application & PCT for use of scrap steel tire cord filament

  1. Higher Strength Products - Super, Ultra & Mega Tensile Cable

TWT's clients consistently request assistance in developing manufacturing systems for higher strength steel tire cord product.  TWT has been involved in industrial development of higher strength steels since 1989 - 20 years of experience including lead engineer on the first manufacturing team to commercially produce Super Tensile, Ultra Tensile & Mega Tensile cable.

 

Company Profile

TWT is the leading technical manufacturing consulting firm to the steel reinforcement industry including tire cord, bead wire, hose and conveyor belt reinforcement and other steel wire products and is fortunate to be the only consulting firm to work exclusively with Type-1 wire and equipment companies.  TWT’s business plan includes introduction of at least one new technology per year and Thomas has applied for three wire related patents in the past three years.  TWT has unique expertise in industrial manufacture of high strength reinforcement products including super- ultra- and mega- tensile steels having worked to develop these products in a manufacturing environment since the late 1980s.  TWT offers process and product manufacturing project services tailored to diverse manufacturing practices at reasonable costs.


Contact Information

Tire Wire Technology, LLC wants to hear from you.  Please feel free to get in touch with us for any of your technical consulting needs.  

Cell Phone
919-413-0623
FAX
866-722-0623
Postal address
1455 Arthur Teague Road
       Siler City, NC 27344 USA
Electronic mail
General Information: tom_tyl@yahoo.com

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