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Water Soluble Wet Drawing Lubricants - Ferrous and Alloy

RichardsApex’s experience and leadership in wet drawing lubricants provides the necessary expertise to design and manufacture wet drawing lubricants for steel tire cord.  Comprehensive knowledge of surface interaction and lubrication mechanisms allow RichardsApex to design wet drawing lubricants with exceptional rubber/wire adhesion, higher wet drawing speeds and die life as well as lower in-use cost.

RichardsApex steel tire cord wet drawing lubricants are Live Products designed for Compatible Incremental Reformulation (CIR) to enhance performance in your system.  Each reformulation is compatible with the previous chemistry meaning that changeover is seamless.

This range of products covers all possible requirements as to additive chemistry, foam control, subsequent cleaning requirements, plated wire surface compatibility, surface finish, speeds, die life, and cleanliness.

Conversion of traditional oil drawing application to water soluble products to meet new requirements

Application based materials for any ferrous or alloy drawing operation

Steel Tire Cord Manufacturing Uses:

  • Wet lubricant (CIR)

  • Foam control, if required

  • Cleaning requirements

  • Plated wire surfaces – oxide reduction and rubber adhesion

  

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