Shaving and shaped die - collaborative problem solving

A commitment to experimentation drives the process of innovation forward. Successful manufacturing operations collaborate with their suppliers and customers. They conduct trials, collect data, and let the data guide process improvement and future business decisions.
Market leaders across multiple product segments have collaborated with Paramount Die throughout the last two years to evaluate a large range of geometries, coatings, and constructions in order to find their optimal solution for shaving wire and for drawing shaped wire.

Advanced wire shaving solutions developed with Paramount Die are now repeatedly outperforming other shaving dies in head-to-head evaluations thanks to the combined efforts. Standard shaving dies are offered as insert-based and cased solutions. Several standard sizes, geometries, coatings, and casing options are available to provide immediate improvements and a basis for future experimentation. Customer specific shaving die solutions are delivering superior quality and purity of shaved wire rod to manufacturers drawing stainless steel wire, valve spring wire, cold heading wire, aluminum wire, and brass wire.

Innovative shaped profile dies, developed with Paramount Die, offer increased surface quality, tight tolerance control, and wire/bar straightness. Ovate shaped wire drawing solutions have more than doubled drawing speeds while increasing high-quality finished tons. With technical shape engineering capability, Paramount can design single and progression drafts to meet specific needs. Shaped dies are available in ovates, rectangles, squares, hexagons as well as custom shapes. Standard carbide blank sizes, coatings, and casing options are available to mimic current drawing practices. A collaborative team can then evaluate the performance of the drawing die to deliver recommendations for progression and shape design improvements. Wire production efficiencies are improving because each die design from Paramount is rooted in the needs and feedback of each individual customer, their production process, and the market segment they serve. The customer and Paramount Die’s technical staff then put the dies and production processes through improvement trials to determine the optimal solution. Paramount Die is committed to collaborative experimentation because they understand that throughout history, those who have learned to collaborate and invent have prevailed. Partnerships with market leaders have yielded outstanding results in wire shaving and shaped wire drawing in Europe, Mexico, China and the United States.

Companies interested in production improvements and collaborative relationships with their supplier should contact Paramount Die. Its network of agents and distributors throughout the world provide direct customer service to help solve country and industry specific needs and challenges. Take the opportunity to see how their diverse expertise in wire drawing and die manufacturing can help your team.