WIRE NEWS WN May 2019 | Page 11

“Quality and our ability to manufacture to exacting specifications are two of our biggest selling points and, in the last four weeks alone, we have secured work with new clients that have been impressed with our AS9100 and ISO 14001 credentials. Without these awards in place, we wouldn’t even get on the list to quote for the order.” He continued: “The ISO 45001 accreditation is the upgrade to OHSAS 18001 and required a real team effort, with everyone from the Directors to shipping getting involved in the process and ensuring we have the right systems in place. “Our Assessor - SGS - was very impressed and I’m led to believe we’re one of the first companies in the UK to achieve this standard – it’s all about manufacturing quality and delivering reliability.” Gary Whitehouse will work with existing specialists to underpin the company’s approach to quality and to also give it additional resource when dealing with customer enquiries that are now a lot more technically demanding. . AWI’s quality team has been strengthened this month, with the appointment of a new technical specialist that will work in testing and final inspection. www.alloywire.com Tramev Launches a New Series of Butt Welding Machines Thanks to its experience in the wire industry, Tramev developed an extensive range of manual and automatic butt welders. Compared to the previous series, the H-Line is a new generation butt welding machine that assures energy savings, increased productivity and reliability while improving the quality of the final product. Compact and easy to use, Tramev welders are able to weld cables up to 39mm. The automatic series (H) works with a PLC, which memorize the programs for each type of steel rod processed. In this way, the operator does not have to setup the machine for every new processing, thus eliminating down time and providing cost savings. All Tramev welding machines are equipped with the most modern security systems, such as: four- wheeled base unit with safety lever, grinding device for welding seam deburring and clamping jaws that allow for the welding function and the annealing procedure. . WIRE NEWS May 2019 11