New Technological Approach in Fabrication of High Purity Nickel Wire

Abstract

Hpulcas GmbH has developed a process of high purity nickel wire manufacturing directly from cathode plates without melting. This means significantly lower capital investments and energy costs as compared to the standard manufacturing technology by melting on the one hand and remaining of the high degree of purity on the other hand. Hpulcas wire is produced by the hot rolling of full cathode plates, slitting the plates into sticks, frontal joining and drawing.High purity nickel has such beneficial properties as microcleanliness, excellent mechanical and electrical properties and beneficial corrosion resistance. These properties have been used in batteries and fuel cell components, welding and brazing products, and sensing and controlling instruments.