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Metals processing plant and equipment
News Release from: Rautomead International | Subject: Horizontal continuous casting machine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2006
Caster produces gold bonding wire for
China
Continuous casting technology specialists have just completed the commissioning of a new horizontal continuous casting machine for the production of gold bonding wire in PR China.
Continuous casting technology specialists, Rautomead, of Dundee, Scotland, UK, have just completed the commissioning of a new horizontal continuous casting machine for the production of gold bonding wire for Yantai Zhaojin Kanfort Precious Metals Co in Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province, PR China Gold bonding wire is used for interconnection in semiconductor packaging and, as packaging technology continues to advance, the requirement for good and reliable interconnecting materials becomes ever more demanding
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The model supplied by Rautomead to Yantai Zhaojin Kanfort Precious Metals Co is an RM 030 integrated melting and casting machine.
The graphite crucible holds a maximum of 19kg of molten gold or gold alloy.
Materials are charged by hand and allowed to melt under an argon inert gas atmosphere.
The material is cast out as a 7mm diameter rod.
Casting speed is 60 -100mm/min, according to material specification and surface finish requirement.
A special feature of this machine is a quartz sight glass over the crucible, to allow the operator easily to judge the molten metal level and the gas bubbling condition during operation.
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