Publisher's Synopsis
This volume presents a collection of papers from Materials Week '96 in Cininnati, Ohio, USA, October 7-10, 1996.;In this book, engineers and scientists from the world's leading manufacturers and universities present the state of development of future metal wire products and processes.;Wire is dominated by two major applications, structural ferrous wire used predominantly in radial tire bead and cord, and non-ferrous electrical conductors, primarily of copper, but also including intermetallics and electrical composites. These proceedings are presented in two parts reflecting this division of application.