Complete range of wire-drawing soaps in powder form VICAFIL and STEELSKIN dry lubricants are internationally recognised for all wire-drawing applications. World leader in wire-drawing lubricants, the CONDAT range of VICAFIL powders is the largest on the market, covering all cold metal-forming applications using dry lubricants.
The dry wire-drawing lubricant should allow the wire to pass through the die while preserving:
By softening while going through the die, the powder is transformed into a lubricating plastic film.
According to the nature of the wire drawn and the final application (welding wire, spring wire...), the grain size distribution of the powder as well as its softening point are optimised to allow the creation of a lubricating plastic film at the required temperature.
Designed to meet the needs of the market, our range of VICAFIL wire-drawing soaps satisfies, or even exceeds, the requirements of our customers in terms of:
Whether based on sodium soaps, calcium soaps or blends, our formulations have been prepared to meet the latest regulatory requirements concerning health, safety and the environment:
The name STEELSKIN groups together a range of speciality lubricants, designed for the most demanding applications and formulated from additives with varying properties:
| Product | Type | Steel - Low carbon | Steel - High carbon | Galvanized steel | Stainless steel | Copper alloys | Aluminium alloys | Carac. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical descaled | Acid pickled and precoated | Mechanical descaled | Acid pickled and precoated | |||||||
| VICAFIL DECAL 600 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | High lubricant pick-up. | ||||||
| VICAFIL DR | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | PC wire. Low dust and clean finish. | ||||||
| VICAFIL TF 239 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | High lubricant pick-up. Easy to remove | ||||||
| VICAFIL TF 1202 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Galvanised wire. Spring wire. Very good adherence. | |||||
| VICAFIL TF 1869 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Galvanised wire. Spring wire. Very good adherence. | |||||
| VICAFIL TN 1012 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Low speed drawing. Bright and clean finish. | ||||
| VICAFIL TN 1678 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | First drafts instead of a calcium soap. Ex : CO2 Wire. | |||||
| VICAFIL TN 2693 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Redrawing. Very good surface quality (Ex: spring wire). | |||||
| VICAFIL TN 4392 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Low speed drawing. Bright and clean finish. | ||||
| VICAFIL X8 | Calcium soap based lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | High lubricant pick-up. Very high speed drawing. | ||||
| STEELSKIN 3814 | Specialty lubricants | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Cold heading wire. Low residues. | |||||
| STEELSKIN 4165 | Specialty lubricants | ✓ | PC wire. | |||||||
