D. R. Baling takes you through using Galvanised Formers to transform your garbage.

2. Galvanised Formers – Transforming Your Garbage
Ever wondered how garbage gets from your home to its final resting place? Or,
perhaps you are one of those wonderfully environmentally conscious sort of
people. Just how do your recyclables make it from your kitchen, un-separated
from each other, into the plastic bags you pick up at your local shop? Maybe
you have never given it a second thought, but if you happen to be one of those
concerned consumers, then it has likely crossed your mind more than once.
After all, you set all of your recycling on the curb in one container – plastic with
glass and aluminium, and within that you just know that every type of plastic
you use has a different number within the recycling symbol on the bottom of
the packet.
So how does it all get transported and sorted? The simple answer is that it is a
process, with wire involved at nearly every step along the way.
Different Types of Wire
There is hardly one type of wire that is commonly used in the world today.
Different jobs require different wires. What you use to hang your clothes is
hardly the same wire used to transport steel from the stockholders to the
construction site. But, while there are many different types of wires, they can
be largely grouped.

3.  Cold Wire – This is a basic form of wire. It is made by pulling, or drawing
steel (or other metals, when required) until it reaches the desired
diameter. This is either left untreated if it is only needed for a short
period and will not be exposed to the elements, or it can be coated in
plastic to form items like clothing hanger and shopping trolleys.
 Black Annealed Wire – This is one of the most common forms of wire
available on the market. This is essentially cold wire that has been
heated until it regains its ductility in a process known as annealing. The
descriptive, black, is what naturally happens to any metal when it is
heated to certain temperatures. This type of wire has its own end
purposes, such as baling wire, but it also serves as a tool used within the
galvanising industry.
 Galvanised Wire – In order to ensure that wire is not only strong and
flexible, but also not susceptible to the elements, it undergoes a process
whereby steel wire is combined with another metal. Zinc is the most
commonly used element. During the galvanising process, cold wire is
submerged in a molten bath of zinc, or zinc oxide. The result is a
stronger, more resilient wire that can withstand the weather without
rusting. And, rather than the zinc as simply a coating, it becomes part of
the steel wire while not negating the strength of the steel.
Different Forms of Galvanised Wire
Galvanised wire has many different uses. Because it is inherently resilient, it is
used for baling, transporting and storing many other items. One of its main
uses is baling within the waste management and recycling industries. But,
because this can entail many different things depending on the part of the
process it is used, galvanised wire is sold in a couple of different forms.
 Formers – This is an exceedingly common form of galvanised wire.
Essentially it refers to the way it is wound and sold. Formers are very
large coils, complete with their own stands and ordered as such.
Galvanised formers are used to supply automatic baling machines, and,
therefore, must be made to exacting specifications. Without precision in

4. the diameter and winding of the formers, serious accidents are likely at
the plants where they are used.
 Cut and Looped Lengths – Unlike formers which are fed into baling
machines that do the bulk of the work, cut and looped lengths of
galvanised wire are required for manual tying of bundles, or bales. Cut
and looped lengths are also used within waste management industries,
but they also have other uses, such as the transport of other materials to
construction sites, or for airlifting precious cargo. Although it would
seem as though precision is not as relevant here as it is for formers,
knowing that the selected wire is capable of assisting with the airlift of
crates requires accuracy.
Galvanised Formers and the Waste Management Industries
Whether your black bin waste is headed to a landfill or an incineration plant, it
will follow the same basic path, usually beginning with its transport to a
holding area. Although not all landfill waste is compacted and bundled, this is
becoming more common as it helps to manage not only the space, but also the
health and safety regulations that go with it. From the holding area, garbage
typically undergoes a compacting and bundling process before heading onto
the plant that will burn it for fuel generation, or the land that will house it until
all waste can be safely incinerated or recycled.

5. When it comes to recycling, the use of galvanised formers is much easier to
understand. All those products that you set outside one day a week are sent to
a sorting facility. Many different mechanisms are used to sort the various
plastics and polystyrenes from each other. They are then bundled and secured
using baling wire and automated baling machines (most of the time). From
here, bales are sent off to the plants that are actually responsible for
transforming our old goods into new ones. And, once they have completed this
step of the process, the newly formed raw materials are once again bundled
and baled with the use of wire and stored until they are shipped off to another
factory.
Basically, without wire, the process would not only be unwieldy, but also quite
tedious, and rather dangerous. Fortunately, galvanised wire is available for
manufacture to any tensile specification, and in diameters ranging from 2.7mm
to 4mm, and sold as formers to make the baling, and entire waste
management process, infinitely easier to handle. However, only a few
manufacturers, such as D R Baling Wire Manufacturers, are able to complete
the entire galvanising and coiling process to the precision that is demanded
within the industry.
Want more information on galvanised formers for your industry? Call the
experts at D R Baling Wire Manufactures who are always here to help you! We
may even be able to develop something new to suit your needs.
Too hear more about what we do, visit: www.drbalingwire.co.uk