Join WAI for a wire industry introduction
New to the industry? Need to come up to speed in a hurry? Or are you unclear about the many wire processing terms you've heard?
Yes? Then this concentrated introductory course is for you. It provides a solid grounding in the essentials of wire and cable manufacturing presented by experts in the field. It's WAI's most popular training program and refresher course for operations personnel, sales teams, and new hires.
And for a limited time this course is now online.



14 Course Topics
Basics of Electrical Testing
Cleaning and Coating of Rod & Wire
Drawing Dies
Stranding Cable
Testing & Properties
Used Machinery
Wire Breaks & Surface Damage
Cleaning and Coating of Rod & Wire
Drawing Dies
Extrusion
Ferrous Heat Treatment
Ferrous Metallurgy
Marking & Printing
Mechanics of WiredrawingFerrous Metallurgy
Marking & Printing
Stranding Cable
Testing & Properties
Used Machinery
Wire Breaks & Surface Damage
Wiredrawing Lubricants
- Concluding with an
Operations Panel -
- Concluding with an
Operations Panel -
12 Instructors, 3 Panelists
Erika Atkins
Anand Bhagwat
Eric Bieberich
Kevin Dancy
C. Richard Gordon
David Gzesh
Tom Heberling
Mark Spencer
Erik A. Macs
Stacy Martin
Tom Maxwell Jr.
Zach McAfee
Horace Pops
Chris Porada
Matt Reinoehl
Casey Spradlin
Jim York
Anand Bhagwat
Eric Bieberich
Kevin Dancy
C. Richard Gordon
David Gzesh
Tom Heberling
Mark Spencer
Erik A. Macs
Stacy Martin
Tom Maxwell Jr.
Zach McAfee
Horace Pops
Chris Porada
Matt Reinoehl
Casey Spradlin
Jim York
3 Tracks
Ferrous Track
General Track
General Track
Nonferrous/Electrical Track