Lesjöfors Group was tasked with designing a small but important wire form for a new product line of fishing lures back in the summer of 2021 for the fishing lure manufacturer Salta Lure Company.
The company contacted Lesjöfors to discuss a solution for a specific component for the newly developed trolling product line, MagPower. The MagPower lures include the quick release solution Power-Lokk that enables a rapid change of lures. After internal discussions, it was decided Lesjöfors Group was best equipped to help with designing and producing the wire form. The choice of wire material fell on the stainless steel Duplex EN10270-3-1.4462 -a durable material which can withstand high loads.
To begin with the customer received samples of how the wire form could be designed. Once content with the dimension, the technicians at Lesjöfors continued with the requirements for strength, as the component needed to withstand a weight of 136kg. Lesjöfors' technical expert Mattias Hartvigsson performed a FE analysis on the ring diameter in question and it worked successfully.
"Unfortunately, the wire form will probably never break so the only way we will have the opportunity to sell more is if the fishermen drop the fishing box in the lake," says Christian Larsson, technical sales at Lesjöfors.
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