Status quo

Latin for "the existing state" — the documented starting point of a straightening process, especially the positions of the straightening rolls relative to the process material, from which reproducible results can be produced.
Schematic of hands holding a wire in a straightener above a documentation form and a table recording zero-line values and adjustment positions for each straightening roll.

Latin for "the existing state".

To be able to design a straightening process in a defined manner it is first vital to identify the status quo as the starting point for producing the necessary change of state with the bending operations and tools available. For a reproducible straightening process it is essential, for example, to document the positions of the system's straightening rolls relative to the process material. This data can then be used at any time to produce specific straightening results under identical framework conditions.

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Adapted from “"We do it straight" — Wire Straightening”, p. 149 (ISBN 3-00-005897-4).

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