Manufacture of copper wire rod
US3942582A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 1974 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB21B3/003
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of copper wire rod, in which liquid copper is cast in a continuous casting machine provided with an inclined straight moulding cavity to produce a continuous bar of copper, comprising guiding said bar as it leaves the casting device towards a horizontal rolling machine known "per se" along a curved path, the maximum curvature of the curved path being less than 0.25 m.sup.-.sup.1 thus preventing the formation of cracks in the hot bar, and converting the said bar into wire rod in the said rolling machine.
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