Process for cooling rolled wire

US3949585A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hamburger Stahlwerke GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Manfred Wagner · Triftern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 1975
• Grant date: Apr 13, 1976
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B21B1/18
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a process for cooling rolled wire a coolant tube is mounted directly behind a pair of grooved rollers used to roll wire stock into wire, the coolant being introduced into the tube in a direction opposite the direction of wire movement through the tube. The tube is provided with an inlet at a spaced distance from the rollers, and coolant supply bores are provided on the tube in communication with the inlet. Coolant under a pressure at more than 5 atmospheres is introduced through the bores in a direction toward the rollers to thereby cool the rolled wire. The coolant issuing from an end of the tube adjacent the rollers likewise serves to cool the rollers.