Patent · US Expired

Wire or wire rod coolers

US4320646A · kind A · utility

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5Claims

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Assignee

KOCKS Technik GmbH & Co KG · DE

Inventors

Ali Bindernagel · Wermelskirchen, DE
Ernst O. Blos · Erkrath, DE
Hans Brauer · Mögglingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 1980
Grant date	Mar 23, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21C47/262
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cooling conveyor arrangement for rolled wire or wire rod which has left a water cooler has a loop-forming device which deposits the wire in overlapping loops on an air-cooling conveyor. To obtain a shorter cooling path, which is desirable for high-grade steels to reduce the rate of cooling, the loops fall onto a conveyor portion and are carried by a conveyor portion to a coil-forming station where the loops are collected. To obtain a longer cooling path a removable conveyor portion is switched into place so that the loops are carried along a conveyor portion to an opening where they fall onto a conveyor portion. A conveyor portion is swung into alignment with the portion carrying the loops to feed the loops to the coil-forming station.

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