Patent · US Expired

Wire rod cooling

US5907967A · kind A · utility

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2References

1Claims

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Assignee

SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Georg Kleinefeldt · Ratingen, DE
Klaus Hoffmann · Bad Tölz, DE
Uwe Plociennik · Ratingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 1997
Grant date	Jun 1, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC21D7/13
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In the continuous rolling of wire from a heated billet in a continuous wire-rod mill in which the rolled product passes through the rolling stand of a roughing line and an intermediate line, the finish rolling is effected in at least one finish rolling line having double rolling stands with respective pairs of horizontal and vertical rolls. The double stands or units are spaced apart and along a portion of the spacing between them, rolling stretches are provided.

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