Manufacture of copper wire rod
AssigneeMetallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt
InventorsJohn M. Dompas, Jean L. J. E. Ghyselen, Rene E. J. Mortier
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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.
Claims5
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 machine towards a horizontal rolling machine along a curved path, the maximum curvature of the curved path being less than 0.25 m.sup..sup.-1 and the cross-section of the bar being more than 70 times larger than the cross-section of the wire rod to be produced.
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