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US 4,375,884 AGranted
Apparatus for the controlled cooling of wire rod from its rolling temperature
AssigneeSMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJohann Grotepass
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AssigneeSMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJohann Grotepass
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Apparatus for cooling rolled wire rod consists of a first part which guides the wire rectilinearly and cools it with water, a turn-laying unit which forms the wire into turns and lays the turns in staggerred disposition on a continuously running conveyor, and a second part comprising the conveyor which allows passage of an approximately vertically directed stream of air to the turns and conveys the wire turns to a coil forming station which collects them. In order to provide substantial adaptability to various cooling requirements by means of simple and inexpensive conversion, the two parts are composed of a plurality of modules of the same modular length or an integral multiple of the modular length. A base frame carries the modules and the turn-laying unit is fixed on the base frame in a longitudinally displaceable manner. Thus, the lengths of the first and second parts can be changed, and individual modules or groups can be replaced.
Apparatus for the controlled cooling of wire rod from its rolling temperature, comprising:
Apparatus for the controlled cooling of wire rod from its rolling temperature, consisting of a first part which guides the wire rectilinearly and cools it with waterin portions, a turn-laying unit which forms the wire into turns and lays the turns in staggered disposition, and a second part comprising a continuously running conveyor which receives said turns and allows passage for an approximately vertically directed stream of cooling medium and its access to all turn portions, and which conveys the wire turns to a coil forming station disposed after the conveyor and which collects them and forms them into coils, the turn-laying unit being adjustable along the apparatus for changing the actual lengths of the first and second parts, characterised in that the said two parts are composed of a plurality of modules of the same basic modular length or an integral multiple of the basic modular length, and the apparatus has a base frame which carries the modules and on which the turn-laying unit is also fixed so that it is displaceable in the longitudinal direction, the modules or groups of modules differing in their guide or conveying function and/or influencing the cooling action in different ways.
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