Toa Steel Co., Ltd.

Noriyoshi Ohwada

Katsumi Ito

Toyoaki Eguchi

Yutaka Sagae

Susumu Sekine

Hirotada Ohsuzu

A method for the rapid, direct cooling of a hot-rolled wire rod comprising the steps: transporting a hot-rolled and coiled wire rod on a conveyor, the wire rod being in a form of continuous series of loops; and blasting an air-water mist to the wire rod and simultaneously blasting air to the back side of the wire rod from below to cool the wire rod at a rate of 10.degree. to 100.degree. C./sec, while transporting the wire rod on the conveyor, the air-water mist providing 0.5 to 10 m.sup.3 /minute water and having an air to water ratio of 200 Nm.sup.3 /m.sup.3 or less. Furthermore, a method for the rapid, direct cooling of a hot-rolled wire rod comprising the steps of: transporting a hot-rolled and coiled wire rod on a conveyor the wire rod being in a form of continuous series of loops, advancing the wire rod in a zigzag configuration during the transportation and blasting an air-water mist to the wire rod and simultaneously blasting air to the back side of the wire rod from below to cool the wire rod at a rate of 10.degree. to 100.degree. C./sec, while transporting the wire on the conveyor, the air-water mist providing 0.5 to 10 m.sup.3 /minute water and having an air to water ratio of 200 Nm.sup.3 /m.sup.3 or less.

Method for rapid direct cooling of a hot-rolled wire rod

A method for direct patenting of a hot-rolled wire rod comprises the steps of: transporting a hot-rolled wire rod on a conveyer in a state that said wire rod is in a form of continuous series of loops; blasting mist to the surface of said wire rod at least from above and blasting air to the back side of the wire rod from below to cool the wire rod at a rate of 12.degree. C. to 50.degree. C./sec. down to 550.degree. C. to 400.degree. C. during the transportation, the mist provides 200 to 2400 l/min. water and has an air to water ratio of 200 Nm.sup.3 /m.sup.3 or less; and reheating the cooled wire rod at a rate of 3.degree. C./sec. or less, or cooling the cooled wire rod slowly at a rate of 2.degree. C./sec. or less during the transportation. In addition, another method for direct patenting of a hot-rolled wire rod comprises the steps of: transporting a hot-rolled wire rod on a conveyer in a state that the wire rod is in a form of continuous series of loops; cooling, as a first cooling step, the wire rod at a rate of 12.degree. to 40.degree. C./sec. down to 600.degree. C. to 450.degree. C. during the transportation by means of blasting a cooling medium to the wire rod for 5 secs. to 30 secs.; and cooling, as a second cooling step, the cooled wire rod st a rate of 2.degree. C. to 15.degree. C./sec.down to 550.degree. C. to 400.degree. C. during the transportation by means of blasting a cooling medium to the wire rod cooled in the first cooling step for 5 secs. to 30 secs.

Method for direct patenting of a hot-rolled wire rod

A method for transporting a hot-rolled wire rod comprises changing directions of movements of the wire rod to the left and to the right relative to the center line of a conveyer at an interval of d/3 to 2d of a diameter of a ring of the wire rod and shifting the center of the ring of the wire rod from the center line of the conveyer by a length of 2d/100 to 30d/100 at its maximum. An apparatus for transporting hot-rolled wire rod comprises a conveyer for transporting a hot-rolled wire rod and guide means alternately arranged in an upper portion of the side of the conveyer to change the directions of movements of the wire rod to the left and to the right relative to the center line of the conveyer. A further apparatus for transporting hot-rolled wire rod comprises side walls arranged in zigzags facing each other on the both sides of the conveyer to have the wire rod move in zigzags with the center line of the conveyer as the center and guide members arranged on the side walls arranged toward the center line of the conveyer.

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Noriyoshi Ohwada