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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Metallurgie Hoboken-Overpelt, Brussels, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164 76 ; 164 87 ; 164270 ; 164278 ; 164282 ;
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.