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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:
Aug. 28, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe A Paulus, Liege, BE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 / ; 148156 ;
Abstract
Wire rod is subjected to a cooling operation while emerging from a hot rolling mill. The rod is first cooled to a temperature of 850.degree. to 650.degree. C. and is then kept at substantially this temperature for a time sufficient for austenite to be transformed into ferrite. The rod is then cooled to a temperature of 625.degree. to 400.degree. C., and is kept at substantially this temperature, or allowed to cool slowly, for a time not shorter than 15 seconds and sufficiently long to permit precipitation of carbon in the form of carbides.