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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1977
Philippe Sauvage, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
Installation for manufacturing wire by projecting a jet of electrically conductive metallic liquid through a die into a cooling medium, comprising a crucible equipped with a heating device, a die and an enclosure containing a gas under pressure, an enclosure containing a cooling medium and a wire-receiving device is improved by providing the installation with a thermally and electrically conductive immobile hot piece arranged in such a manner as to debouch into the section of a crucible passageway which is wetted by the metallic liquid, occupies that section and is in contact with a cooling element and with one of the poles of a source of electric current, while an electrically conductive cold piece is connected to the other pole of the source of electric current and assures electrical contact with the jet or the wire.