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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1980
Hans Brauer, Leichlingen, DE;
Kocks Technik GmbH & Company, Hilden, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for cooling wire rod and wire in which wire rod and wire leaving the last roll block of a finishing mill is delivered to a first portion of a cooling path for the cooling of wire or wire which slopes downwardly from a likewise inclined finishing block at an angle .alpha. of at least 3.degree. so that the wire rod or wire is subject to little or no compressive stress due to the friction between the wire rod or wire and the tube through which the latter passes in order to be subjected to cooling liquid. The wire rod or wire can be placed under tension if the angle of slope .alpha. is sufficiently large and, in an extreme case the first portion of the cooling path can decent vertically. A loop layer receives the wire rod or wire from the first portion and deposits the wire rod or wire in overlapping loops on conveying means where the wire rod or wire is air-cooled. The avoidance or minimizing of compressive stresses in the first cooling section makes the wire rod or wire less prone to buckle.