US3336784A - Method of drawing wire rope - Google Patents

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US3336784A
US3336784A US411533A US41153364A US3336784A US 3336784 A US3336784 A US 3336784A US 411533 A US411533 A US 411533A US 41153364 A US41153364 A US 41153364A US 3336784 A US3336784 A US 3336784A
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Campbell Robert Edward
Longbottom Kenneth William
Edward A Shipley
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Bridon Ropes Ltd
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
    • D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
    • D07B5/00—Making ropes or cables from special materials or of particular form
    • D07B5/12—Making ropes or cables from special materials or of particular form of low twist or low tension by processes comprising setting or straightening treatments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C9/00—Cooling, heating or lubricating drawing material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F7/00—Twisting wire; Twisting wire together
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
    • C21D8/06—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of rods or wires
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
    • C21D9/52—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for wires; for strips ; for rods of unlimited length
    • C21D9/525—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for wires; for strips ; for rods of unlimited length for wire, for rods

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  • wire strand is meant three or more wires helically twisted together or about a centre wire.
  • wire rope By wire rope is meant two or more wire strands helically twisted together or around a centre core.
  • the invention consists in a method of treating a wire strand or Wire rope in which the strand or rope is drawn through a reducing means while applying uniform backtension thereto and subjecting the strand or rope on emerging from the reducing means and while still under tension to a heat treatment stage.
  • the heat treatment stage comprises a heating stage followed by a cooling stage.
  • the reducing stage deforms the cross-section of the strand or rope previously consisting of round wires in point contact with each other to a cross section comprising wires of intertting geometrical shapes in line surface contact with each other.
  • the degree of cooling achieved by the cooling unit should be such that the strand arrives at the capstan pulling the strand through the reducing means at such a temperature that the strand does not take a permanent set due to coiling around the capstan.
  • the relaxation from an initial load of of the breaking load may be less than 2% in one thousand hours while improvements are also shown in the stress relaxation properties at elevated temperatures.
  • the improvement in properties of the steel wire strand is of particular use in connection with the use of the strand for the pre-stressing of concrete.
  • the optimum drafting limits may be wire,'e.g. 4% to 80% reduction in cross sectional area in conjunction with back tension in the reduction stage in the range of 2% to 615% of the breaking load of the strand.
  • FIGURES la and lb joined at the dotdash line is a side elevation of an apparatus for carrying out the process of the invention.
  • a strand which may be say a 7 wire strand (6 Wires helically twisted round a centre wire) or a 19 wire strand (for example two successive layers of 9 wires each helically'twisted around a centre wire) is taken off from a pay ott reel 1 and is fed over compensating rollers 2 around a capstan Wheel 3a of a drag capstan 3.
  • the drag capstan pivots on a pivot 3b and the downward pressure is measured on a load cell 4 to give an indication of the back tension being applied.
  • the strand from the capstan wheel 3a passes through a post former 5 (which acts to straighten the strand) into a reduction die mounted in a die-holder 6 and then through an induction heater 7.
  • Coil 7 is fed by a high frequency generator, a typical unit being rated at 125 kva. using a frequency of 8 kc./sec. The length of the heating coil Varies with the speed of processing.
  • the strand passes a pyrometer 8 and then through a Water cooler 9 before going round the drawing-off capstan 10'.
  • a method of treating a wire strand or wire rope comprising the steps of drawing the strand or rope through a reducing means while applying a uniform back tension thereto and subjecting the strand or rope on emerging from the reducing means and while still under said back tension to a heat treatment stage.
  • a method as claimed in claim 1 in which the strand or rope comprising helically wound wires is drawn through the reducing means at a specified linear speed while applying back tension thereto to produce an initial rise in the temperature of the strand and subsequently further raising the temperature of the strand by a heat treatment stage of the order of 200 C.-400 C. while the strand is still under tension.
US411533A 1964-03-26 1964-11-16 Method of drawing wire rope Expired - Lifetime US3336784A (en)

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GB1303764A GB1012310A (en) 1964-03-26 1964-03-26 Improvements in or relating to wire strand or rope
DK43165A DK127075B (da) 1964-03-26 1965-01-27 Fremgangsmåde til behandling af en ståldugt eller et ståltov.
DK111870AA DK138024B (da) 1964-03-26 1970-03-06 Fremgangsmåde til behandling af en ståldugt eller et ståltov.

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CH (1) CH443974A (xx)
DE (1) DE1510059B1 (xx)
DK (1) DK138024B (xx)
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US4036046A (en) * 1975-05-07 1977-07-19 Gkn Somerset Wire Limited Wire drawing

Citations (4)

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US1096866A (en) * 1913-04-16 1914-05-19 Gen Electric Process of drawing wire and apparatus for same.
US2057582A (en) * 1933-07-28 1936-10-13 Kennecott Wire And Cable Compa Continuous wire drawing and annealing
US3083817A (en) * 1953-11-18 1963-04-02 British Ropes Ltd Wire ropes
US3257792A (en) * 1961-02-10 1966-06-28 Bethlehem Steel Corp Wire sawing strand and method of making

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FR1330694A (fr) * 1962-08-14 1963-06-21 United States Steel Corp Procédé et appareil pour fabriquer des éléments métalliques toronnés

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US1096866A (en) * 1913-04-16 1914-05-19 Gen Electric Process of drawing wire and apparatus for same.
US2057582A (en) * 1933-07-28 1936-10-13 Kennecott Wire And Cable Compa Continuous wire drawing and annealing
US3083817A (en) * 1953-11-18 1963-04-02 British Ropes Ltd Wire ropes
US3257792A (en) * 1961-02-10 1966-06-28 Bethlehem Steel Corp Wire sawing strand and method of making

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4036046A (en) * 1975-05-07 1977-07-19 Gkn Somerset Wire Limited Wire drawing

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CH443974A (de) 1967-09-15
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BE657137A (xx) 1965-04-01
LU47240A1 (xx) 1964-12-29
DK138024B (da) 1978-06-26
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