METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPARTING ANTI-FRICTION PROPERTIES TO A METALLIC WIRE

摘要

A method and a device for coating a wire (2) with a lubricant wherein the lubricant is melted in connection with the substance being supplied to a dispensing container (9) and is transferred from the dispensing container to an applicator (4) in the form of a porous body comprising a fibrous material, in which the porosity of the body is completely or partially filled with a lubricant, by the capillary forces in the pores of the applicator and a sub-atmospheric pressure generated when melted lubricant is consumed at the contact surface between the applicator and the wire.