Process of producing a hot dipped wire.

摘要

A process of producing a hot dipped wire (1a). During the wire drawing (S1), the base wire (1) is passed over apparatus (10) having a passage surface made of a non-iron material. After steam heating (53), cleaning (S4) and drying steps (S5), the wire (1) is heated in an atmosphere of a reducing gas (S6) for effectively removing any oxide layer on the surface of the wire (1) and for prehating the wire to accelerate a reaction between the wire (1) and a molten hot dipping metal used in the subsequent hot dipping step (S7). <IMAGE>