Manufacture of wires for reinforcing rubber articles

摘要

In the manufacture of steel wires for reinforcing rubber articles, in particular tyres, a layer of zinc is deposited on a brass-coated wire F suitable for wiredrawing in an amount of zinc of between 0.1 and 1 gram per kilogram of steel. The wiredrawing operation to the desired diameter is carried out continuously with the zincing operation. Apparatus for carrying out the process comprises a zincing cell 1 located immediately upstream of a wiredrawing machine 2.