摘要 |
The present invention discloses an apparatus for collecting hot wire rod at the output of a rolling mill and cooling the same in such a manner that the same is prevented from being oxidized. The wire rod is conveyed to a coiler in a guide preventing the wire from coming into contact with air and then placed on a tape conveyor having a first portion immerged in a cooling fluid. The coiler is enclosed in a bell-shaped casing immerged in a cooling fluid so as to define and air-tight sealing. The spirals of wire carried by the conveyor are cooled before loaving the cooling fluid down to a temperature lower than the oxidation temperature thereof.
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