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Apparatus and method for heating a controlled, moving wire containing treating agents |
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Apparatus and method for heating a controlled, moving wire containing treating agents
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Frantzreb, Sr. |
| Date Issued: |
August 1, 1978 |
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05/849,730 |
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November 9, 1977 |
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Frantzreb, Sr.; John G. (Peoria, IL)
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Caterpillar Tractor Co. (Peoria, IL) |
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164/492 |
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| Abstract: |
an electric circuit controllably heats a controlled, moving wire containing treating agents during entry of the wire into molten metal of a mold. The electric circuit includes an electrode and a power supply which has first and second terminals. The first terminal is connected to the wire at a location spaced from the mold and the second terminal is connected to the electrode. The electrode extends into the mold and forms a current path through the molten metal to the wire. The wire is controllably heated to a preselected temperature in response to current flow therethrough.A method of heating the controlled, moving wire during entry of the wire into a mold is provided by connecting the power supply to the wire at a location outside the mold to the electrode which extends into the mold; submerging selected portions of the wire and electrode into the molten metal and forming the electric circuit; and delivering current to the wire of a magnitude sufficient for increasing the temperature of the wire to a preselected temperature. |
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