ROD ROLLERS CONTRIBUTE TO LOWERING COST OF WIRE.

In the early seventies rod mills commenced the introduction of slow or retarded cooling systems. For other users in the cold heading, CO//2 welding wire and alloy steels industries, this created the opportunity of producing these qualities in the 'annealed condition' coinciding with the requirement for lower cost process routes. This article describes the suitability of the roller conveyor system for producing high carbon steel rods of consistent tensile strength.