STEEL WIRE SURFACE CLEANING METHOD Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC C23G1/14 

FIELD: metallurgical production processes, namely wire treatment and making articles of it, methods for cleaning steel wire surfaces, for example before applying metallic coating onto it.

SUBSTANCE: method comprises steps of heating wire in melt; cooling it. Wire is cooled in alkali solution at wire temperature introduced into alkali solution more than boiling temperature of said solution.

EFFECT: enlarged manufacturing possibilities, lowered cost of wire surface cleaning process, improved labor conditions at removing from wire surface such contamination as residues of drawing process lubricant and iron oxides.

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