GB1246049A - Apparatus for shearing rod or wire - Google Patents

Abstract

1,246,049. Making wire; shearing. TEMPLEBOROUGH ROLLING MILLS Ltd. 1 May, 1970 [1 May, 1969], No. 22314/69. Headings B3A and B3W. A method of making coils of rod or wire from a longer length thereof comprises forming the longer lenths into overlapping loops 5 on a conveyer, shearing it while travelling by a shearing mechanism 8 which operates through the conveyer or in a space between the conveyer and another conveyer on to which the loops pass, and collecting each length so made into a coil. Rod (1) is passed through a reeling device (2) and the loops 5 fall on to rollers 6 of the conveyer Fig. 1 (not shown). The shearing mechanism 8 occupies a space made by omitting one roller 6. A cutter 9 is mounted on a continuously rotating shaft 10 and one, at least of the rollers 6 on the discharge side of the mechanism 8 runs at a higher speed than the remainder to spread out the loops 5 for shearing. To cut the wire, a ram 14 is actuated thereby pivoting a plate 12 and a second plate 19 with a shaft 17 to guide the wire into the path of the cutter. In an alternative embodiment the ram drives a bar 22 on which is mounted a cutting element 20. The element 20 co-operates with an anvil 21, which is formed with a slot (23) for accommodating the bar 22, Fig. 7 (not shown). Prior to being cut, the loops 5 may be subjected to controlled cooling, annealing or other treatment.