The invention relates to a cooling device (100) for cooling at least one element (150, 151) passing through said device, comprising a metal block (115), having a first side and a second side, and comprising a cooling channel (130) for cyrogenic gas. The at least one element (150, 151) can be guided along the sides of the first side of the metal block (115), the cooling channel (130) is at least partially in heat conductive connection with the second side of the metal block (115), and the cooling channel (130) has an attachment (131) on a first end for the entry of cryogenic gas and an attachment on a second end for the exit of cryogenic gas. The invention also comprises a hardening device having such a cooling device (100) and a method for cooling at least one element (150, 151) passing through said device.

Provided are a steel wire having excellent straightness quality and a method of manufacturing the steel wire, wherein the steel wire includes a wire, after undergoing a drawing operation, undergoing a heating operation of performing heating in a state in which tension is applied, and undergoing a cooling operation, wherein, when winding the wire around a winding portion having a diameter greater than a diameter of the wire for a preset period of time and then measuring straightness of the wire of 400 mm, the straightness of the wire is less than or equal to 30 mm, and the method includes a wire preparation operation, a heating operation, a cooling operation, and a straightness measurement operation.

The present invention provides a novel heat exchange medium to replace lead. A carbon-steel wire 1A heated in a heating furnace 11 is passed through a bath 12A filled with a liquid-phase Mg—Al—Ca alloy 20 obtained by melting a Mg—Al—Ca alloy in which the main constituent elements are Mg (magnesium), Al (aluminum) and Ca (calcium). When it passes through the bath 12A, the carbon-steel wire 1A, which has been heated for example to about 950° C. in the heating furnace 11, is cooled to about 550° C. The Mg—Al—Ca alloy is non-toxic and has no environmental impact as well.

A manufacturing process of a high-strength aluminum alloy wire/strip includes the following steps: A. subjecting an alloy to smelting and spray forming to obtain a high-strength Al—Zn—Mg—Cu aluminum alloy blank; B. subjecting the blank to semi-solid upset forging to form an ingot; C. subjecting the ingot to hot extrusion and then to vacuum annealing to form a coiled material; D. subjecting the coiled material to hot continuous rolling to obtain a wire blank; and E. subjecting the wire blank to solution heat treatment, multiple stretching treatments, annealing, and multiple continuous stretching treatments to obtain the high-strength aluminum alloy wire/strip. The high-strength aluminum alloy wire/strip has the characteristics of fine and compact grains, uniform structure, clear grain boundaries, no precipitates, and no layered structure affecting the stretching performance.

The controlled cooling of previously heated and substantially straight steel wires of diameter more than 3.5 mm to a predetermined temperature including the steps: guiding the wires along individual paths through first coolant bath having bath liquid of water and a stabilizing additive, the bath liquid and the wires create a steam film around each wire along individual paths; directing an impinging liquid immersed inside first coolant bath towards the wires over a length along individual paths to cool down the wires, the impinging liquid decreases the thickness of the steam film or destabilizes the steam film, increasing speed of cooling over the length along individual paths; guiding the wires along individual paths out of the first coolant bath to be cooled down in air; after the further cooling, guiding the wires along individual paths through second coolant bath.

A wire rod for springs with improved toughness and corrosion fatigue properties is disclosed. The disclosed wire rod comprises by weight percent, carbon (C): 0.4 to 0.7%, silicon (Si): 1.2 to 2.3%, manganese (Mn): 0.2 to 0.8%, chromium (Cr): 0.2 to 0.8%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and a grain size is 13.2 μm or less, and a Charpy impact energy value is 38 J/cm.sup.2 or more.

The method for the heat treatment of a steel reinforcing element (F) for a tire comprises a transformation of the steel microstructure and in which the temperature of the reinforcing element (F) is reduced during the transformation of the steel microstructure by simultaneously extracting heat from the reinforcing element (F) and supplying heat to the reinforcing element (F).

A method for producing a steel strip containing, in addition to iron as the main component and unavoidable impurities, one or more of the following oxygen-affine elements in wt. %: Al: more than 0.02, Cr: more than 0.1, Mn: more than 1.3 or Si: more than 0.1, where the surface of the steel strip is cleaned, oxidation-treated and annealed. The treated and annealed steel strip is subsequently coated with a hot-dip coat. In order to be less cost-intensive and to achieve uniform, reproducible adhesion conditions for the coat, the steel strip is oxidation-treated prior to the annealing at temperatures below 200° C., where on the surface of the steel strip, with the formation of oxides with iron from the steel strip, an oxide layer is formed, which contains iron oxide and is reduction-treated during the course of the annealing under a reducing atmosphere to achieve a surface consisting substantially of metallic iron.

The invention relates to a temperature-control device for partially cooling a component, wherein the component is blown on with a fluid in the region to be cooled by means of a nozzle. The nozzle comprises a connecting tube which is connected to a fluid reservoir in a fluid-conducting manner and which is connected to a plurality of nozzle tubes in a fluid-conducting manner

A drawn steel wire has a predetermined chemical composition; in a region of the drawn steel wire that is closer to an axis line than a depth of 100 m from a surface of the drawn steel wire in a lengthwise-section that includes the axis line of the drawn steel wire, a metallographic structure includes 90% or more of a drawn pearlite by an area ratio; in a region of the drawn steel wire that is the depth of 100 m from the surface of the drawn steel wire in the lengthwise-section, the metallographic structure includes 70% or more of the drawn pearlite by the area ratio; when D in units of millimeters represents a diameter of the drawn steel wire, .sub.HV represents a standard deviation of a Vickers hardness of the surface of the drawn steel wire, and Rp.sub.0.2 represents a yield strength of the drawn steel wire, .sub.HV<(9500ln(D)+30000) exp(0.003Rp.sub.0.2) is satisfied, and a tensile strength TS of the drawn steel wire is 1770 MPa or higher.