A steel wire for a spring includes a steel wire that has Ca or Na adhered thereto in an amount of 0.2 g/m.sup.2 or less. The steel wire has an oxide film on a surface thereof, and the oxide film has a thickness of, for example, from 2.0 μm to 20 μm.

A steel wire for a spring includes a steel wire that has Ca or Na adhered thereto in an amount of 0.2 g/m.sup.2 or less. The steel wire has an oxide film on a surface thereof, and the oxide film has a thickness of, for example, from 2.0 μm to 20 μm.

Provided are a high-strength bead wire and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes preparing a wire rod containing 0.86% to 1.02% by weight of carbon, applying 5 g/m.sup.2 to 10 g/m.sup.2 of phosphate coating onto the surface of the wire rod, and drawing the wire rod onto which the phosphate coating is applied. In the drawing, the wire rod is drawn by a drawing apparatus including a drawing die capable of drawing the wire rod and a pressure die installed in front of the drawing die and capable of applying pressure to the wire rod. The diameter of the pressure die is 1.05 times to 1.20 times the diameter of the drawing die. The high-strength bead wire includes a wire rod containing 0.86% to 1.02% by weight of carbon and 5 g/m.sup.2 to 10 g/m.sup.2 of the phosphate coating applied onto the surface of the wire rod and is manufactured by the above-described method.

A method of lubricating metal articles (6), in particular those made of steel, comprising the application (4) of a dispersion comprising a lubricant oil and a lubricant powder to an article to be drawn. A drawing method comprising the lubrication as described above and a lubricant dispersion.

A steel wire for a spring has Ca or Na adhered thereto in an amount of 0.2 g/m.sup.2 or less.

The present disclosure is directed to an aqueous lubricating composition comprising, based on the weight of the composition: from 1 to 20 wt. % of a) at least one water-soluble inorganic salt, said inorganic salt or salts being in a dissolved state; b) at least one particulate solid lubricant; from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of c) at least one rheological control agent; from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of d) at least one base; and, from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of e) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants and zwitterionic surfactants, wherein said composition is free from boron and boron compounds and is further characterized in that the ratio by weight of b) said at least one solid lubricant to a) said at least one water-soluble inorganic salt [(b):(a)] is from 0.1:1 to 1:1.

The present disclosure is directed to an aqueous lubricating composition comprising, based on the weight of the composition: from 1 to 20 wt. % of a) at least one water-soluble inorganic salt, said inorganic salt or salts being in a dissolved state; b) at least one particulate solid lubricant; from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of c) at least one rheological control agent; from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of d) at least one base; and, from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of e) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants and zwitterionic surfactants, wherein said composition is free from boron and boron compounds and is further characterized in that the ratio by weight of b) said at least one solid lubricant to a) said at least one water-soluble inorganic salt [(b):(a)] is from 0.1:1 to 1:1.

The present invention relates to a steel cord for rubber reinforcement. In the steel cord of the present invention, cobalt is contained by 0.001 ppm to 0.1 ppm within a 4 nm top-surface of the brass-plated steel wire. A method of manufacturing the steel cord includes: providing a brass-plated steel wire; mixing a cobalt compound in a wet lubricant filled in a wet drawing bath provided with a plurality of drawing dies between one pair of multi-stage drawing cones such that the concentration of the cobalt compound becomes 0.1 ppm to 100 ppm; and causing the cobalt to be contained by 0.001 ppm to 0.1 ppm within a 4 nm top-surface of the brass-plated steel wire after the brass-plated steel wire passes through a final die by causing the cobalt to be attached to a surface of the brass-plated steel wire and alloyed with a brass layer while the brass-plated steel wire is passing through the drawing cones and the drawing dies to be subjected to multi-stage drawing.

The present invention relates to a steel cord for rubber reinforcement. In the steel cord of the present invention, cobalt is contained by 0.001 ppm to 0.1 ppm within a 4 nm top-surface of the brass-plated steel wire. A method of manufacturing the steel cord includes: providing a brass-plated steel wire; mixing a cobalt compound in a wet lubricant filled in a wet drawing bath provided with a plurality of drawing dies between one pair of multi-stage drawing cones such that the concentration of the cobalt compound becomes 0.1 ppm to 100 ppm; and causing the cobalt to be contained by 0.001 ppm to 0.1 ppm within a 4 nm top-surface of the brass-plated steel wire after the brass-plated steel wire passes through a final die by causing the cobalt to be attached to a surface of the brass-plated steel wire and alloyed with a brass layer while the brass-plated steel wire is passing through the drawing cones and the drawing dies to be subjected to multi-stage drawing.

The present invention provides a steel wire rod including a lubricating coating film, which can reconcile workabilities such as wire drawability, spike property, ball ironing property and film removability, and corrosion resistance such as long-term rust prevention property. The steel wire rod includes a lubricating coating film on a surface, wherein the lubricating coating film contains a water-soluble silicate and a water-soluble tungstate, a mass ratio of water-soluble tungstate/water-soluble silicate being in a range of 0.7 to 10, and contains no phosphorus