Description
A 48-wire patenting and coating line in an Australian Wire Industries plant is described. The U-shaped plant layout, including payoff, patenting furnace, acid bath, phosphate bath, turnaround, borax-lime baths, borax-lime baker, flux bath, zinc furnace (zinc bath and wipers), and winding frame are described. Asbestos pad and gas-wiping of galvanized wire are described.