COSECO / MFL 40 wires Steel Patenting and Brass Plating line

Fully automated 40-wires steel patenting and brass plating line

Designed for the production of:
* tire reinforcement wire
* hose wire
* SAW wire

Wire: 0.7-0.9 mm
Wire number: up to 40
Max line speed: 92 m/min
Weight of brass coating: 5-6.5 g/kg
Fully automated, 24/7 ready

Delivered in 2012 but never installed.

The line consists of:
* unwinding mechanism for wires in a thread
* loading and unloading integrated mechanisms
* degreasing and washing baths
* preheating unit
* patenting and austenitizing furnaces (FIB SA Belgium)
* Ecoquench fluidized bed (FIB SA Belgium)
* brass plating unit
* zinc coating unit
* diffusion unit
* cooling baths
* pickling baths
* washing and drying
* vertical winding
* tension devices