Process of plating glass fiber rovings with iron metal

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IN A PROCESS OF PLATING GLASS FIBER ROVINGS WITH IRON METAL AS THE SAME IS PASSED THROUGH A PLATING CHAMBER WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES MOVING THE GLASS FIBER IN THE FORM OF UNTWISTED PARALLEL STRANDS INTO A CONFINED ZONE FILLED WITH DRY AIR HEATED TO AT LEAST 150*F., AND THENCE THROUGH A PLATING AREA SURROUNDED BY SAID CONFINED ZONE EXCLUDING OXYGEN AND WATER VAPOR FROM THE PLATING AREA BY FILLING THE SAME WITH DRY INERT GAS, INTRODUCING GASEOUS IRON PENTACARBONYL INTO SAID PLATING AREA TOGETHER WITH SAID INERT GAS A CARRIER, VIBRATING THE ROVING TO CAUSE TEMPORARY SEPARATION OF THE ROVING STRANDS EXPOSING THE SAME TO GASEOUS IRON CARBONYL, AND HEATING THE THUS EXPOSED STRANDS OF GLASS FIBER AT A TEMPERATURE TO CAUSE DECOMPOSITION OF THE IRON CARBONYL AND DEPOSITION OF METALLIC IRON ON THE SURFACE OF THE FIBERS, AND THEREAFTER GRADUALLY COOLING THE RESULTANT IRON-COATED GLASS FIBERS WITHIN SAID CONFINED ZONE.