Process for manufacturing polyethylene terephthalate plastic coated wire

Abstract

Abstract An improved process for manufacturing plastic coated wire is taught which comprises heating the wire to be coated to an elevated temperature, passing the heated wire through an extrusion zone maintained at an elevated temperature and pressure in which a polyester plastic in molten condition is coated on the heated wire, and cooling the plastic coated wire at a rate sufficient to maintain the plastic primarily in the amorphous state. In a preferred embodiment, a steel wire is coated with polyethylene terephthalate in which the coating is at least 80 percent amorphous and 0.1 to 0.3 mm in thickness. An improved wire product is produced which may be advantageously utilized for the manufacture of barbed wire, wire mesh, wire netting, wire fences and the like.

Inventors

• 👤 Roger Van Vlaenderen

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