Patent ID: 9593402
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: C23C

Claim:
1. A system for treating wire, comprising: an elongated vessel that contains a molten fluid; a pump disposed in the molten fluid in said vessel, wherein said pump includes an elongated conduit extending for at least a portion of the length of said vessel, said elongated conduit including an inlet at a location of cooler molten fluid in said vessel, wherein a hot spot is near a wire entry location of wire into the molten fluid contained in said vessel, the cooler molten fluid being remote from said wire entry location, a pump outlet being positioned so as to discharge the cooler molten fluid into the hot spot of the molten fluid; and conveyance structure that enables the wire to be conveyed through the molten fluid; wherein operation of said pump enables the hot spot to be cooled by the cooler molten fluid in said vessel and the wire is heat treated as a result of passing through the molten fluid.