Patent ID: 7073363

Claim:
A method for processing drawn material ( 110 ; 210 ; 310 ; 410 ), especially rod-shaped or tube-shaped metal drawn material, comprising drawing the drawn material through a plurality of drawing dies ( 105 , 106 ; 205 , 206 ; 305 , 306 ; 405 , 406 ) by means of a multi-stage drawing unit ( 101 ; 201 ; 301 ; 401 ) and the multi-stage drawing unit comprises at least two drawing devices ( 103 , 104 ; 215 , 216 ; 303 , 316 ; 415 , 404 ) each of which comprises a caterpillar traction device and each arranged after one of two drawing dies, which each introduce a principal drawing force into the drawn material in order to draw this respectively through the drawing die mounted before the respective drawing device, and continuously supplying the drawn material to a final production stage ( 102 ; 202 ; 302 ; 402 ) directly from and after leaving the outlet of the caterpillar traction device.