| Abstract: | In order to enhance greatly the strength of steel wires used for suspension bridge, stayed-cable bridge and tyre cord,a new method combining continuous unidirec- tional solidification process with low temperature (under recrystallization temperature ) large deformation plastic working is presented for producing super high strength steel wires. The cast iron and stainless steel continuous cast ingots with unidirectional columnar crys- tals have been fabricated successfully. It is confirmed that the continuous unidirectional solidification process can be used for the forming of iron and steel materials. |
