Abstract: Wire rings or coils in tubs pass from a cooling conveyor onto a rotatable framework in which the tub carrier can be raised toward a transfer conveyor. The framework is then tilted to deposit the wire ring on the transfer conveyor, whereupon the tub is raised to liberate the wire ring which is displaced onto a conveyor for a subsequent processing station. The framework is rotated again through 180.degree. to align the empty tub with the return conveyor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the stepwise transverse transportation of sections, in particular groups of sections, from a longitudinal conveyor at the delivery end of a metal extrusion press to a first (8) and optionally a further (9) cooling station as far as a stretcher-leveller, in which each group of sections is gripped between clamps (I, II) at the ends of the sections during the said transverse transportation, in addition the clamps (I, II) accompanying a group of sections over one step with the clamps accompanying the next step and finally the clamps (12) of the stretcher-leveller arranged at the outside position ?are! arranged alternately offset in the longitudinal direction of the sections at the distance of the depth of a clamping jaw, and the clamps (I, II) for one step remain closed until the clamps for a following step or the clamps (12) of the stretcher-leveller are closed, and in which the clamps which are open laterally in the transverse conveying direction are supported by vertical c

Abstract: A wire coiler with a rotating winding drum which can be immersed in a water tank as a rotational body having the greatest possible smoothness in order to avoid energy-dissipating turbulence of the water in the tank includes a winding drum (1) open towards the top and formed by outer and inner spaced casings (2, 3), and a base (4) connecting the casings and a vertical rotatable shaft (8) connected by flanges (5, 7) to the drum. The inner casing of the winding drum is breached by vertical slots (16), and an annular disc (15) inserted into the winding drum for supporting the turns of the wire coil being formed is connected to a lifting device (19, 21) by crosspieces (17) engaging through the slots, whereby the lifting device raises the supporting surface of the disc to a level with the transfer plane of the wire coils.