Abstract: Pipes are straight drawn for reducing the pipe diameter and the pipe wall thickness. The drawing is performed intermittently through a plurality of drawing stages, each including a drawing plate having a drawing nozzle or opening through which the pipe must pass. Individual, separate drawing mandrel sections forming a set and corresponding in number to the plurality of drawing plates, are inserted in proper sequence into the pipe to be drawn. The insertion is such that the mandrel sections are located, prior to the begin of the drawing operation, between a pulling end of the pipe and a first dent. The smaller diameter mandrel sections first pass through the hole in the drawing plate and only the largest dimeter mandrel section is held in place by the first drawing plate for squeezing the pipe through that drawing plate. The smaller diameter mandrel sections travel along with the pipe as it is being drawn through the plates one after the other, whereby each plate keeps its respective mandrel section in place.

Abstract: Method of straight-line drawing for reducing the cross section of round material, tubing, solid and hollow profiles in at least two drawing stages, which includes feeding material to be drawn with a leading end to a first drawing machine for a first drawing stage, feeding the material to be drawn with the leading end in a straight line downstream of the first drawing machine. Subsequently the material to be drawn is fed with the leading end to at least one second drawing machine having a linearly movable intermittently operable drawing carriage operating at a discontinuous speed at the beginning of the drawing while said first drawing machine is already operating continuously, being disposed downstream of the straight line for at least one second drawing stage.