Abstract: A descaler is provided for descaling the scale on hot finished wire or green rod. The descaler comprises two rollers that are mounted to a rotatable support plate. The support plate and the rollers rotate in unison. One of the rollers pivots relative to the support plate such that the rollers can be positioned substantially parallel to allow wire to be easily fed between the rollers for set up purposes and can be positioned substantially perpendicular in which the rollers are arranged to effect wire descaling when wire is pulled through the descaler. Rotation of the roller support plate from the initial set up position automatically pivots the one roller into the working position. The pivoting movement of the one roller is accomplished using the tension of the wire that is created as the roller support plate is rotated and/or a cam mechanism.

Abstract: A descaler is provided for descaling the scale on hot finished wire or green rod. The descaler comprises two rollers that are mounted to a rotatable support plate. The support plate and the rollers rotate in unison. One of the rollers pivots relative to the support plate such that the rollers can be positioned substantially parallel to allow wire to be easily fed between the rollers for set up purposes and can be positioned substantially perpendicular in which the rollers are arranged to effect wire descaling when wire is pulled through the descaler. Rotation of the roller support plate from the initial set up position automatically pivots the one roller into the working position. The pivoting movement of the one roller is accomplished using the tension of the wire that is created as the roller support plate is rotated and/or a cam mechanism.

Abstract: A wire uncoiler for holding coils of wire on mandrels for uncoiling and drawing by a downstream wire drawing machine. The movable restraining arm of each mandrel is biased by a spring mechanism to control wire payoff to the downstream drawing machine. The spring mechanism can be manually adjusted by a crank handle to control the tension in the spring and therefore the amount of restraining force applied by the restraining arm. The manual adjustment can be done while the wire drawing machine is actively drawing wire from the mandrel.