Tempered plated wire

Abstract

The present invention is a method of manufacturing plated wire. The method includes drawing a feed stock to form drawn wire, tempering the drawn wire to form tempered wire and plating the tempered wire to form the plated wire. The plated wire exhibits a tensile strength that substantially meets ASTM A229-99.

1 . An article comprising:
 a tempered wire; and   a finished surface disposed on the tempered wire, wherein the finished surface comprises a plating material, and wherein the article exhibits a tensile strength that substantially meets ASTM A229-99 and exhibits a hydrogen concentration of about two parts-per-million, or less, per weight.   
     
     
         2 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the tempered wire comprises a heat induction tempered wire. 
     
     
         3 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the finished surface is an electroplated finished surface. 
     
     
         4 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the article exhibits a hydrogen concentration of about one part-per-million, or less, by weight. 
     
     
         5 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the finished surface has a thickness ranging from about one micron to about six microns. 
     
     
         6 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the tempered wire comprises a metal having a composition, by weight, of carbon 0.55 to 0.85 percent, manganese 0.30 to 1.20 percent, phosphorous up to 0.04 percent, sulfur up to 0.05 percent, silicon 0.15 to 0.35 percent, and balance steel. 
     
     
         7 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the article further exhibits properties that substantially meet a standard that is selected from a group consisting of ASTM A230-99, ASTM A231-04, ASTM A232-99, ASTM A401-03, ASTM A877-99, ASTM A878-00, and ASTM A1000-05. 
     
     
         8 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the plating material comprises zinc. 
     
     
         9 . The article of  claim 1 , wherein the tempered wire has a wire diameter of about 0.5 mm to about 16.0 mm. 
     
     
         10 . A plated wire comprising:
 a tempered steel wire; and   a zinc plated layer on the tempered steel wire, wherein the plated wire exhibits a tensile strength that substantially meets ASTM A229-99 and exhibits a hydrogen concentration of about two parts-per-million, or less, per weight.   
     
     
         11 . The plated wire of  claim 10 , wherein the tempered steel wire comprises a heat induction tempered steel wire. 
     
     
         12 . The plated wire of  claim 10 , wherein the zinc plated layer is an electroplated zinc layer. 
     
     
         13 . The plated wire of  claim 10 , wherein the plated wire exhibits a hydrogen concentration of about one part-per-million, or less, by weight. 
     
     
         14 . The plated wire of  claim 10 , wherein the zinc plated layer has a thickness ranging from about one micron to about six microns. 
     
     
         15 . The plated wire of  claim 10 , wherein the tempered wire comprises a metal having a composition, by weight, of carbon 0.55 to 0.85 percent, manganese 0.30 to 1.20 percent, phosphorous up to 0.04 percent, sulfur up to 0.05 percent, silicon 0.15 to 0.35 percent, and balance steel. 
     
     
         16 . The plated wire of  claim 10 , wherein the plated wire further exhibits properties that substantially meet a standard that is selected from a group consisting of ASTM A230-99, ASTM A231-04, ASTM A232-99, ASTM A401-03, ASTM A877-99, ASTM A878-00, and ASTM A1000-05. 
     
     
         17 . The plated wire of  claim 10 , wherein the tempered wire has a wire diameter of about 0.5 mm to about 16.0 mm. 
     
     
         18 . The plated wire of  claim 17 , wherein the zinc plated layer has a thickness ranging from about one micron to about six microns. 
     
     
         19 . The plated wire of  claim 18 , wherein the tempered wire comprises a metal having a composition, by weight, of carbon 0.55 to 0.85 percent, manganese 0.30 to 1.20 percent, phosphorous up to 0.04 percent, sulfur up to 0.05 percent, silicon 0.15 to 0.35 percent, and balance steel. 
     
     
         20 . The plated wire of  claim 19 , wherein the plated wire further exhibits properties that substantially meet a standard that is selected from a group consisting of ASTM A230-99, ASTM A231-04, ASTM A232-99, ASTM A401-03, ASTM A877-99, ASTM A878-00, and ASTM A1000-05.