EP0305914A3 - Process for the treatment of rolled steel for increasing corrosion resistance - Google Patents

Process for the treatment of rolled steel for increasing corrosion resistance Download PDF

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EP0305914A3
EP0305914A3 EP88113916A EP88113916A EP0305914A3 EP 0305914 A3 EP0305914 A3 EP 0305914A3 EP 88113916 A EP88113916 A EP 88113916A EP 88113916 A EP88113916 A EP 88113916A EP 0305914 A3 EP0305914 A3 EP 0305914A3
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coating
rolled steel
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corrosion resistance
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Max Dipl.-Ing. Aicher
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Stahlwerk Annahuette Max Aicher GmbH and Co KG
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C4/00—Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge
    • C23C4/02—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B45/04—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for de-scaling, e.g. by brushing
    • B21B45/08—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for de-scaling, e.g. by brushing hydraulically
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
    • C21D8/06—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of rods or wires
    • C21D8/08—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of rods or wires for concrete reinforcement
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C2/00—Hot-dipping or immersion processes for applying the coating material in the molten state without affecting the shape; Apparatus therefor
    • C23C2/02—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C2/00—Hot-dipping or immersion processes for applying the coating material in the molten state without affecting the shape; Apparatus therefor
    • C23C2/02—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
    • C23C2/024—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas by cleaning or etching
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
    • B21B1/38—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling sheets of limited length, e.g. folded sheets, superimposed sheets, pack rolling
    • B21B2001/383—Cladded or coated products

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  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Metal Rolling (AREA)
  • Heat Treatment Of Steel (AREA)
  • Application Of Or Painting With Fluid Materials (AREA)
  • Coating With Molten Metal (AREA)
  • Preventing Corrosion Or Incrustation Of Metals (AREA)
  • Prevention Of Electric Corrosion (AREA)
  • Excavating Of Shafts Or Tunnels (AREA)
  • Pit Excavations, Shoring, Fill Or Stabilisation Of Slopes (AREA)
  • Electric Cable Arrangement Between Relatively Moving Parts (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Electroplating Methods And Accessories (AREA)
  • Reduction Rolling/Reduction Stand/Operation Of Reduction Machine (AREA)
  • Rolls And Other Rotary Bodies (AREA)
  • Heat Treatments In General, Especially Conveying And Cooling (AREA)
  • Chemical Treatment Of Metals (AREA)
  • Heat Treatment Of Articles (AREA)
  • Heat Treatment Of Strip Materials And Filament Materials (AREA)

Abstract

To apply a coating of a non-ferrous metal such as, for example, zinc to the surface of rolled steel to increase the corrosion resistance, it is proposed to descale the rolled steel continuously downstream of the rolling step from the rolling pass by applying pressurised water and, immediately after descaling and while preventing a renewed formation of scale, to cool it by means of water rapidly to a temperature suitable for hot application of the coating and finally to apply the coating. One of the advantages of the invention is that, both for descaling and for preventing the renewed formation of scale and for simultaneous cooling, only a single medium, namely water, is used, and the cooling can be controlled in such a way that the rolling pass can be exploited in an optimised manner for the coating. The result is that all process steps or treatment processes can proceed as a continuous extension of the rolling step, i.e. at rolling speed, so that the finished coated end product leaves the production line analogously to a normal, not aftertreated rolled product.
EP88113916A 1987-09-01 1988-08-26 Process for the treatment of rolled steel for increasing corrosion resistance Expired - Lifetime EP0305914B1 (en)

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AT88113916T ATE70568T1 (en) 1987-09-01 1988-08-26 METHOD OF TREATMENT OF ROLLED STEEL TO INCREASE CORROSION RESISTANCE.

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DE3729177 1987-09-01
DE3729177A DE3729177C1 (en) 1987-09-01 1987-09-01 Process for treating rolled steel to increase resistance to corrosion

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EP0305914A2 EP0305914A2 (en) 1989-03-08
EP0305914A3 true EP0305914A3 (en) 1989-08-09
EP0305914B1 EP0305914B1 (en) 1991-12-18

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EP (1) EP0305914B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS6475692A (en)
CN (1) CN1031724A (en)
AT (1) ATE70568T1 (en)
CA (1) CA1306391C (en)
DD (1) DD282246A5 (en)
DE (2) DE3729177C1 (en)
DK (1) DK460688A (en)
ES (1) ES2028964T3 (en)
GR (1) GR3004067T3 (en)
HU (1) HU203586B (en)
NO (1) NO176578C (en)
PL (1) PL158408B1 (en)
PT (1) PT88371B (en)
SU (1) SU1674689A3 (en)

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US2442485A (en) * 1944-06-24 1948-06-01 Frederick C Cook Method of descaling and coating hot-rolled ferrous metal
DE1602129B1 (en) * 1967-06-21 1970-08-27 Roechlingsche Eisen & Stahl Cooling pipe for cooling rolled material
DE2108314A1 (en) * 1970-08-05 1972-02-10 VEB Schwermaschinenbau-Kombinat Ernst Thallmann Magdeburg, χ 3011 Magdeburg Rapid cooling rolled rod - of structural steel by a controlled - water quench method
DE3125146A1 (en) * 1981-06-26 1983-01-13 Woma-Apparatebau Wolfgang Maasberg & Co Gmbh, 4100 Duisburg Device for descaling hot steel ingots

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US2442485A (en) * 1944-06-24 1948-06-01 Frederick C Cook Method of descaling and coating hot-rolled ferrous metal
DE1602129B1 (en) * 1967-06-21 1970-08-27 Roechlingsche Eisen & Stahl Cooling pipe for cooling rolled material
DE2108314A1 (en) * 1970-08-05 1972-02-10 VEB Schwermaschinenbau-Kombinat Ernst Thallmann Magdeburg, χ 3011 Magdeburg Rapid cooling rolled rod - of structural steel by a controlled - water quench method
DE3125146A1 (en) * 1981-06-26 1983-01-13 Woma-Apparatebau Wolfgang Maasberg & Co Gmbh, 4100 Duisburg Device for descaling hot steel ingots

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Unexamined Applications, C Field, Band 6, Nr. 57, 14. April 1982 The Patent Office Japanese Government seite 57 C 98 * Kokai-Nr. 56-169 781 (Sumitomo Kinzoku Kogyo K.K.) * *

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PL158408B1 (en) 1992-08-31
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DK460688A (en) 1989-03-02
JPH0445591B2 (en) 1992-07-27
ATE70568T1 (en) 1992-01-15
DE3866998D1 (en) 1992-01-30
DE3729177C1 (en) 1989-01-05
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HU203586B (en) 1991-08-28
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