EP1336669B1 - Process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to metallic substrates - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to metallic substrates.
- the present invention relates to a process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to nickelated components of fire-arms.
- tortoise-shell effect is a particular spotted chromatic effect conferred for ornamental purposes to tools or metallic parts of devices of varying origins.
- the tortoise-shell effect is particularly requested for providing an aesthetically pleasant chromatic effect to the action body or other metallic parts of shotguns.
- a tortoising process of metallic substrates which requires high operating temperatures and also a low temperature chemical process capable of providing a simple uniform colouring to metallic substrates, are currently known.
- the high temperature tortoising process consists in the thermal treatment of a steel matrix which comprises heating to a temperature of about 700°C and quenching the steel in an aqueous solution of oxidizing salts.
- the spotted colouring is created by the different surface oxidation degree of the steel and by the different thickness of the oxide layer formed.
- the thermal treatment required for obtaining the particular aesthetic tortoise-shell effect has a negative influence on the hardness and mechanical performance in general of the metallic component treated.
- FR-A-2 735 075 discloses a process for providing a coloring effect to substrates wherein the contact between the coloring solution and the substrate can be done by immersion at ambient temperature and wherein the coloring solution comprises sodium thiosulphate, lead or copper acetate and potassium acid tartrate.
- GB-A-1 229 502 discloses a process for making designs on metal surfaces including a step of coating the colored metal surface with a heat and corrosion resistant transparent coating.
- WO 97/35046 discloses a process for providing a a cloring metallic effect to metallic substrates wherein the substrate is contacted with sodium hyposulfite lead and copper acetate by immersion at a temperature of 50 to 100°C.
- a first aspect of the present invention relates to a process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to substrates as claimed in the appended claims
- the metallic substrate to be treated is heated to a suitable temperature for providing a chromatic effect, said temperature being a non-high temperature at which there are no thermal distortions caused in the substrate which can jeopardize its use in high-precision applications.
- the oxidizing solution of the invention is typically a solution based on sodium thiosulfate containing a reagent metal conveniently in the form of an acetate, preferably consisting of copper or lead acetate or their mixtures.
- the term acidifying compound includes compounds with acid hydrolysis or however compounds which when added to an aqueous solution are capable of reducing its pH.
- Suitable acidifying compounds comprise organic acids such as carboxylic acids, for example, acetic acid, citric acid; oxalic acid, salicylic acid and potassium acid tartrate; inorganic acids such as hypochlorous acid and hypophosphorous acid.
- organic acids such as carboxylic acids, for example, acetic acid, citric acid; oxalic acid, salicylic acid and potassium acid tartrate; inorganic acids such as hypochlorous acid and hypophosphorous acid.
- Substrates suitable for being subjected to the tortoising process of the invention comprise metallic matrixes, provided they have at least one surface portion with a metallic layer, galvanically deposited or with another technology.
- Steel matrixes, nickelated steels, metal alloys such as aluminum, copper, nickel alloys and super-alloys, can be used, for example.
- Nickelated details or components of end-products and articles for varying uses can be appropriately treated with the process of the invention.
- the application of said oxidizing solution advantageously takes place by means of buffering on localized portions of the metallic substrate to be treated so as to cause oxidation and consequently a chromatic variation, limited to the buffered areas.
- the surface metal layer undergoes a more intense oxidation process the greater the residence time of the oxidizing solution. process the greater the residence time of the oxidizing solution.
- An embodiment of the process of the invention comprises the direct development of the chromatic effect on the metallic substrate using a solution based on thiosulfate containing copper acetate as reagent metal.
- a metallic substrate is heated to a temperature conveniently within the range of 100 to 110°C and subsequently buffered with a chromatically effective quantity of an aqueous solution containing sodium thiosulfate, copper acetate and potassium acid tartrate, at a temperature advantageously within the range of 40-110°C, preferably 60-80°C, until the development of the desired chromatic variation.
- the buffering phase can be repeated once or several times, until the desired tonality or chromatic effect is obtained.
- the tortoise-shell chromatic effect is caused by the oxidizing action of the solution on the surface of the metallic substrate.
- the coloured oxidized layer formed is firmly anchored to the metallic surface producing a long-lasting chromatic effect.
- the Applicant has discovered that the direct development of a long-lasting chromatic variation which is particularly appreciable from an aesthetic point of view, is obtained using an oxidizing aqueous solution containing 220-240 g/l of sodium thiosulfate, 30-40 g/l of copper acetate and 30-40 g/l of potassium acid tartrate.
- This further embodiment of the invention therefore includes:
- This oxidizing solution contains a strong oxidizing agent, preferably consisting of ammonium persulfate, preferably present in a quantity ranging from 150-180 g/l.
- the process of the invention allows a variety of chromatic effects and different colourings to be obtained, by simply increasing the contact time of the oxidizing solutions on the surface of the metallic substrates. It is thus possible to produce yellow-gold, red, blue and grey colourings and shades in different tonalities.
- a nickelated steel action body for a shotgun was initially heated to a temperature of 100°C and subsequently subjected to localized buffering at a temperature of 70°C with an oxidizing aqueous solution containing 230 g/l of sodium thiosulfate, 35 g/l of copper acetate and 35 g/l of potassium acid tartrate, until a spotted colouring, of the tortoise-shell type, is formed.
- aqueous solution containing 230 g/l of sodium thiosulfate, 22 g/l of lead acetate and 25 g/l of potassium acid tartrate was applied with a buffer on a nickel alloy article heated to a temperature of 140°C.
- the article was immersed or buffered, without rinsing, at a temperature of 60°C, with an aqueous solution containing 160 g/l of ammonium persulfate. After a few minutes, a chromatic variation, with a typical tortoise-shell effect, is formed in the buffered areas.
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- The present invention relates to a process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to metallic substrates.
- In particular, the present invention relates to a process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to nickelated components of fire-arms.
- It is known that the so-called tortoise-shell effect is a particular spotted chromatic effect conferred for ornamental purposes to tools or metallic parts of devices of varying origins.
- In the fire-arm industry, the tortoise-shell effect is particularly requested for providing an aesthetically pleasant chromatic effect to the action body or other metallic parts of shotguns.
- A tortoising process of metallic substrates which requires high operating temperatures and also a low temperature chemical process capable of providing a simple uniform colouring to metallic substrates, are currently known.
- The high temperature tortoising process consists in the thermal treatment of a steel matrix which comprises heating to a temperature of about 700°C and quenching the steel in an aqueous solution of oxidizing salts.
- The spotted colouring is created by the different surface oxidation degree of the steel and by the different thickness of the oxide layer formed.
- This tortoising process of the known art, however, is not without its drawbacks which can mainly be attributed to the distortion of the metallic materials due to the considerable thermal stress to which they are subjected during the quenching operation.
- The more reduced the dimensional tolerances of the metallic articles or components treated, the greater this problem becomes.
- In the case of the treatment of metallic components for high-precision articles, in fact, even a limited distortion or almost imperceptible deformation of the component can jeopardize its adequacy for the end-use.
- In the tortoising processes of gun action bodies, for example, it has been found that even minimum structural distortions can make them unusable.
- Furthermore, the thermal treatment required for obtaining the particular aesthetic tortoise-shell effect has a negative influence on the hardness and mechanical performance in general of the metallic component treated.
- Viceversa, chemical colouring processes of metals at a low temperature not only have the disadvantage of not being suitable for providing a spotted chromatic effect on the metals but also have the additional drawback that the chromatic layer produced can be easily removed by simple scratching.
- FR-A-2 735 075 discloses a process for providing a coloring effect to substrates wherein the contact between the coloring solution and the substrate can be done by immersion at ambient temperature and wherein the coloring solution comprises sodium thiosulphate, lead or copper acetate and potassium acid tartrate.
- GB-A-1 229 502 discloses a process for making designs on metal surfaces including a step of coating the colored metal surface with a heat and corrosion resistant transparent coating.
- In the DATABASE WPI Section Ch, Week 198049 Derwent Publications Ltd, Class A35, AN 1980-88040C XP002032466 & SU 729281 A (LAKIZA W) 28 Capri1 1980, a process for providing colouring of metal surfaces by treatment with lead acetate, sodium hyposulphite at 15-80°C is disclosed.
- WO 97/35046 discloses a process for providing a a cloring metallic effect to metallic substrates wherein the substrate is contacted with sodium hyposulfite lead and copper acetate by immersion at a temperature of 50 to 100°C.
- With the tortoising techniques currently available, effect to nickelated components of fire-arms.
- In view of the above objectives and others which will become evident from the following description, a first aspect of the present invention relates to a process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to substrates as claimed in the appended claims
- In the process of the invention, the metallic substrate to be treated is heated to a suitable temperature for providing a chromatic effect, said temperature being a non-high temperature at which there are no thermal distortions caused in the substrate which can jeopardize its use in high-precision applications.
- The oxidizing solution of the invention is typically a solution based on sodium thiosulfate containing a reagent metal conveniently in the form of an acetate, preferably consisting of copper or lead acetate or their mixtures.
- Within the scope of the present invention, the term acidifying compound includes compounds with acid hydrolysis or however compounds which when added to an aqueous solution are capable of reducing its pH.
- Suitable acidifying compounds comprise organic acids such as carboxylic acids, for example, acetic acid, citric acid; oxalic acid, salicylic acid and potassium acid tartrate; inorganic acids such as hypochlorous acid and hypophosphorous acid.
- Substrates suitable for being subjected to the tortoising process of the invention comprise metallic matrixes, provided they have at least one surface portion with a metallic layer, galvanically deposited or with another technology. Steel matrixes, nickelated steels, metal alloys such as aluminum, copper, nickel alloys and super-alloys, can be used, for example.
- Nickelated details or components of end-products and articles for varying uses, with particular reference to nickelated details for fire-arms, such as gun action bodies, can be appropriately treated with the process of the invention.
- The application of said oxidizing solution advantageously takes place by means of buffering on localized portions of the metallic substrate to be treated so as to cause oxidation and consequently a chromatic variation, limited to the buffered areas. In the areas buffered with the oxidizing solution, the surface metal layer undergoes a more intense oxidation process the greater the residence time of the oxidizing solution. process the greater the residence time of the oxidizing solution.
- An embodiment of the process of the invention comprises the direct development of the chromatic effect on the metallic substrate using a solution based on thiosulfate containing copper acetate as reagent metal.
- In accordance with this embodiment, a metallic substrate is heated to a temperature conveniently within the range of 100 to 110°C and subsequently buffered with a chromatically effective quantity of an aqueous solution containing sodium thiosulfate, copper acetate and potassium acid tartrate, at a temperature advantageously within the range of 40-110°C, preferably 60-80°C, until the development of the desired chromatic variation. The buffering phase can be repeated once or several times, until the desired tonality or chromatic effect is obtained.
- It has been found that under these conditions, the tortoise-shell chromatic effect is caused by the oxidizing action of the solution on the surface of the metallic substrate. The coloured oxidized layer formed is firmly anchored to the metallic surface producing a long-lasting chromatic effect.
- The Applicant has discovered that the direct development of a long-lasting chromatic variation which is particularly appreciable from an aesthetic point of view, is obtained using an oxidizing aqueous solution containing 220-240 g/l of sodium thiosulfate, 30-40 g/l of copper acetate and 30-40 g/l of potassium acid tartrate.
- According to another embodiment of the process of the invention, it is possible to obtain the formation of the tortoise-shell effect with a two-phase treatment. This further embodiment of the invention therefore includes:
- a first treatment phase which comprises the heating of a metallic substrate to a temperature conveniently within the range of 140-150°C and the application of a chromatically effective quantity of an aqueous solution containing sodium thiosulfate, lead acetate and an acidifying component, preferably consisting of potassium acid tartrate and, without rinsing;
- a second treatment phase which comprises the application of an oxidizing solution to the substrate, conveniently brought to a temperature of 40-80°C, preferably 50-60°C. The application of said oxidizing solution can be effected by means of buffering or by the direct immersion wherein of the metallic substrate.
- This oxidizing solution contains a strong oxidizing agent, preferably consisting of ammonium persulfate, preferably present in a quantity ranging from 150-180 g/l.
- It has been found that the process of the invention allows a variety of chromatic effects and different colourings to be obtained, by simply increasing the contact time of the oxidizing solutions on the surface of the metallic substrates. It is thus possible to produce yellow-gold, red, blue and grey colourings and shades in different tonalities.
- The following examples are provided for purely illustrative purposes of the present invention and should not be considered as limiting its protection scope which is clearly defined by the enclosed claims.
- A nickelated steel action body for a shotgun was initially heated to a temperature of 100°C and subsequently subjected to localized buffering at a temperature of 70°C with an oxidizing aqueous solution containing 230 g/l of sodium thiosulfate, 35 g/l of copper acetate and 35 g/l of potassium acid tartrate, until a spotted colouring, of the tortoise-shell type, is formed.
- An aqueous solution containing 230 g/l of sodium thiosulfate, 22 g/l of lead acetate and 25 g/l of potassium acid tartrate was applied with a buffer on a nickel alloy article heated to a temperature of 140°C. In a subsequent phase, the article was immersed or buffered, without rinsing, at a temperature of 60°C, with an aqueous solution containing 160 g/l of ammonium persulfate. After a few minutes, a chromatic variation, with a typical tortoise-shell effect, is formed in the buffered areas.
- Oxidizing solutions suitable for use in the buffering phase of the tortoising process of the invention:
Sodium thiosulfate 220/240 g/l Copper or lead acetate 25-40 g/l Citric acid 30-40 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 220/240 g/l Copper or lead acetate 25-40 g/l Hypochlorous acid 0.5 cc/l (d=1,23 g/cc) Sodium thiosulfate 220/240 g/l Copper or lead acetate 25-40 g/l Oxalic acid 10-15 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 220/240 g/l Copper or lead acetate 25-40 g/l Salicylic acid 15-20 g/l Sodium thiosulfate 220/240 g/l Copper or lead acetate 25-40 g/l Acetic acid 10 ml/l
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- A process for providing a tortoise-shell chromatic effect to a metal coating of a substrate, which comprises:- heating the metallic substrate to a suitable temperature for providing a chromatic effect, said temperature being a non-high temperature at which there are no thermal distortions caused in the substrate,- application under heat, at a temperature within a range of 40 to 110°C, on a portion of said metallic substrate of an oxidizing solution comprising sodium or potassium thiosulfate, a reagent metal selected from cooper acetate and lead acetate and mixtures thereof, and an acidifying compound.
- The process according to claim characterized in that said reagent metal is selected from copper acetate, lead acetate or their mixtures.
- The process according to any of the claims 1-2, characterized in that said acidifying compound is selected from potassium acid tartrate, citric acid, hypophosphorous acid, oxalic acid, salicylic acid, acetic acid, hypochlorous acid and their mixtures.
- The process according to any of the previous claims 1-34, characterized in that said oxidizing solution is applied by buffering on said metal coating of the substrate.
- The process according to any of the previous claims 1-4, wherein there is the direct development of a tortoise-shell chromatic effect by heating said metallic substrate to a temperature within the range of 100-110°C and buffering at a temperature within the range of 40-110°C with an oxidizing solution comprising
sodium thiosulfate 220-240 g/l copper acetate 30-40 g/l potassium acid tartrate 30-40 g/l - The process according to claim 5, characterized in that the buffering of the metallic substrate takes place at a temperature ranging from 60-80°C.
- The process according to any of the previous claims 1-4, wherein a tortoise-shell chromatic effect is developed in two phases, said process comprising:- an application phase by buffering a solution comprising
sodium thiosulfate 220-240 g/l lead acetate 30-40 g/l potassium acid tartrate 30-40 g/l - a second application phase of an oxidizing solution on said substrate at a temperature ranging from 40-80°C. - The process according to claim 7, characterized in that in said second phase, the application of the oxidizing solution takes place by buffering or by immersion of the metallic substrate.
- The process according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said second oxidizing solution is a solution of ammonium persulfate.
- The process according to claim 11, characterized in that said coating metal is selected from nickel, nickel alloys, steels, nickelated steels, copper, super-alloys.
- The process according to any of the previous claims 1-10, characterized in that said metallic substrate is an action body of a gun.
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