JP2007239056A - Hot-dip coating device, and hot-dip coating method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hot-dip coating device, and a hot-dip coating method capable of suppressing deposition of floating dross generated in a plating bath, preventing any defective coating weight and defective appearance of coarse condition and lump condition, and depositing a coating layer of high quality. <P>SOLUTION: The hot-dip coating device (10) for coating a strand (M) by passing the strand (M) in a plating bath (L) with a plating material being melted therein comprises a gas reducing device (40) for performing the local atmosphere adjustment of a local space area (K) pulled up from a liquid level of the plating bath (L) with an introduction gas (G), a waving means (50) for waving the plating bath (L) by a rotating body (53), and a base metal melting promoting device (60) for melting a base metal (D) of the plating material in the plating bath (L) to supplement the plating bath (L). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for plating an element wire, and relates to a hot-dip plating apparatus and a plating method capable of forming a high-quality plating layer that does not have a plating adhesion amount deficiency and does not have a plating appearance defect called a rough shape or a bump shape. .

  In recent years, since the corrosion resistance of a plated steel wire is superior to that of conventional hot-dip Zn plating, it is common practice to apply a Zn—Al-based alloy to a plating material. It is known that floating dross in which the Al component and the Fe component melted from the steel wire are concentrated and segregated from the plating bath composition is floated and deposited on the surface of the bathtub in the hot dip plating operation of this Zn-Al alloy plating.

When this floating dross is generated on the bath surface in the gas throttle device installed at the steel wire pulling position of the plating bath, the molten plating material adhering to the steel wire is scraped off, causing the coating layer to be insufficiently deposited, It adhered to the surface of the wire and caused a rough appearance on the bump or bump to cause the quality of the plated steel wire to deteriorate.
Furthermore, it has been taboo to stir this dross according to the industry theory that the bath surface must be a stationary surface in order to maintain the appearance of the plated steel wire well (for example, non- Patent Document 1)

  For this reason, this floating dross has to be removed from the bath regularly, and the above-described gas throttling device has to be lifted from the bath surface to remove the floating dross. During this cleaning, there was a problem of air entering the inside of the gas throttle device, the appearance of the plated steel wire being defective, and waste being used as a waste product, and a reduction in workability due to cleaning work (for example, Non-Patent Document 2).

In addition, even if the floating dross in the gas throttle device is regularly cleaned in this way, if the floating dross accumulates more quickly than expected, it will not be possible to prevent an adhesion amount failure or a sudden appearance failure, resulting in a major problem in quality. It was.
In addition, when the air cooling method is adopted as a cooling device for cooling the steel wire pulled up from the plating bath, the cooling capacity is lower than that in the case of the water cooling method, so that the steel wire having a large diameter exceeding 7.0 mm is 700 g / It was difficult to attach a plating layer having a thickness of m ² or more.
"Metal Surface Technology Handbook 2nd Edition" P507, P508, edited by the Metal Surface Technology Association, published by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun "Third Edition Steel Handbook Vol. 5, Secondary Processing / Surface Treatment / Heat Treatment / Welding", P425, edited by Japan Iron and Steel Institute, published by Maruzen Co., Ltd.

By the way, when the adhesion amount of plating occurs, there is a problem that the corrosion resistance of the plated steel wire is lowered. In addition, when a rough or bumpy shape adheres to the plated steel wire, not only the appearance is poor, but when the steel wire in that portion is bent, the plated layer is peeled off or when the wire is drawn using a die, There is a problem that the shape is caught and the plated steel wire is disconnected. Furthermore, when the plating bath is set at a low temperature in order to increase the plating layer of the plated steel wire, there is a problem that a part of the plating bath is solidified and the steel wire plating operation itself becomes difficult.
In order to solve such a problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a hot dipping apparatus and a plating method in which floating dross is eliminated and a high-quality plating layer is formed.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a hot dipping apparatus for plating a wire by passing the wire through a plating bath, and a wave bath between a bath for holding the plating bath and a liquid surface of the plating bath. And a gas throttling device installed at a location where the wave of the liquid surface where the wire is pulled up from the plating bath reaches.

When the invention is constituted by such means, the surface area of the plating bath is waved by the operation of the wave means, so that the floating dross formed can be dissolved in the plating bath. For this reason, floating dross can be eliminated in the liquid surface portion where the gas throttling device is arranged and the wire is pulled up through the plating bath.
Furthermore, when the plating bath is waved by the wave means, the molten plating material is suppressed from adhering to the inner wall of the bathtub. Therefore, it is possible to operate the hot dipping apparatus by setting the temperature of the plating bath to a low temperature near the freezing point temperature of the plating material.

  According to the present invention, accumulation of floating dross on the bath surface and adhesion to the gas throttle device can be suppressed, so that the floating dross and the condensate of the gas throttle device do not come into contact with the wire pulled up from the plating bath. For this reason, the hot dipping processing apparatus and the plating method in which the plating layer formed on the surface of the strand is maintained at high quality are provided. In addition, a hot dipping apparatus and a plating method that can be operated at a low plating bath temperature are provided. By enabling low-temperature operation in this way, the viscosity of the plating material melt can be increased, and the plating layer formed on the strands can be thickened. Furthermore, fuel consumption is suppressed, which contributes to energy saving. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time until the molten plating material adhering to the strand that has passed through the plating bath cools and solidifies, so it is possible to plate large-diameter strands without expanding the air cooling equipment Can do.

(First embodiment)
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Fig.1 (a) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the hot dipping processing apparatus 10 (10a) based on 1st Embodiment, FIG.1 (b) is a top view.
The hot dip treatment apparatus 10 a includes a traveling device 20, a bathtub 30, a gas throttling device 40, wave means 50 (50 a, 50 b), a metal dissolution facilitating device 60 (60 a), and a heat applying device 70. Prepare. The hot dipping treatment apparatus 10 configured as described above is for plating the steel wire M by passing the wire M through the plating bath L in which the plating material is melted.

Here, the strand M is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the wire diameter is a steel wire M having a diameter of φ2.0 to φ8.0 mm. Further, the element wire M includes a case where a Zn plating layer is already attached.
Here, the plating material is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, a binary alloy of Zn-4 to 25 mass% Al, or Zn-4 to 25 mass% Al-0.04 to 0.60 mass. A case of a ternary alloy of Mn (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as “Zn alloy”) is assumed (all Zn alloys include inevitable components).

  By the way, the Zn—Al binary alloy and the Zn—Al—Mn ternary alloy having such a composition have a semi-solid segregation component (hereinafter referred to as “floating dross”) in the surface layer region of the melt melted by heating. It is known to deposit. Since this floating dross is a segregation layer rich in the added Al, Mn component and Fe dissolved from the steel wire, a large amount of floating dross is generated by changing the composition of the plating bath and changing the plating layer of the steel wire M. It will change the composition. Further, since the floating dross is semi-solid, when the floating dross enters the gas throttle device, it is scraped off when the molten Zn alloy adhering to the surface of the steel wire M is pulled up from the liquid level E. In addition, it obstructs the formation of a thick plating layer, or if it adheres to the steel wire, it may cause a rough or bumpy appearance defect and reduce the quality of the plated steel wire.

The traveling device 20 includes a first drum 21, a first guide 22, a sinker roller 23, a second guide 24, and a second drum 25. The traveling device 20 configured as described above allows the steel wire M to pass through the plating bath L while traveling the steel wire M in the longitudinal direction.
The first drum 21 is wound with a steel wire M before the plating layer is deposited, and the steel wire M is supplied in the longitudinal direction by rotating. The steel wire M supplied from the first drum 21 is guided to the plating bath L via the first guide 22.
The sinker roller 23 switches the traveling direction of the steel wire M passing through the plating bath L. As a result, the steel wire M entering from the liquid level E of the plating bath L and traveling in the bottom direction is switched in the traveling direction and proceeds again in the direction of the liquid level E.
In the process until the steel wire M entering from the liquid surface E of the plating bath L is pulled up from the liquid surface E of the plating bath L again via the sinker roller 23, the Zn alloy melt adheres to the steel wire. Will do.

The second drum 25 is a coiled steel wire N that is pulled up from the plating bath L and solidified and plated with a Zn alloy melt on the surface of the steel wire M. The second guide 24 switches the traveling direction of the plated steel wire N that is pulled up from the plating bath L and travels in the vertical direction and guides it in the direction of the second drum 25.
The plated steel wire N pulled up from the plating bath L is cooled by the cooling device 80. The cooling device 80 may be either a known air-cooled type or a water-cooled type. In general, the air-cooled type has a less uneven thickness of the plating layer and has an excellent appearance and a plated steel wire having a high corrosion-resistant plating composition. So desirable. It is desirable to use a continuous multistage high performance plating air cooling apparatus (Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-342928) by the present inventor.

  The bathtub 30 holds the plating bath L in an internal space composed of a bottom surface and a side surface extending in the vertical direction from the periphery of the bottom surface. A support member 31 for supporting a gas throttle device 40 and a wave means 50 described later is installed on the upper opening surface of the bathtub 30.

As shown in the enlarged perspective view of FIG. 2, the gas throttle device 40 includes a gas flow pipe 41, an outer cylinder portion 42, an inner cylinder portion 43, a top plate portion 44, and a vibration device 49. Composed.
The gas flow pipe 41 allows the introduced gas G to flow from one end to the other end. The introduced gas G may be an inert gas such as N ₂ gas or Ar gas, or other reactive gas may be used depending on the type of the plated steel wire N.
The other end of the gas flow pipe 41 is connected to the outer side of the outer cylinder part 42 and opens to the inner side. The lower end of the outer cylinder portion 42 is configured to be in contact with the liquid surface of the plating bath L or slightly immersed.
The inner cylinder portion 43 is disposed concentrically with the outer cylinder portion 42 so that the plated steel wire N pulled up from the plating bath L passes through the inner space thereof, and the lower end thereof is on the liquid surface of the plating bath L. It is configured not to touch.
The top plate portion 44 is configured to connect the upper end of the outer cylinder portion 42 and the upper end of the inner cylinder portion 43 so that there is no gap. Thereby, the local space region K where the plated steel wire N is pulled up by the inner surface of the top plate portion 44, the inner surface of the inner tube portion 43, and the liquid surface of the plating bath L is made a locally closed region. Yes.

By configuring the gas throttle device 40 in this way, the introduced gas G introduced from one end of the gas flow pipe 41 is guided to the inside of the outer cylinder portion 42, and the top plate portion 44 and the inner cylinder portion 43 and the liquid level of the plating bath L fill the local space region K, and the inside of the inner cylindrical portion 43 is blown through in the longitudinal direction of the steel wire M. In this way, the gas constricting device 40 uses the introduced gas G to locally form the bath surface rising portion of the plated steel wire N through the local space region K that passes immediately after the steel wire M is pulled up from the liquid surface of the plating bath L. The atmosphere is adjusted by purging air to prevent the rising bath surface from being oxidized.
In this way, when the steel wire M to which the molten material of the plating material (Zn alloy) is attached passes through the local space region K whose atmosphere is adjusted by the introduced gas G, the surface is prevented from being oxidized and tempered to start its appearance. The quality of the plated layer is improved.

By the way, the gas throttling device 40 has a configuration in which the outer cylinder portion 42 surrounds the local region of the liquid surface of the plating bath L, and the floating dross easily accumulates therein. In this way, the accumulated floating dross causes the quality of the plated steel wire N to be removed by scraping the molten Zn alloy adhering to the surface of the plated steel wire N to be pulled up or causing a rough or bumpy appearance defect. There is a problem that lowers. However, since floating dross does not accumulate inside the gas throttle device 40 due to the action of the vibration device 49 and the wave means 50 described later, the problem of reducing the quality of the plated steel wire N is solved.
Further, since the gas throttle device 40 shuts out the floating dross floating on the surface of the plating bath L and does not enter the inside of the outer cylinder portion 42, the floating dross floating on the surface is prevented from approaching the steel wire M. Also effective.

  The vibration device 49 vibrates the gas throttle device 40. As a result, the vibration device 49 peels off the molten metal component and the floating dross S adhering to the inside of the gas throttle device 40 to prevent the adhesion to the gas throttle device 40, and the plating bath L that is waved by the wave means 50 described later. It is possible to dissolve the floating dross deposited by causing the bath surface in the gas throttling device 40 to wave by interacting with the liquid surface. Furthermore, the action of the molten metal component and the floating dross S adhered to the gas throttle device 40 is dissolved in the plating bath L is promoted.

Returning to FIG. 1, the description will be continued.
The wave means 50 (50a, 50b) includes a motor 51, a rotating shaft 52, and a rotating body 53 (53a, 53b). In the plan view shown in FIG. 1 (b), the wave means 50 includes a plurality of areas R that oscillate from the rotation center of the rotating body 53 occupy at least half of the work area of the liquid surface of the plating bath L. Has been placed. Here, the work area is an area in the bathtub 30 excluding a heating area in which a heat applying device 70 described later is arranged and heat is supplied.
The rotating shaft 52 is a rotation center axis of the rotating body 53 (53a, 53b) and transmits the power of the motor 51 to the rotating body 53.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the rotating body 53 includes a plurality of first rotating bodies 53a rotating in the surface layer region of the plating bath L and second rotating members 53b rotating in the deep layer region. It may be a wing (for example, wave means 50a in the figure) or a single wing of only the first rotating body 53a (for example, wave means 50b in the figure).

Constituting in this way, the wave means 50 can stir the plating bath L by the rotating body 53, and can generate waves on almost the entire work area of the plating bath L, particularly by the first rotating body 53a. In order to generate waves on the surface E of the plating bath L in this way, it is desirable that the first rotating body 53a is operated in the surface layer region within one third of the depth direction of the plating bath L.
Further, the second rotating body 53b operates in the middle part of the depth of the plating bath L and acts to cause convection in the entire plating bath L in which the molten Zn alloy flows in the vertical direction.
As a result, the entire liquid surface of the plating bath L oscillates and promotes the dissolution of the floating dross. Furthermore, even if the temperature of the plating bath L is set to a low temperature in the vicinity of the freezing point of the melt of the plating material, the Zn alloy melt is vibrated violently, so that solidification is suppressed.
Thereby, the temperature of the molten material of the plating material (Zn alloy) can be set to a low temperature at which it is solidified. For this reason, the steel wire M can be plated while the viscosity of the melt is high, and the plating layer attached to the steel wire M can be thickened. Moreover, it can respond to the hot dipping of a thicker steel wire.

  In the present embodiment, the wave means 50 has been described by way of example having the rotator 53. However, the wave means 50 is not limited to such a form, and may generate waves on the surface of the plating bath L. All are applicable. For example, it is also possible to apply a means such as a melt pump that operates to generate a wave on the surface of the plating bath L by sucking up the molten metal held in the bathtub 30 and discharging the molten metal above the bath surface. . The position where the melt pump is arranged is arranged so that a wave is generated at least at the position of the gas throttling device 40. More desirably, a plurality of molten metal pumps may be disposed as appropriate so as to generate waves over the entire work area of the bathtub 30.

The bullion dissolution accelerating device 60 (60a) replenishes the plating bath L by melting the bullion D of the plating material (Zn alloy) in the plating bath L. The bullion dissolution promoting device 60a is configured such that the internal flow of the plating bath L generated by the wave means 50a passes through the bullion dissolution promoting device 60a without receiving a large resistance as it is. Specifically, a structure in which a structure having a side surface and a bottom surface and an upper surface opened with a mesh sheet metal provided with a plurality of perforations is fixed to the inner surface of the bathtub 30 can be used.
By configuring the bullion dissolution promoting device 60a in this way, the bullion D of the plating material disposed on the inner side is exposed to the internal flow generated by the wave motion of the wave means 50 and gradually melts from the surface. I will do it. Moreover, since the metal melt | dissolution promotion apparatus 60a hold | maintains and melt | dissolves the metal D inside, the metal D which melt | dissolved and became small floats in the bathtub 30, and the steel wire M, the rotary body 53, Colliding with the gas throttle device 40 is prevented.

The heat application device 70 includes a heating element 71 and a fuel pipe 72 and controls the temperature of the plating bath L. The heating element 71 is immersed in the plating bath L and generates heat by burning the fuel transported from the fuel pipe 72.
The temperature of the plating bath L is one of the important factors that determine the thickness of the plating layer that adheres to the plated steel wire N.
In order to obtain a thick plating layer, it is desirable to lower the temperature of the plating bath L to increase the viscosity of the Zn alloy melt. However, if the temperature of the plating bath L is lowered too much, the melt is solidified and the smooth running of the steel wire M is hindered.

Therefore, the low temperature setting of the plating bath L that can avoid the solidification of the melt under the operating environment of the wave means 50 is in the range of plus 3 ° C. to minus 8 ° C. with respect to the liquidus temperature in each composition of the plating material (Zn alloy). It is desirable to set in
At a set temperature of minus 8 ° C or lower of the liquidus temperature, depending on the alloy composition of the plating material, the plating layer may not be uniform and the plating layer may be roughened, or the inside of the bath 30 (particularly the bath wall) and the gas throttle device In some cases, solidification starts. Further, when the liquidus temperature is set to a temperature of 3 ° C. or higher, the viscosity of the plating bath L is lowered, and a thick plating layer cannot be obtained.
Specifically, when a Zn-10 wt% Al alloy is studied, the solidification temperature of this composition is about 428 ° C. on the liquidus line of the equilibrium diagram, and thus an Al—Zn binary alloy of this composition is applied to the plating material. In this case, it is desirable that the temperature is in the range of 420 ° C to 431 ° C.

Next, the operation of the hot dipping apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1, and the hot dipping process method will be described.
First, by operating the wave means 50, the liquid surface portion of the plating bath L is waved, and the floating dross existing in the surface layer region is dissolved in the plating bath L. Furthermore, the liquid of the plating bath L in which the steel wire M is pulled up by oscillating the bath surface inside the gas throttle device 40 together with the wave means 50 by operating the vibration device 49 to vibrate the gas throttle device 40. Make sure there are no floating dross on the surface.
Further, the temperature of the plating bath L is set to a low temperature just before the plating material (Zn alloy) is solidified by the heat applying device 70 having a temperature control function, but this melt is solidified by the operation of the wave means 50. There is nothing. Further, since the melt is set at a low temperature, the viscosity is extremely high.

Next, the traveling device 20 is operated while the operation of the wave means 50 is continued, and the steel wire M is passed through the plating bath L. While passing through the plating bath L, an alloying reaction proceeds at the interface between the steel wire M and the Zn alloy melt. When the steel wire M passes through the plating bath L and is pulled up from the liquid surface, a Zn alloy melt adheres to the surface of the steel wire M. Since this Zn alloy melt is set at a low temperature and has a high viscosity, a thick plating layer adheres to the steel wire M.
Further, since the liquid surface portion of the plating bath L is waved by the operation of the wave means 50 and there is no floating dross in the vicinity of the gas throttle device 40, the Zn alloy melt adhering to the steel wire M is scraped off and the plating layer Will not be thin. And it does not adhere to the steel wire M, and does not generate a rough or bumpy appearance defect. Further, since the floating dross attached to the inner wall of the gas throttle device 40 is shaken off by the operation of the vibration exciting device 49, the floating dross does not adhere to the inside of the gas throttle device 40 and contact the unsolidified plating layer. .

  Then, the Zn alloy melt adhering to the surface of the steel wire M purges the air on the bath surface where the steel wire M rises through the local space region K whose atmosphere is locally adjusted by the gas throttle device 40. Further, when the steel wire M is pulled up, it is cooled by the operation of a cooling means (not shown), and the adhered Zn alloy melt is solidified to become a plated steel wire N having a plating layer, which is wound around the second drum 25. As a result, the plating process of the steel wire M is completed.

  By the way, since the plating bath L is set to a low temperature, the time required for the melt of the plating material pulled up from the liquid surface of the plating bath L to solidify is short. Therefore, since the process from the liquid level of the plating bath L to the second guide 24, which is not shown in FIG. 1A, can be shortened, the scale of the air-cooling equipment in the hot dipping process is reduced. be able to. Moreover, the plating of the large diameter steel wire M with a large heat capacity can be handled without increasing the scale of existing facilities.

(Second Embodiment)
Fig.3 (a) is a top view of the hot dipping processing apparatus 10 (10b) based on 2nd Embodiment, FIG.3 (b) is a bb longitudinal cross-sectional view of (a).
The hot dip treatment apparatus 10b according to the second embodiment is different from the bullion dissolution facilitating apparatus 60 (60b, 60c, 60d) except that it is configured to rotate itself or be integrated with wave means. Other configurations are the same as those of the hot dipping apparatus 10a already described in the first embodiment. For this reason, components other than the bullion dissolution promoting device 60 (60b, 60c, 60d) shown in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. In addition, the metal melt | dissolution promotion apparatus 60 (60b, 60c, 60d) in 2nd Embodiment also serves as the function as a wave means.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bullion dissolution facilitating device 60 (60b) includes a central shaft 61b and a casing 62b. The central shaft 61b is directly connected to the motor 51 and rotates around the shaft, thereby rotating the installed casings 62b (three in the figure). The casing 62b is composed of a bottom plate 63b with which the metal D inserted through the upper opening abuts, and a side plate 64b provided on three side surfaces.
Then, when this bullion dissolution accelerating device 60b is immersed in the plating bath L (see FIG. 3B) and rotated, a molten material of the plating material enters from the perforations 65b provided in the side plate 64b, and the bullion D And the consumption of the plating bath L can be replenished. Furthermore, since the rotating metal dissolution facilitating device 60b causes the plating bath L to wave, it also exhibits the effect of dissolving floating dross existing in the surface layer region.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bullion dissolution promoting device 60 (60c) includes a central shaft 61c and a casing 62c. The central shaft 61c is installed so as to pass through the center of the casing 62c, and is directly connected to the motor 51, and rotates the casing 62c around the central axis 61c.
The housing 62c is composed of a bottom plate 63c with which the metal D inserted through the upper opening abuts, and side plates 64c provided on the four side surfaces.
The side plate 64c is provided with a plurality of perforations 65c, and a wing plate 66c is erected from the side plate 64c at a part of the periphery of the perforations 65c.
When the metal melt facilitating device 60c configured as described above is immersed in the plating bath L (see FIG. 3B) and rotated, the molten material of the plating material (Zn alloy) is guided to the slats 66c and perforated. It can enter from 65c, the base metal D can be dissolved, and the consumption of the plating bath L can be replenished. Furthermore, since the rotating metal dissolution facilitating device 60c vibrates the plating bath L by the slats 66c, it also exerts an effect of dissolving floating dross existing in the surface layer region.

As shown in FIG. 6, the base metal dissolution promoting device 60 (60 d) includes a bottom plate 63 d, a cylindrical body 67, and a support body 68. And the metal melt | dissolution promotion apparatus 60d is arrange | positioned so that the rotating shaft 52d of the wave means 50d and the central axis of the metal melt | dissolution promotion apparatus 60d may correspond substantially.
The cylindrical body 67 is fixed by a support body 68 so that one opening faces upward so that the base metal D is inserted from above. The other opening of the cylindrical body 67 is provided with a bottom plate 63d so that the inserted metal D comes into contact therewith.
The bottom plate 63d is configured so that the base metal D does not fall in a lattice shape, and a rotating shaft 52d of the wave means 50d penetrates, and a rotating body (impeller) 53d rotates to generate a molten Zn alloy. It flows through the bottom plate 63d. Since this metal melting | dissolving acceleration | stimulation apparatus 60d has the highest melting | dissolving efficiency and has the principle with the above-mentioned molten metal pump, it is also possible to apply as the wave means 50 (refer FIG. 1).

Then, the melt flowing through the bottom plate 63d rises along the rotation shaft 52d inside the cylinder 67, and from the perforations 65d provided in the upper part and the center of the cylinder 67, Extruded outside. In this way, in the process in which the liquid flow of the melt rises inside the cylindrical body 67, the metal D is dissolved and the consumed amount of the plating bath L is replenished. Further, since the plating bath L is waved by the melt extruded from the perforations 65d to the outside of the cylindrical body 67, the effect of dissolving the floating dross existing in the surface layer region is also exhibited.
The support 68 supports the wave means 50d and the metal dissolution facilitating device 60d coaxially, and is fixed to the bathtub 30 (see FIG. 3).

  In the above description of the embodiment of the present invention, the hot dip treatment apparatus 10 is based on the one bath method, but the application of the present invention is not limited to such a method. A plurality of baths 30 having different component compositions of the plating bath L are arranged, the first bath is a Zn bath, the second bath is a Zn-Al or Zn-Al-Mn bath, and the steel wire M is sequentially passed. The present invention can be applied to any two-bath method.

As described above, the following effects can be obtained by the hot dipping apparatus and hot dipping method according to the present invention described based on the embodiments.
1. Since the surface layer region of the plating bath is waved over a wide area, the generation of floating dross can be suppressed and the generated floating dross can be re-dissolved in the plating bath. As a result, the molten material of the plating material that has passed through the plating bath and adhered to the surface of the wire is not scraped off, and the floating dross adheres to the steel wire and causes a rough or bumpy appearance defect. In addition, the quality of the plating layer is not deteriorated.
2. Since the viscosity of the melt can be increased by lowering the temperature of the plating bath, the amount of the Zn alloy plating layer deposited on the steel wire can be increased by about 50 to 100 g / m ² compared to the conventional case. Thus, by thickening the plating layer of the Zn-plated steel wire, it becomes possible to maintain the corrosion resistance of the Zn-plated steel wire over a long period of time.
3. Since the temperature of the plating bath can be lowered, it is possible to perform air-cooling plating of a large diameter wire having a large heat capacity, which has been difficult to plate in the existing state without expanding the air-cooling equipment. it can. According to this air cooling plating, the plating structure becomes a highly corrosion resistant structure, so that the corrosion resistance is improved.
4). Since the temperature of the plating bath can be lowered, the amount of fuel used can be reduced, which contributes to energy saving.
5). Even if the temperature of the plating bath is lowered, it is possible to accelerate the dissolution of the bullion of the plating material by adopting the bullion dissolution accelerating device including the rotating body, so that the consumed plating bath can be replenished quickly. it can. As a result, the temperature of the plating bath can be lowered.
6). Since the work to remove the floating dross outside the bath is reduced and the loss of the plating bath is reduced, the number of times that the metal is replenished to the plating bath is reduced, leading to cost reduction.

(Confirmation of the effect of lowering the plating bath temperature)
With respect to the basic conditions of steel wire diameter φ4.0 mm, travel speed 65 m / min, plating bath composition Zn-11 mass% Al-0.1% Mn, the set temperature of the plating bath is 445 ° C. (normal setting) and 425 The effect was confirmed by switching to ℃ (low temperature setting).
Here, in the plating bath set at a low temperature of 425 ° C., if the plating bath is not waved by using the wave means that is a constituent of the present invention, the solidification of the melt is partially caused by a part of the bathtub or the floating dross as a core. Admitted. However, when the plating bath set at a low temperature of 425 ° C. was waved by the wave means which is a constituent element of the present invention, the floating dross was eliminated and partial solidification of the melt was not recognized. That is, it can be said that a low temperature operation such as 425 ° C. in such a plating bath composition cannot be carried out without using the wave means to wave the plating bath.

Then, the average value of the coating weight of the plating layer of plated surface of steel wire, 733 g / m ² at a set temperature 445 ℃, 787g / m ^2, such result is obtained at a set temperature 425 ° C.. This makes it possible to operate the plating bath at a low temperature setting of 425 ° C., which is 20 ° C. lower than the normal setting temperature of 445 ° C. by causing the plating bath to vibrate, thereby reducing the adhesion amount of the plating layer to 54 g / m 2. ² It was confirmed that it was possible to increase.

Next, the steel wire was plated as a steel wire having a diameter of 5.0 mm, a traveling speed of 58 m / min, and the same conditions. Such places, the average value of the coating weight of the plating layer on the surface of the steel wire, and 773 g / m ² at ^{445 ℃ 718g / m 2, 425} ℃ in (normal setting) (low setting), the amount of deposition of the plating layer 55g / M ² was confirmed to increase.
Although detailed reports are omitted, adhesion of a plating layer of up to about 100 g / m ^{2 is} achieved by optimizing the traveling speed of the steel wire and optimizing the rotational speed of the wave means to lower the plating bath temperature. It was confirmed that the amount could be increased.

(Confirmation of the effect of accelerating the dissolution rate of the plating material using the metal dissolution accelerating device)
The bullion used is a Zn-Al binary alloy with a proportion of Al contained of 10, 20, and 30% by mass, having a width of 110 mm, a length of 440 mm, a thickness of 45 mm, and a mass of about 9 kg. . Incidentally, the eutectic point which is the lowest melting point in the Zn—Al binary alloy is 382 ° C. with a composition of Zn—5.0 mass% Al. Moreover, the thing of the form shown by FIG. 6 was used for the bullion dissolution promotion apparatus.

Then, the rotation speed of the metal melt accelerating device is set to 200 rpm, the set temperatures of the plating bath (composition is Zn-10 mass% Al) are set to 428 ° C. and 440 ° C. The time until the gold was completely dissolved was measured. The measurement results are shown in the table shown in FIG. In this table, the melting point in each composition of the metal is described. The bullion dissolves in the plating bath at a set temperature lower than the melting point in its composition because it is higher than the eutectic temperature (382 ° C.). It is because it is estimated that it will melt | dissolve by becoming a composition close | similar to a eutectic composition (Zn-5.0 mass% Al).
From the table | surface shown in FIG. 8, compared with the comparative example at the time of not operating a bullion melt | dissolution promotion apparatus, it was recognized that the melt | dissolution time of the Example when this is operated is shortened significantly.

(A) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the hot dipping processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention, FIG.1 (b) is a top view. It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the gas throttle apparatus which is a component of this invention. (A) is a top view of the hot dipping processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention, FIG.1 (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view. It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the bullion dissolution promotion apparatus which is a component of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the bullion dissolution promotion apparatus which is a component of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the bullion dissolution promotion apparatus which is a component of this invention. It is a table | surface which shows the effect of the bullion melt | dissolution acceleration | stimulation apparatus which is a component of this invention by comparing the result in the Example using this, and the comparative example of non-use.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 (10a, 10b) Hot dipping processing apparatus 20 Traveling apparatus 30 Bathtub 40 Gas throttling apparatus 49 Excitation apparatus 50 (50a, 50b, 50d) Wave means 52, 52d Rotating shaft 53 (53a, 53b, 53d) Rotating body 60 ( 60a, 60b, 60c, 60d) Ingot accelerating device 70 Heat applying device D Ingot E Liquid level of plating bath G Introduced gas K Local space region L Plating bath M Steel wire (elementary wire)

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In a hot dipping apparatus for plating a strand by passing the strand through a plating bath,
A tub for holding the plating bath;
Wave means for undulating the liquid surface of the plating bath;
And a gas throttle device installed at a location where the wave of the liquid surface where the wire is pulled up from the plating bath is applied.   2. The hot dipping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wave means includes a rotating body that rotates a surface layer region of the liquid surface.   The plurality of wave means are arranged so that a region of the plating bath that oscillates around the rotating body occupies half or more of a work area of the liquid surface. 2. The hot dipping apparatus according to 2.   The melting according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a metal dissolution accelerating device that holds the metal in the plating material in the plating bath and dissolves the metal in the plating bath. Plating equipment.   5. The hot dipping treatment apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the metal melting facilitating device rotates the metal held.   5. The hot dipping treatment apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the metal melt accelerating device includes a rotating body that is provided so that the plating bath flows and the flow hits the metal.   The hot dipping apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a vibration device that vibrates the gas throttling device.   The said strand is a steel wire, The said plating raw material is a Zn-Al binary alloy or a Zn-Al-Mn ternary alloy, The any one of Claims 1-7 characterized by the above-mentioned. Hot dipping processing equipment.   9. The temperature of the plating bath is set in a range of plus 3 ° C. to minus 8 ° C. with respect to the liquidus temperature in each composition of the plating material. The hot dip plating apparatus according to item. In the hot dipping process method of plating this strand by passing the strand through a plating bath,
While adjusting the local atmosphere by the introduced gas introduced into the local space region where the wire is pulled up from the liquid surface of the plating bath,
A hot dipping method, wherein hot dipping is performed while undulating at least a liquid surface portion of the plating bath where the wire is pulled up.   The hot-dip plating method according to claim 10, wherein the element wire is a steel wire, and the plating material is a Zn-Al binary alloy or a Zn-Al-Mn ternary alloy.

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