JPH04168257A - Continuous hot dipping bath - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively prevent the rolling up of dross due to a plating metal flow by opposing a baffle extending from the lower end of a snout toward a sank roll to a steel strip traveling line. CONSTITUTION:A baffle 28 extending from the lower end of a snout 18 toward a sink roll 7 is opposed to a steel strip traveling line at the part surrounded by a steel strip 8 and the sink roll 7 in a plating part 5. A plating metal entraining flow 29 is formed between the steel strip 8 and baffle 28 when the steel strip 8 is traveled. A part of the plating metal flow 12 is passed on both sides of the steel strip 8 by the action of the entraining flow 29 and introduced on the upper side of the steel strip 8 from its lower side. Consequently, a fresh plating metal free of the dross having a large grain diameter is always supplied to the part surrounded by the steel strip 8 and sink roll 7, and the deposition of dross on the steel strip 8 is obviated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a plating tank used in continuous hot-dip plating such as continuous hot-dip galvanizing.

[Conventional technology]

In continuous hot-dip coating equipment for steel strips, as shown in Figure 4,
The steel strip 21 is introduced into the plating tank 23 through the snout 27, and while passing through the tank, the steel strip surface is coated with hot-dip metal 2.
4 is attached. After passing through a sink roll 22 and a stabilizing roll 25, the steel strip 21 is vertically pulled up from the plating tank 23, and an air knife 26 wipes off excess plating metal to adjust the thickness of the hot-dip plating layer. The snout 27 connects the reduction furnace in the previous step and the plating tank 23, and prevents air from entering the reduction furnace from the outside. Additionally, conventional plating tanks generally have a box-like shape, with a horizontal bottom.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Such conventional continuous hot-dip plating baths have the following problems.

For example, in the case of hot-dip galvanizing, the dross (FeZnt) produced in the plating tank has a small particle size of several μm and floats in the tank at the beginning of its formation, but gradually grows to a size of several hundred μm. It's going to be. The dross that has grown in size in this way is deposited at the bottom of the tank, becoming so-called bottom dross. When the amount of bottom dross accumulated increases, it is rolled up by the plating metal accompaniment flow generated by the running of the steel strip, and this rolled-up bottom dross adheres to the surface of the steel strip, significantly degrading the surface quality of the hot-dip galvanized steel strip. let

Therefore, in order to prevent such problems from occurring,
It was necessary to switch to a plating tank filled with clean plating metal periodically (every week), and this changeover forced the line to stop for about 4 hours, and the line did not operate stably after restarting. There was a problem in that about 50 tons of defective products were produced by the time the product was sold.

In addition, the area surrounded by the steel strip and the sink roll has a problem in that the plating metal has poor circulation with the outside, and plating defects are likely to occur in this area due to large-sized dross.

The present invention was made to solve such conventional problems, and it allows dross to be effectively settled and removed, and
Continuous hot-dip plating with a structure that can effectively prevent dross from rolling up due to the plating metal flow, and can also effectively prevent the occurrence of plating defects due to dross in areas surrounded by steel strips and sink rolls. The purpose of this project is to provide a plating bath for commercial use.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve such an object, the plated cypress of the present invention has the following configuration.

The plating tank is divided into a plating section and a plating metal dissolving section by a plating metal rectifying structure provided inside the tank, and these plating section and plating metal dissolving section communicate with each other above and below the plating metal rectifying structure. ing.

A snout is arranged so that the steel strip to be plated enters the plating part from diagonally above the side of the plating metal melting part, and a sink roll is arranged inside the plating part, and the bottom surface of the plating part is placed in the direction of the plating metal melting part. slanted downward.

The plated metal rectifying structure has an inclined surface facing the sink roll and the plated steel strip passing line above the sink roll at an appropriate interval.

Further, in a portion surrounded by the steel strip and the sink roll in the plating section, a baffle is provided so as to face the steel strip passing line from the lower end of the snout toward the sink roll.

In a more preferable structure compared to the basic structure described above, the plated metal rectifying structure has a first surface portion facing the plated metal melting section, a sink roll and a plated steel strip passing line above the sink roll. It has an opposing inclined second surface portion and a third surface portion facing the bottom surface of the plating portion.

The first surface portion is configured to be a vertical surface, a concave curved surface, or a surface whose lower side is inclined or curved toward the plating portion side.

Further, the second surface portion is parallel to the threading line of the steel strip to be plated, or the distance between the second surface portion and the threading line of the steel strip to be plated on the lower side facing the sink roll is such that the second surface portion is parallel to the threading line of the steel strip to be plated on the upper side. It is configured to be narrower than the interval with the belt threading line.

Furthermore, the third surface portion is parallel to the bottom surface of the plating portion, or is configured such that the distance from the bottom surface is wider on the plating metal melting portion side than on the plating portion side.

Further, the second surface portion may have a structure in which a lower portion thereof extends below the sink roll, and a distance between the second surface portion and the steel strip threading line is the narrowest at the extending portion. I can do it.

Further, a heating device for hot-dip plating metal can be disposed above the plating metal melting section.

[Effect]

The plating tank of the present invention is divided into a plating section where the plating process is performed inside the tank by the plating metal rectifying structure, and a plating metal melting section (hereinafter simply referred to as "melting section") that melts the plating metal. Between the plating section and the melting section, the plating metal flows through communication sections above and below the plating metal rectifying structure. Inside the plating section, a stabilizing roll is provided above the sink roll.

When an accompanying flow of plated metal is generated by the steel strip to be plated that has entered the plated section, the plated metal enters the plated section from the upper side of the melted section through the communication section above the plated metal rectifying structure, and flows to the bottom of the snout → The flow flows between the surface of the plated metal rectifying structure and the steel strip to be plated → below the sink roll → below the stabilizing roll → to the plating bath surface, and then descends along the wall surface of the plating section, and then slopes downward. It flows along the bottom surface of the part and flows to the melting part through the communication part.

Here, among the passages in the plating part through which the plated metal flows as described above, in particular, the cross section of the passage between the plated steel strip passing line and the face of the plated metal rectifying structure facing thereto is The flow rate of the plated metal in the plated area is restricted, and as a result, the linear flow velocity of the plated metal in the melted area (the rate of rise of the plated metal) is equal to the flow rate in the plated area. It is extremely slow compared to .

Dross is generated by the reaction between the steel strip to be plated and molten metal, but in the case of galvanizing, the ζ phase (FeZn), which has poor adhesion to the steel strip, peels off from the steel strip due to the reaction between iron and zinc. However, the dross thus generated grows while changing into a thermodynamically stable δ phase (FeZn). Dross in the size of several μm floats in the plating bath, but even if such fine dross is incorporated into the plating film, it does not become a dross defect because it is at the same level as the plating film thickness (4 to 30 μ+s). On the other hand, when the dross grows to several tens of micrometers to several hundred micrometers, the sedimentation speed increases, and the dross is deposited at the bottom of the dissolving part, becoming so-called bottom dross and not floating. As described above, in the plating tank of the present invention, the linear flow velocity of the plated metal in the melting zone is extremely slow compared to the flow velocity in the plating zone, so that the plating metal entering the melting zone from the plating zone contains Dross with a large particle size is effectively settled and removed at the bottom of the tank (bottom of the melting section), and since the flow rate of the plated metal entering the melting section is extremely slow, the settled dross is not rolled up by the flow of the plated metal. effectively prevented.

On the other hand, a baffle is installed in the area surrounded by the steel strip and the sink roll in the plating section, and when an accompanying flow of plating metal is formed between the steel strip and the baffle as the steel strip runs, it will cause the plating metal to flow from the melting section side. The inflowing clean plated metal (plated metal that does not contain large particle size dross) flows from the lower side of the steel strip to the upper side through the rain side of the steel strip. As a result, the plated metal in the area surrounded by the steel strip and the sink roll is constantly renewed with fresh plated metal, and adhesion of large-grained dross to the steel strip is suppressed.

The first surface portion of the plated metal rectifying structure is preferably configured to be a vertical surface or a concave curved surface, or a surface whose lower side is inclined or curved toward the plating portion. This is to make the cross section as large as possible and to reduce the linear flow velocity inside it.

Further, the second surface portion is parallel to the threading line of the steel strip to be plated, or the distance between the second surface portion and the threading line of the steel strip to be plated on the lower side facing the sink roll is such that the second surface portion is parallel to the threading line of the steel strip to be plated on the upper side. It is preferable that the spacing between the steel strip threading line on the upper side of the second surface part is narrower than the spacing between the steel strip threading line and the strip threading line. , the linear flow velocity of the plated metal on the upper side increases,
This is because the dross floating on the bath surface gets caught up in it.

Further, it is preferable that the third surface part is parallel to the bottom surface of the plating part or configured such that the distance from the bottom face is wider on the melting part side than on the plating part side. If the distance between the melting part side part of the third surface and the bottom of the plating part is narrower than the plating part side part, the linear flow velocity of the plated metal at the entrance side of the melting part will increase, and the dross that has settled at the bottom of the melting part will be rolled up. This is because

Further, when the lower part of the second surface part is extended below the sink roll, and the interval between the second surface part and the steel strip threading line is narrowest at this extension part,
The flow of the accompanying flow of the plated metal due to the steel strip passing through the plate becomes smoother, and in addition, the flow rate of the plated metal in the plated area is more restricted, and as a result, the rate of rise of the plated metal in the melting area becomes slower. , floating dross in the melting section is more effectively settled and removed.

In addition, in a structure in which a heating device for the plated metal is placed above the melting section, the plated metal rising in the melting section is heated by the heating device, and as a result, a dissolution reaction occurs in the small-sized dross in the plated metal. As a result, the dross particle size becomes smaller and reaches a particle size level at which dross defects are less likely to occur.

The growth of dross is largely influenced by changes in the temperature of the plating metal in the plating bath, and the following reactions can be considered.

・Dissolution of iron into the plating metal (when the temperature changes to the high temperature side) ・Growth of dross (when the temperature changes to the low temperature side) (3
) Fe+7Zn-+FeZ lower ・-- Decrease in the solubility of iron (4) FeZn, ,-+FeZn, +6Zn Therefore, the low temperature caused by the zinc ingot being melted (
The temperature at the bottom of the melting zone is lower than the plating metal temperature (about 460℃) due to the zinc temperature (nearly 420℃), and
) or (4) progresses, and as the iron solubility in the plating metal decreases, dross grows, and such dross settles to the bottom of the melting zone.

Then, the plated metal whose iron solubility has decreased flows from the bottom to the top of the melting section and is reheated (about 460°C) by the heating device installed at the top of the melting section. As the reaction of formula (2) progresses, the floating dross contained in the plating metal is dissolved, and the particle size of the floating dross becomes smaller. Since such cycles occur continuously, the particle size of the dross incorporated into the plating film becomes approximately several μm, and dross defects in the plating film no longer occur.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show one embodiment of the present invention.

A plating metal rectifying structure 4 is provided in the plating tank 1,
Inside the tank, the plating section 5 is controlled by the plating metal rectifying structure 4.
and a melting section 6.

The plating portion 5 and the melting portion 6 are in communication 2.3 above and below the plated metal rectifying structure 4.

A snout 18 is arranged above the plating tank 1 so that the steel strip to be plated enters the plating part 5 from diagonally above the plating metal melting part 6 side, and a sink roll 7 is arranged in the plating part 5. has been done.

Further, the bottom surface 1o of the plating section 5 is inclined downward in the direction of the dissolving section 6. If the slope of the bottom surface 10 is too small, bottom dross will accumulate, while if it is too large, the volume of the plating tank will become larger than necessary, which is not economical. For this reason, the above-mentioned slope is preferably about 30 to 45 degrees.

The plating metal rectifying structure 4 is provided across the width direction of the plating tank, and has a first surface portion 4 facing the melting section 6.
1, and an inclined second surface portion 4 facing the sink roll 7 and the plated steel strip passing line above the sink roll 7 at an appropriate interval.
2, and a third portion facing the inclined bottom surface 10 of the plating portion.
It has a surface portion 43 of.

The first surface portion 41 has a configuration in which the upper side is a substantially vertical surface and the lower side is curved toward the plating portion 5 side. In addition, this first surface part 41 may have a structure that does not extend over the melting part 6 side in order to make the flow passage cross section of the melting part 6 as large as possible and to reduce the linear flow velocity therein. Therefore, for example, the entire structure may be a vertical surface or a concave curved surface, or the lower side may be inclined toward the plating portion S side.

The second surface portion 42 is formed of the sink roll 7 and the covering above it so that the cross section of the passage of the plated metal formed between the plated metal and the steel strip through which the plate is passed is sufficiently smaller than the flow path cross section of the melting section 6. It faces the plated steel strip threading line at an appropriate interval. Moreover, the distance between this surface portion 42 and the plated steel strip passing line on the lower side facing the sink roll 7 is as follows.
It is configured to be narrower than the distance from the plated steel strip passing line on the upper side. If the interval between the upper part of the second surface part 42 and the steel strip threading line is narrower than that of the lower part, the linear flow velocity of the plated metal in the upper part will be higher, and the dross 19 floating on the bath surface will be drawn in. To put it away,
Undesirable. Therefore, this second surface portion 42 can also be made parallel to the threading line of the steel strip to be plated.

Further, the third surface portion 43 is formed on the bottom surface 1 of the plating portion.
It is configured almost parallel to 0. If the distance between the third surface section 43 and the bottom surface 10 is narrower on the melting section 6 side than on the plating section 5 side, the linear flow velocity of the plated metal on the entrance side of the melting section 6 will increase, and the The dross that has settled on the bottom surface 15 is rolled up.

Therefore, this third surface portion 43 corresponds to the bottom surface 1 of the plating portion.
0 can be configured so that the distance from the melting part 6 is wider on the melting part 6 side than on the plating part 5 side. By doing so, the linear flow velocity of the plated metal on the entrance side of the melting part 6 is reduced, and the above-mentioned It is possible to more reliably prevent dross from rolling up.

A baffle 28 is provided in a portion surrounded by the steel strip 8 and the sink roll 7 in the plating section 5 so as to face the steel strip threading line from the lower end of the snout 18 toward the sink roll 7. ing. In this embodiment, this baffle 28 is provided across the entire width of the plating section 5 in parallel to the steel strip threading line.

Additionally, a heating device 17 (
For example, an induction heater, etc.) is arranged.

On the map, 9 is the stabilizing roll, 1 is the stabilizing roll,
6 is the plating base metal to be melted.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which the lower part of the second surface portion 42 of the plated metal rectifying structure 4 is connected to a sink roll 7.
The structure is such that the distance between the second surface portion 42 and the steel strip threading line is narrowest at the extending portion 20.

The distance between the extending portion 20 and the sink roll 7 is equal to the distance between the dissolving portion 6 and the sink roll 7.
In order to ensure sedimentation separation of floating dross,
001 m or less, more preferably 100 mm or less.

Note that the other configurations are the same as the embodiment shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the operation of the plating tank shown in the above embodiment will be explained.

The steel strip 8 guided into the plating tank 1 has plated metal adhered to both sides in the plating section 5, passes through a sink roll 7 and a stabilizing roll 9, and is pulled up in the vertical direction.

In the case of hot dip galvanizing, the iron of the steel strip 8 and the hot dip zinc react in the plating section 5, and floating dross (Ferno) is generated. Initially, this dross has a particle size of several micrometers.
Although the size is small, the phase change (FeZ
ni, -+FeZn,). When the particle size reaches several tens to several hundreds of micrometers, the particles settle to the bottom of the tank and become bottom dross.

When an accompanying flow of plated metal is generated by the steel strip 8 that has entered the plated part 5, the plated metal enters the plated part 5 from the upper side of the melted part 6 through the communication part 3 above the plated metal rectification structure 4, As shown by arrows 12.11.14 in the figure,
The flow flows from the lower side of the snout 18 → between the second surface portion 42 of the plated metal rectifying structure and the steel strip 8 → below the sink roll 7 → below the stabilizing roll 9 → to the plating bath surface, and then flows to the plating bath surface 13 The flow then flows along the downwardly inclined bottom surface 1o of the plating section, and further passes between the third surface section 43 of the plating metal rectifying structure and the bottom surface 10 of the plating section from the communication section 2 to the melting section. Flows to 6.

As the plated metal flows from the melting section 6 to the communication section 3 to the plating section 5 to the communication section 2, floating dross accumulates in the accompanying flow of the plating metal in the plating section 5. The plated metal is the wall surface 13 of the plating section 5, the bottom surface 10, and the bottom surface 1 of the melting section.
In the melting section 6, the plating metal at a low temperature of around 420° C. flows into the bottom 15 of the melting section in order to melt the plating base metal 16 and replenish the plating metal. As a result, dross growth is promoted. When the descending flow 14 of the plated metal reaches the melting section 6, the dross with a large particle size that has grown at the bottom of the melting section 6 settles and is separated from the plated metal.

Here, the plated metal rectifying structure 4 in the plated part 5
Since the passage cross section of the plated metal between the second surface part 42 and the steel strip 8 is sufficiently smaller than the flow passage cross section of the melting part 6, the flow rate of the plated metal in the plated part 5 is restricted, and as a result, The linear flow velocity of the plated metal in the melting section 6 (the rate of rise of the plated metal) is extremely slow compared to the flow velocity in the plating section 5. Therefore, dross having a relatively large particle size contained in the plating metal that enters the melting section 6 from the plating section 5 is effectively settled and removed at the bottom of the tank (bottom of the melting section). Furthermore, since the flow rate of the plated metal entering the melting section 6 becomes extremely slow, the rolling up of settled dross due to the flow of the plated metal is effectively prevented.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the plated metal that has been cooled as described above and from which dross with a large particle size has been sedimented and separated rises through the melting section 6 and is heated to a predetermined plating temperature, for example, about 460° C., by a heating device 17. heated. As a result, a dissolution reaction occurs in the small-particle suspended dross in the plated metal that has ascended through the melting section 6, and the dross particle size becomes even smaller, making it more difficult for dross defects to occur. The plating metal containing the dross whose particle size has been reduced in this way flows through the communication section 3 and flows into the plating section 5 again.

On the other hand, as the steel strip 8 travels, an accompanying flow 29 of plated metal is formed between the steel strip 8 and the baffle 28, and due to the action of this accompanying flow, a part of the plated metal flow 12 flows on both sides of the steel strip 8. It flows through the steel strip 8 from the lower side to the upper side. As a result, fresh plating metal that does not contain large-grain dross is constantly supplied to the area surrounded by the steel strip 8 and the sink roll 7, and the adhesion of large-grain dross to the steel strip is effectively suppressed. Ru.

Further, in a plating tank having a structure in which the lower part of the second surface part 42 extends 2o below the sink roll, as in the embodiment shown in FIG. In addition, the flow rate of the plated metal in the plated section is more restricted, and as a result, the rising speed of the plated metal in the melting section 6 becomes slower, and the settling and removal of floating dross in the melting section 6 becomes more effective. It is carried out according to

In addition, in the figure, 19 is Fe2A 1. produced by the reaction of dross and Al in the plating bath. It is a top dross containing Zn○ produced by the oxidation of zinc.

Using a continuous hot-dip galvanizing bath with a structure as shown in FIG. 1 in which the slope of the bottom surface 1o of the plating section 5 is 30°, continuous plating of the steel strip is carried out at a line speed of 50 to 170 m/min. When inspected, it was found that a high-quality hot-dip galvanized steel strip with no dross defects was obtained, and the plating adhesion was also stable.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention described above, it is possible to effectively separate and remove dross in hot-dipped metal that causes dross defects, and to appropriately prevent dross from being rolled up by the plating metal flow. The defect-prone areas surrounded by steel strips and sink rolls can be constantly filled with fresh plated metal free of large-grain dross.

These prevent plating defects due to dross adhesion,
Furthermore, it is possible to produce a hot-dip plated steel sheet with excellent plating adhesion.

Moreover, especially according to the configurations of claims (2) and (3) of the present application, by regulating the flow of the plating metal in the plating part, it is possible to more appropriately perform sedimentation and separation of dross in the dissolving part.

Furthermore, according to the structure of claim (4) of the present application, the particle size of the dross flowing into the plating portion can be reduced, and the occurrence of plating defects can be more reliably prevented.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram as seen from the side, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram as seen from the top. FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and is an explanatory side view. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional plating tank for continuous hot-dip plating. In the figure, 1 is a plating tank, 2.3 is a communication part, 4 is a plating metal rectifying structure, 5 is a plating part, 6 is a melting part, 7 is a sink roll, 1o is a bottom, 17 is a heating device, and 20 is an extension The exit part, 28 is a baffle, and 41°42.43 is a surface part. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 1″5 Figure 4

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A plating tank is partitioned into a plating section and a plating metal melting section that communicate above and below the plating metal rectification structure by a plating metal rectification structure provided therein,
A snout is arranged so that the steel strip to be plated enters the plating part from diagonally above the side of the plating metal melting part, and a sink roll is arranged in the plating part, and the bottom surface of the plating part slopes downward toward the plating metal melting part. and the plated metal rectifying structure has a sink roll and an inclined surface part facing the plated steel strip passing line above the sink roll at an appropriate interval, and a part surrounded by the steel strip and the sink roll in the plating part. In the plating tank for continuous hot-dip plating, a baffle is provided so as to face the steel strip passing line from the lower end of the snout toward the sink roll direction. (2) The plated metal rectifying structure has a first surface facing the plated metal melting section, and an inclined second surface facing the sink roll and the plated steel strip passing line above the sink roll at an appropriate interval. , a third surface facing the bottom surface of the plating section, the first surface being a vertical surface or a concave curved surface, or a surface whose lower side is inclined or curved toward the plating section; The second surface part is parallel to the passing line of the plated steel strip, or the interval between the passing line of the plated steel strip on the lower side facing the sink roll is the same as the passing line of the plated steel strip on the upper side. The third surface is parallel to the bottom surface of the plating section, or the third surface section is configured such that the distance from the bottom surface is wider on the plating metal melting section side than on the plating section side. The plating tank for continuous hot-dip plating according to claim (1), which is configured as follows. (3) The lower part of the second surface of the plated metal rectifying structure extends below the sink roll, and the distance between the second surface and the steel strip threading line is configured to be the narrowest at the extending portion. The plating tank for continuous hot-dip plating according to claim (1) or (2). (4) The plating tank for continuous hot-dip plating according to claim (1), (2) or (3), wherein a heating device for hot-dip plating metal is disposed above the plating metal melting section.