US20180112305A1 - Method for Coating a Substrate and Metal Alloy Vacuum Deposition Facility - Google Patents

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US20180112305A1 US15/851,154 US201715851154A US2018112305A1 US 20180112305 A1 US20180112305 A1 US 20180112305A1 US 201715851154 A US201715851154 A US 201715851154A US 2018112305 A1 US2018112305 A1 US 2018112305A1
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  • the present invention relates to a process for continuously coating a substrate and to a vacuum deposition facility for coatings formed from metal alloys, such as for example zinc-magnesium alloys, said process being more particularly suited for coating a steel strip, without in any way being limited thereto.
  • a vacuum evaporation process described in WO 02/06558 is known that consists in co-evaporating two elements in a chamber so as to mix the vapor of the two elements together before coating the substrate.
  • each of the constituent elements of the alloy may be deposited in succession on the substrate and then to carry out a diffusion heat treatment resulting in the formation of an alloyed layer having the most homogeneous composition possible.
  • zinc-magnesium coatings may be produced which may advantageously be used instead of coatings of pure zinc or other zinc alloys.
  • This successive deposition of each of the elements may in particular be carried out by vacuum co-evaporation of each element placed in a separate crucible, as described in EP 730 045, but also by vacuum deposition of an element on a strip precoated with another element by a conventional hot-dip process.
  • the subsequent diffusion heat treatment may prove to be complicated and expensive as it involves the use of large quantities of inerting gas in order to prevent any oxidation of the coating at high temperature during the heat treatment.
  • This heat treatment may also pose problems in the case of certain materials that are not compatible with an excessively large temperature rise. Mention may in particular be made of bake-hardening steel strip which contains large amounts of carbon in solid solution, which must not precipitate before the strip has been formed by the user of the material.
  • the diffusion treatment does admittedly allow the alloy to form, but it may also lead to the diffusion of elements from the substrate to the coating, thus contaminating the interface with the substrate.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to remedy the drawbacks of the processes and facilities of the prior art by providing a vacuum deposition facility for depositing coatings formed from metal alloys and a process for manufacturing a metal strip covered with a metal alloy layer, which allow simple industrial implementation, in few steps, but which also allow a coating of constant composition to be obtained, on various types of substrates.
  • the present invention provides a process for coating a substrate, whereby a metal alloy layer comprising at least two metallic elements is continuously deposited on said substrate by means of a vacuum deposition facility comprising a vapor jet coater for spraying the substrate, at a sonic velocity, with a vapor containing said at least two metallic elements in a constant and predetermined relative content, said vapor being obtained by evaporating a metal alloy bath containing said metallic elements in a predetermined initial content, said initial content of the bath being kept constant during the deposition.
  • the present invention also provides a vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing coatings formed from metal alloys comprising at least two metallic elements on a running substrate, comprising a vacuum deposition chamber and means for running the substrate through this chamber, the facility further comprising:
  • the facility according to the invention may also comprise the following variants, taken in isolation or in combination:
  • the present invention further provides an ingot based on zinc containing 30 to 55% magnesium by weight, preferably 30 to 50% magnesium by weight, and able to be used for implementing the process according to the invention or in a facility according to the invention.
  • the present invention includes depositing a metal alloy of given composition on a substrate by a sonic vapor jet coating process.
  • the vapor feeding the JVD (Jet Vapor Deposition) device comes from the direct vacuum evaporation of a bath of the alloy itself, the composition of the bath being kept constant over the course of time.
  • each of these two elements has a different vapor pressure.
  • the composition of the layer deposited will therefore not be the same as that of the ingot used as raw material for the evaporation.
  • FIG. 1 which shows the magnesium content in wt % in the coating plotted on the y-axis as a function of the magnesium content in wt % in the bath plotted on the x-axis, to obtain a magnesium content of 16% in the coating it is necessary to have 48% magnesium in the metal bath.
  • the composition of the alloy bath used for the evaporation and, in fact, the corresponding vapor flux will vary over the course of time, with in the case of zinc-magnesium a progressive enrichment with magnesium.
  • FIG. 1 shows the magnesium content in wt % in a ZnMg coating as a function of the magnesium content in wt % in the liquid metal bath before evaporation;
  • FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of a facility according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of a facility according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows the microstructure of a 5 ⁇ m coating of ZnMg alloy deposited on a cold-rolled low-carbon steel.
  • FIG. 2 shows a facility 1 comprising a vacuum deposition chamber 2 .
  • This chamber 2 is preferably kept at a pressure of between 10 ⁇ 8 and 10 ⁇ 4 bar, for example. It has an entry load-lock and a exit load-lock between which a substrate S, such as for example a steel strip, runs.
  • the substrate S may be made to run by any suitable means, depending on the nature and the shape of said substrate.
  • a rotary support roller on which a steel strip can bear may in particular be used.
  • a small extraction chamber 7 Placed opposite the face of the substrate S which has to be coated there is a small extraction chamber 7 provided with a narrow slot, the length of which is close to the width of the substrate to be coated.
  • This chamber may for example be made of graphite and may be mounted, directly or otherwise, on an evaporation crucible 3 that contains the liquid metal to be deposited on the substrate S.
  • the evaporation crucible 3 is continuously recharged with liquid metal via a pipe 4 connected to a melting furnace 5 which is placed beneath the extraction chamber 7 and is at atmospheric pressure.
  • An overflow pipe 6 also connects the evaporation crucible 3 directly to the recharging furnace 5 .
  • the elements 3 , 4 , 5 and 6 are heated to temperatures high enough for the metal vapor not to condense or the metal not to solidify on their respective walls.
  • the evaporation crucible 3 and the liquid metal recharging furnace 5 are advantageously provided with an induction heater 30 , 50 , respectively which has the advantage of making the stirring and the composition homogenization of the metal alloy bath easier.
  • the composition of the metal alloy that it is desired for deposition on the substrate is first determined. Then the composition of the bath for obtaining, in equilibrium with this bath, a vapor having the composition of the intended coating is determined. Ingots L of a metal alloy having this precise composition are produced, and are then introduced continuously into the recharging furnace 5 .
  • the evaporation crucible 3 and the pipe 6 are heated and then a vacuum is created in the evaporation crucible 3 .
  • the liquid metal contained in the recharging furnace 5 then fills the evaporation crucible 3 .
  • a constant level of liquid metal is maintained in the evaporation crucible 3 by adjusting the height between the evaporation crucible 3 and the recharging furnace 5 , or by activating a liquid metal pump P.
  • a circulating pump installed on the overflow 6 makes it possible to permanently replenish the liquid metal in the evaporation crucible 3 so as to minimize the accumulation of impurities which, after a certain time, would greatly reduce the rate of evaporation of the metal.
  • the bath is thus continuously replenished and therefore always has the required composition at any point, while still minimizing the amount of material needed to coat the substrate.
  • the evaporation crucible 3 is itself provided with heating means enabling the vapor to form and to feed a JVD coater including the extraction chamber 7 , which sprays a sonic vapor jet onto the running substrate S.
  • the sonic jet outlet orifice may have any suitable shape, such as a slot having dimensions that can be adjusted lengthwise and widthwise for example to accommodate the desired range of evaporation.
  • This process thus makes it possible for the width of the vapor outlet orifice to be easily adapted so as to maintain a sonic jet within a wide range of evaporated metal surface temperatures and therefore a wide range of evaporation rates.
  • the possibility of adapting its length to the width of the substrate to be coated makes it possible to minimize the loss of evaporated metal.
  • a facility 11 comprises a vacuum deposition chamber 12 similar to the chamber 2 .
  • An evaporation crucible 13 is placed under the vacuum chamber 12 and is connected via a pipe 14 thereto.
  • a recharging furnace 15 is placed alongside the evaporation crucible 13 , the two components sharing a common wall 16 pierced by a communication opening 19 placed below the level of the metal alloy bath but above the bottom of these components so as to prevent any impurities that settle at the bottom of the recharging furnace 15 from being introduced into the evaporation crucible 13 .
  • the evaporation crucible 13 is moreover placed in a confined chamber 18 , placed outside the vacuum chamber 12 .
  • the pipe 14 feeds a JVD coater 17 , similar to the coater 7 .
  • the composition of the coating which it is desired to obtain on the substrate is first determined and then deduced from this is the composition of the metal bath that has to be present in the evaporation crucible 13 , and therefore the composition of the metal ingots L with which the recharging furnace 15 has to be fed.
  • the ingots are placed in the recharging furnace 15 , which is provided with an induction heating system. As they melt, the metal alloy passes from the recharging furnace 15 to the evaporation crucible 13 via the opening 19 .
  • the evaporation crucible 13 is itself provided with an induction heating system that enables a metal alloy vapor having the required composition to be generated. This vapor is then conveyed to the JVD coater 17 via the pipe 14 , which is advantageously provided with a valve V for regulating the vapor flow rate.
  • the process according to the invention applies more particularly, but not solely, to the treatment of metal strips, whether precoated or bare.
  • the process according to the invention may be employed for any coated or uncoated substrate, such as for example aluminum strip, glass strip or ceramic strip.
  • the process will more particularly be applied to substrates liable to suffer a deterioration in their properties during a diffusion heat treatment, such as bake-hardening steel strip that contains large amounts of carbon in solid solution, which must not precipitate before the steel has been formed by drawing or any other suitable process.
  • a diffusion heat treatment such as bake-hardening steel strip that contains large amounts of carbon in solid solution, which must not precipitate before the steel has been formed by drawing or any other suitable process.
  • a further object of the present invention includes obtaining zinc-magnesium coatings.
  • the process is not limited to these coatings, but preferably encompasses any coating based on a metal alloy the elements of which have evaporation temperatures not differing by more than 100° C., as controlling their respective relative content is then facilitated.
  • coatings made of zinc and other elements such as chromium, nickel, titanium, manganese and aluminum.
  • the process and the facility according to the invention are more particularly intended for the deposition of binary metal alloys
  • the process and facility can be adapted to the deposition of ternary metal alloys, such as Zn—Mg—Al, or even the deposition of quaternary alloys, such as for example Zn—Mg—Al—Si.
  • the thickness of the coating will preferably be between 0.1 and 20 ⁇ m. This is because below 0.1 ⁇ m, there would be a risk that the corrosion protection of the substrate would be insufficient.
  • the coating thickness does not exceed 20 ⁇ m as it is unnecessary to go beyond this thickness in order to have a level of corrosion resistance which is required, in particular, in the automotive or construction field. In general, the thickness may be limited to 5 ⁇ m, for example, for automotive applications.
  • deposition by this process advantageously achieves a high deposition rate of 5 ⁇ m ZnMg alloy coating that can be deposited on a line running at 10 m/min, with a material yield greater than 98% thanks to the targeted orientation of the jet.
  • FIG. 4 thus shows the microstructure of a 5 ⁇ m ZnMg alloy coating deposited on a cold-rolled low-carbon steel.

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A vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing coatings formed from metal alloys having at least two metallic elements on a running substrate is provided. The vacuum deposition facility includes a vacuum deposition chamber, a substrate running through the vacuum deposition chamber and an evaporation crucible inside the vacuum deposition chamber. The evaporation crucible includes a heater and a bath of molten metal alloy which has at least two metallic elements in a predetermined and constant ratio. The evaporation crucible evaporates the molten metal alloy into a vapor. The vacuum deposition facility also includes a coater inside the vacuum deposition chamber and connected to the evaporation crucible. The coater sprays a face of the running substrate with the vapor at a sonic velocity in order to deposit a coating on the running substrate. The vapor includes the at least two metallic elements in the predetermined and constant ratio.

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    CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/870,351 filed on Apr. 25, 2013 which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/532,043 filed Dec. 31, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,481,120, the entire disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
  • The present invention relates to a process for continuously coating a substrate and to a vacuum deposition facility for coatings formed from metal alloys, such as for example zinc-magnesium alloys, said process being more particularly suited for coating a steel strip, without in any way being limited thereto.
    • BACKGROUND
  • Various processes for depositing metal coatings composed of alloys on a substrate, such as a steel strip, are known. Among these, mention may be made of hot-dip coating, electrodeposition and also the various vacuum deposition processes, such as vacuum evaporation and magnetron sputtering.
  • Thus, a vacuum evaporation process, described in WO 02/06558 is known that consists in co-evaporating two elements in a chamber so as to mix the vapor of the two elements together before coating the substrate.
  • However, industrial implementation of this process is difficult and is not conceivable for production that must guarantee a stable coating composition over long substrate lengths.
  • It is also possible for a layer of each of the constituent elements of the alloy to be deposited in succession on the substrate and then to carry out a diffusion heat treatment resulting in the formation of an alloyed layer having the most homogeneous composition possible. Thus, in particular zinc-magnesium coatings may be produced which may advantageously be used instead of coatings of pure zinc or other zinc alloys.
  • This successive deposition of each of the elements may in particular be carried out by vacuum co-evaporation of each element placed in a separate crucible, as described in EP 730 045, but also by vacuum deposition of an element on a strip precoated with another element by a conventional hot-dip process.
  • However, the subsequent diffusion heat treatment may prove to be complicated and expensive as it involves the use of large quantities of inerting gas in order to prevent any oxidation of the coating at high temperature during the heat treatment. Furthermore, to avoid any risk of oxidation between the magnesium coating and the start of the diffusion treatment, it is necessary to perform the two operations one immediately after the other, without exposing the strip to the open air.
  • This heat treatment may also pose problems in the case of certain materials that are not compatible with an excessively large temperature rise. Mention may in particular be made of bake-hardening steel strip which contains large amounts of carbon in solid solution, which must not precipitate before the strip has been formed by the user of the material.
  • Moreover, in this type of process, it is very tricky to obtain a coating of constant composition over a long substrate length as it is necessary for the thicknesses of each layer to be very precisely controlled over the course of time.
  • Finally, the diffusion treatment does admittedly allow the alloy to form, but it may also lead to the diffusion of elements from the substrate to the coating, thus contaminating the interface with the substrate.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to remedy the drawbacks of the processes and facilities of the prior art by providing a vacuum deposition facility for depositing coatings formed from metal alloys and a process for manufacturing a metal strip covered with a metal alloy layer, which allow simple industrial implementation, in few steps, but which also allow a coating of constant composition to be obtained, on various types of substrates.
  • The present invention provides a process for coating a substrate, whereby a metal alloy layer comprising at least two metallic elements is continuously deposited on said substrate by means of a vacuum deposition facility comprising a vapor jet coater for spraying the substrate, at a sonic velocity, with a vapor containing said at least two metallic elements in a constant and predetermined relative content, said vapor being obtained by evaporating a metal alloy bath containing said metallic elements in a predetermined initial content, said initial content of the bath being kept constant during the deposition.
  • The process according to the invention may also comprise various features, taken by themselves or in combination, as follows:
      • the metallic elements are zinc and magnesium;
      • the metal alloy layer contains no iron-zinc intermetallic phases;
      • the metal alloy layer predominantly consists of a Zn2Mg phase;
      • a layer of a zinc-based metal alloy having a predetermined magnesium content of between 4% and 20% by weight is continuously deposited on the substrate by evaporating a bath of a zinc-based metal alloy initially having a predetermined magnesium content of between 30% and 55% by weight of magnesium, the initial content being kept constant during the deposition;
      • a layer of a zinc-based metal alloy having a predetermined magnesium content of between 4% and 18% by weight is continuously deposited on the substrate by evaporating a bath of a zinc-based metal alloy initially having a predetermined magnesium content of between 30% and 50% by weight of magnesium, the initial content being kept constant during the deposition;
      • the metallic elements have evaporation temperatures differing by no more than 1 oooc at the selected evaporation pressure;
      • a metal alloy layer is deposited with a thickness of between 0.1 and 20 μm;
      • the substrate is a metal strip and preferably a steel strip;
      • the metal strip is made of a bake-hardening steel; and
      • the metal alloy layer consists predominantly of a Zn2Mg phase.
  • The present invention also provides a vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing coatings formed from metal alloys comprising at least two metallic elements on a running substrate, comprising a vacuum deposition chamber and means for running the substrate through this chamber, the facility further comprising:
      • a sonic vapor jet coater;
      • means for feeding said coater with vapor comprising said at least two metallic elements in a predetermined and constant ratio;
      • means for evaporating a bath of metal alloy comprising said metallic elements, which will feed said coater; and
      • means for adjusting the composition of the metal alloy bath, enabling it to be kept constant over the course of time.
  • The facility according to the invention may also comprise the following variants, taken in isolation or in combination:
      • the means for adjusting the composition of the metal alloy bath comprise means for feeding the evaporation means with a molten metal alloy of controlled composition;
      • the evaporation means consist of an evaporation crucible provided with heating means and said means for feeding said evaporation crucible with a molten metal alloy of controlled composition comprise a recharging furnace which is connected to metal ingot feed means and is provided with a heating system, said recharging furnace being connected to the evaporation crucible that it feeds;
      • the facility further includes means for continuously circulating the bath, in the form of a recirculation pipe connecting the evaporation crucible to the recharging furnace;
      • the evaporation crucible is placed in the vacuum chamber and the recharging furnace is placed outside the vacuum chamber;
      • the recharging furnace and the evaporation crucible are placed side by side and have a common wall pierced by at least one opening located beneath the level of the metal alloy bath but above the bottom of the furnace and of the crucible; and
      • the evaporation crucible is placed in a confined chamber and the recharging furnace is placed outside the confined chamber.
  • The present invention further provides an ingot based on zinc containing 30 to 55% magnesium by weight, preferably 30 to 50% magnesium by weight, and able to be used for implementing the process according to the invention or in a facility according to the invention.
  • The present invention includes depositing a metal alloy of given composition on a substrate by a sonic vapor jet coating process.
  • Owing to the pressure difference created between a closed evaporation crucible and the deposition chamber, it is possible to generate, through a narrow slot, a metal vapor jet of possibly sonic velocity, see for example, WO 97/47782, hereby incorporated by reference herein for a fuller description of the details of this type of device.
  • The vapor feeding the JVD (Jet Vapor Deposition) device comes from the direct vacuum evaporation of a bath of the alloy itself, the composition of the bath being kept constant over the course of time.
  • Now, taking the example of a zinc-based alloy containing magnesium, each of these two elements has a different vapor pressure. The composition of the layer deposited will therefore not be the same as that of the ingot used as raw material for the evaporation. Thus, as may be seen in FIG. 1, which shows the magnesium content in wt % in the coating plotted on the y-axis as a function of the magnesium content in wt % in the bath plotted on the x-axis, to obtain a magnesium content of 16% in the coating it is necessary to have 48% magnesium in the metal bath.
  • Because of this difference in the vapor pressures of the alloy elements, the composition of the alloy bath used for the evaporation and, in fact, the corresponding vapor flux will vary over the course of time, with in the case of zinc-magnesium a progressive enrichment with magnesium.
  • To keep the composition of the evaporation flux constant over the course of time, it is necessary to provide a device enabling the composition of the bath to be kept constant if it is desired to be able to deposit this type of coating in the context of industrial implementation.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent on reading the following detailed description given solely by way of example, with reference to the appended figures in which:
  • FIG. 1 shows the magnesium content in wt % in a ZnMg coating as a function of the magnesium content in wt % in the liquid metal bath before evaporation;
  • FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of a facility according to the invention;
  • FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of a facility according to the invention; and
  • FIG. 4 shows the microstructure of a 5 μm coating of ZnMg alloy deposited on a cold-rolled low-carbon steel.
    •  DETAILED DESCRIPTION
  • The description that follows will refer to a coating of a zinc alloy containing magnesium, but it is quite obvious that the facility according to the invention is not limited thereto and that it is possible to deposit many other coatings based on metal alloys.
  • A first embodiment of a facility according to the invention is shown more particularly in FIG. 2, which shows a facility 1 comprising a vacuum deposition chamber 2. This chamber 2 is preferably kept at a pressure of between 10−8 and 10−4 bar, for example. It has an entry load-lock and a exit load-lock between which a substrate S, such as for example a steel strip, runs.
  • The substrate S may be made to run by any suitable means, depending on the nature and the shape of said substrate. A rotary support roller on which a steel strip can bear may in particular be used.
  • Placed opposite the face of the substrate S which has to be coated there is a small extraction chamber 7 provided with a narrow slot, the length of which is close to the width of the substrate to be coated. This chamber may for example be made of graphite and may be mounted, directly or otherwise, on an evaporation crucible 3 that contains the liquid metal to be deposited on the substrate S. The evaporation crucible 3 is continuously recharged with liquid metal via a pipe 4 connected to a melting furnace 5 which is placed beneath the extraction chamber 7 and is at atmospheric pressure. An overflow pipe 6 also connects the evaporation crucible 3 directly to the recharging furnace 5. The elements 3, 4, 5 and 6 are heated to temperatures high enough for the metal vapor not to condense or the metal not to solidify on their respective walls.
  • The evaporation crucible 3 and the liquid metal recharging furnace 5 are advantageously provided with an induction heater 30, 50, respectively which has the advantage of making the stirring and the composition homogenization of the metal alloy bath easier.
  • When it is desired to operate the facility 1, the composition of the metal alloy that it is desired for deposition on the substrate is first determined. Then the composition of the bath for obtaining, in equilibrium with this bath, a vapor having the composition of the intended coating is determined. Ingots L of a metal alloy having this precise composition are produced, and are then introduced continuously into the recharging furnace 5.
  • Once the ingots L have melted, the evaporation crucible 3 and the pipe 6 are heated and then a vacuum is created in the evaporation crucible 3. The liquid metal contained in the recharging furnace 5 then fills the evaporation crucible 3. During the operation of the device, a constant level of liquid metal is maintained in the evaporation crucible 3 by adjusting the height between the evaporation crucible 3 and the recharging furnace 5, or by activating a liquid metal pump P. A circulating pump installed on the overflow 6 makes it possible to permanently replenish the liquid metal in the evaporation crucible 3 so as to minimize the accumulation of impurities which, after a certain time, would greatly reduce the rate of evaporation of the metal.
  • The bath is thus continuously replenished and therefore always has the required composition at any point, while still minimizing the amount of material needed to coat the substrate.
  • The evaporation crucible 3 is itself provided with heating means enabling the vapor to form and to feed a JVD coater including the extraction chamber 7, which sprays a sonic vapor jet onto the running substrate S.
  • Surprisingly, it has been found that spraying a sonic metal vapor jet onto a substrate makes it possible to obtain a coating of an AB alloy with nanoscale mixing of the elements A and B. This result is extremely important in terms of corrosion resistance as, in this case, no micro-cell can form on the surface of the AB alloy coating when this is in contact with liquid condensates.
  • The sonic jet outlet orifice may have any suitable shape, such as a slot having dimensions that can be adjusted lengthwise and widthwise for example to accommodate the desired range of evaporation. This process thus makes it possible for the width of the vapor outlet orifice to be easily adapted so as to maintain a sonic jet within a wide range of evaporated metal surface temperatures and therefore a wide range of evaporation rates. Furthermore, the possibility of adapting its length to the width of the substrate to be coated makes it possible to minimize the loss of evaporated metal.
  • In a second embodiment as shown in FIG. 3, a facility 11 comprises a vacuum deposition chamber 12 similar to the chamber 2. An evaporation crucible 13 is placed under the vacuum chamber 12 and is connected via a pipe 14 thereto.
  • A recharging furnace 15 is placed alongside the evaporation crucible 13, the two components sharing a common wall 16 pierced by a communication opening 19 placed below the level of the metal alloy bath but above the bottom of these components so as to prevent any impurities that settle at the bottom of the recharging furnace 15 from being introduced into the evaporation crucible 13.
  • The evaporation crucible 13 is moreover placed in a confined chamber 18, placed outside the vacuum chamber 12.
  • The pipe 14 feeds a JVD coater 17, similar to the coater 7.
  • In the same way as described above with respect to FIG. 2, the composition of the coating which it is desired to obtain on the substrate is first determined and then deduced from this is the composition of the metal bath that has to be present in the evaporation crucible 13, and therefore the composition of the metal ingots L with which the recharging furnace 15 has to be fed.
  • The ingots are placed in the recharging furnace 15, which is provided with an induction heating system. As they melt, the metal alloy passes from the recharging furnace 15 to the evaporation crucible 13 via the opening 19. The evaporation crucible 13 is itself provided with an induction heating system that enables a metal alloy vapor having the required composition to be generated. This vapor is then conveyed to the JVD coater 17 via the pipe 14, which is advantageously provided with a valve V for regulating the vapor flow rate.
  • By having a communication opening 19 between the recharging furnace 15 and the evaporation crucible 13 it is possible to feed the evaporation crucible 13 and provide a constant circulation between these two components, thereby ensuring that a constant composition is maintained at all points in the bath contained by the evaporation crucible 13.
  • The process according to the invention applies more particularly, but not solely, to the treatment of metal strips, whether precoated or bare. Of course, the process according to the invention may be employed for any coated or uncoated substrate, such as for example aluminum strip, glass strip or ceramic strip.
  • The process will more particularly be applied to substrates liable to suffer a deterioration in their properties during a diffusion heat treatment, such as bake-hardening steel strip that contains large amounts of carbon in solid solution, which must not precipitate before the steel has been formed by drawing or any other suitable process. By implementing the process according to the invention it thus makes it possible to make metal alloy deposition compatible with most metallurgies.
  • A further object of the present invention includes obtaining zinc-magnesium coatings. However, the process is not limited to these coatings, but preferably encompasses any coating based on a metal alloy the elements of which have evaporation temperatures not differing by more than 100° C., as controlling their respective relative content is then facilitated.
  • For example, mention may thus be made of coatings made of zinc and other elements, such as chromium, nickel, titanium, manganese and aluminum.
  • Moreover, although the process and the facility according to the invention are more particularly intended for the deposition of binary metal alloys, the process and facility can be adapted to the deposition of ternary metal alloys, such as Zn—Mg—Al, or even the deposition of quaternary alloys, such as for example Zn—Mg—Al—Si.
  • In the case of zinc-magnesium deposition, the thickness of the coating will preferably be between 0.1 and 20 μm. This is because below 0.1 μm, there would be a risk that the corrosion protection of the substrate would be insufficient. The coating thickness does not exceed 20 μm as it is unnecessary to go beyond this thickness in order to have a level of corrosion resistance which is required, in particular, in the automotive or construction field. In general, the thickness may be limited to 5 μm, for example, for automotive applications.
  • By carrying out industrial trials it has been shown that deposition by this process advantageously achieves a high deposition rate of 5 μm ZnMg alloy coating that can be deposited on a line running at 10 m/min, with a material yield greater than 98% thanks to the targeted orientation of the jet.
  • Furthermore, the density of the coating layers obtained may be advantageous, due to a higher vapor energy. FIG. 4 thus shows the microstructure of a 5 μm ZnMg alloy coating deposited on a cold-rolled low-carbon steel.

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1. A vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing coatings formed from metal alloys comprising at least two metallic elements on a running substrate, comprising:
a vacuum deposition chamber;
a substrate running through the vacuum deposition chamber;
an evaporation crucible inside the vacuum deposition chamber, the evaporation crucible including a heater and a bath of molten metal alloy including at least two metallic elements in a predetermined and constant ratio, the evaporation crucible evaporating the molten metal alloy into a vapor;
a coater inside the vacuum deposition chamber and connected to the evaporation crucible, the coater spraying a face of the running substrate with the vapor at a sonic velocity thereby depositing a coating on the running substrate, the vapor including the at least two metallic elements in the predetermined and constant ratio.
2. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 1, wherein the predetermined and constant ratio of the bath remains constant during the depositing.
4. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 1, further comprising a furnace for melting metal.
5. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 4, wherein the furnace is outside the vacuum deposition chamber.
6. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 4, further comprising a recirculation pipe for continuously circulating the bath, the recirculation pipe connecting the evaporation crucible to the recharging furnace.
7. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 4, wherein the furnace and the evaporation crucible are adjacent one another and have a common wall with at least one opening located beneath a level of the metal alloy bath and above a bottom of the furnace and of the evaporation crucible.
8. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 4, wherein the furnace includes a heater.
9. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 4, wherein the furnace supplies the molten metal alloy to the evaporation crucible.
10. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 4, further comprising a metal ingot feeder connected to the furnace for supplying metal ingots to the furnace for melting.
11. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 4, further comprising a pump between the evaporation crucible and the furnace for continuously circulating the bath.
12. The vacuum deposition facility as recited in claim 6, further comprising a second pipe for continuously circulating the bath, the second pipe connecting the evaporation crucible to the recharging furnace.
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