Method for continuously annealing and preparing strip of high-strength steel for the purpose of hot-dip galvanisating it

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PATENT NO 8409667
APP PUB NO 20100062163A1
SERIAL NO

12295084

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The present application relates to a method for continuously annealing and preparing a strip of high-strength steel for the purpose of hot-dip coating it in a bath of liquid metal, in which said steel strip is treated in at least two sections, comprising in succession, when considering the direction of advance of the strip: a section called the heating and holding section, in which the strip is heated and then held at a given annealing temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere; and a section called the cooling and transfer section, in which the annealed strip at least is cooled and undergoes complete reduction, in a reducing atmosphere, of the iron oxide present in the oxide layer formed in the previous section, in such a way that the oxidizing atmosphere is separated from the reducing atmosphere, a controlled oxygen content is maintained in the heating and holding section between 50 and 1000 ppm, and a controlled hydrogen content is maintained in the cooling and transfer section at a value of less than 4% and preferably less than 0.5%.

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CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES ASBLAVENUE ARIANE 5 BRUXELLES 1200

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Bordignon, Michel Sprimont, BE 3 7
Eynde, Xavier Vanden Latinne, BE 1 2

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