Process for melt dip coating a strip of high-tensile steel

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PATENT NO 8652275
APP PUB NO 20080308191A1
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11721138

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A process for melt dip coating a strip of high-tensile steel with alloy constituents including zinc and/or aluminum includes the following steps. The strip is heated in a continuous furnace initially in a reductive atmosphere to a temperature of approximately 650° C., at which the alloy constituents diffuse to the surface in small amounts. The surface, consisting predominantly of pure iron, is converted into an iron oxide layer by a short heat treatment at a temperature of up to 750° C. in a reaction chamber which is integrated in a continuous furnace and has an oxidizing atmosphere. In a subsequent annealing treatment at a higher temperature in a reductive atmosphere, this iron oxide layer prevents the alloy constituents from diffusing to the surface. In the reductive atmosphere, the iron oxide layer is converted into a pure iron layer to which the zinc and/or aluminum are applied in the molten bath with optimum adhesion.

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THYSSENKRUPP STEEL AGKAISER-WILHELM-STR 100 DUISBURG 47166

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Leuschner, Ronny Dortmund, DE 4 30
Meurer, Manfred Rheinberg, DE 19 132
Nothacker, Gernot Dortmund, DE 4 28
Schaffrath, Norbert Hamm, DE 5 28
Ullmann, Michael Bochum, DE 5 22
Warnecke, Wilhelm Hamminkeln, DE 12 74
Zeizinger, Sabine Mülheim, DE 8 81

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