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Sink roll blade apparatus used in continuous molten metal plating apparatus and method for preventing occurrence of dents

US6485570B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2001
Grant dateNov 26, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C2/00344
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus installed in a molten metal plating line includes a blade pressed against a roll dipped in a molten metal plating bath, in which a metal strip travels. The apparatus removes substances deposited on a surface of the roll. The apparatus also includes an arm for supporting the blade, and a screw member disposed above the plating bath so as to traverse it and moving along an axis of the roll in the bath for removing substances deposited on the roll in the molten metal plating bath. Floats and/or weights are mounted on the arm so as to adjust a press force of the blade applied to the roll in the molten metal plating bath. A method for preventing the occurrence of dents on a molten-metal-plated steel strip using the apparatus is also disclosed.

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