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Method for making a coated steel part having very high resistance after heat treatment

US7708843B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2006
Grant dateMay 4, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21D2211/008
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a part having very high mechanical properties from a hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel strip, comprising precoating said strip with aluminum or an aluminum alloy, cold deformation of the coated strip, possible cutting of the excess sheet with a view to the final geometry of the part, heating of the part so as to form an intermetallic compound from the steel/precoat interface and to austenitize the steel, transfer of the part to a tool and cooling of the part in the tool at a rate such that the steel has, after being cooled, a martensitic or bainitic structure or a martensite-bainite structure. The precoating is carried out by electroplating, by chemical or physical vapor deposition or by co-rolling.

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