Method for continuously annealing and preparing strip of high-strength steel for the purpose of hot-dip galvanisating it
US8409667B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC23C2/0222
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
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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