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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6844086 | Nickel-base superalloy article substrate having aluminide coating thereon, and its fabrication A coated superalloy article is prepared by furnishing a nickel-base superalloy article substrate having a rhenium content of not less than about 4.0 percent by weight, and thereafter depositing an aluminum-containing coating onto a surface of the article substrate. ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6689489 | Composition for controlling spangle size, a coated steel product, and a coating method A method of coating of steel products such as plate and sheet using an aluminum-zinc coating alloy includes modifying the coating bath with a particulate compound constituent in effective amounts to control the spangle facet size of the coated product, im... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6506453 | Deposition method, deposition apparatus, and pressure-reduction drying apparatus Using a scan coating method, a liquid film is formed on a substrate having a temperature distribution for correcting a temperature distribution of a liquid film caused by the heat of evaporation due to the volatilization of a solvent contained in the liqu... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6485780 | Method for applying coatings on substrates A method for forming a metal-containing layer on a substrate is disclosed. A slurry of the metal is first deposited on the substrate; followed by heating to remove volatile material from the slurry, and to form a layer of the metal. In another embodiment,... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6468674 | Coating composition for steel--product, a coated steel product, and a steel product coating method A method of coating of steel products such as plate and sheet using an aluminum-zinc coating alloy includes modifying the coating bath with a particulate compound constituent in effective amounts to decrease the spangle facet size of the coated product, i... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6372296 | High aluminum galvanized steel The present invention relates to galvanized steel having a high aluminum content in the coating, as well as a batch hot-dip galvanization process for making such steel. The galvanized steel herein has a coating comprising an inner layer of intermetallic i... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6344242 | Sol-gel catalyst for electroless plating A sol-gel catalyst composition for electroless plating includes a metal alkoxide in a polar organic solvent, an acid, a chloride salt or acid chloride, and a catalytic metallic salt. The sol-gel catalyst adheres to smooth surfaces without the precondition... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6299947 | Method of forming a magnetic hard disk with elliptical shaped laser bumps A method in accordance with our invention for providing texture bumps on a substrate comprises the step of forming elliptical ridge-shaped bumps on the substrate. In one embodiment, substrate is used in the manufacture of a magnetic disk used in a disk dr... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6284122 | Production of a zinc-aluminum alloy coating by immersion into molten metal baths A process for non-continuous galvanization of a metal object with a Zn--Al alloy including the steps of pre-coating the object with a metallic layer of sufficient thickness to protect the object from oxidation and yet sufficiently thin to permit the pre-c... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6270842 | Method of galvanizing with molten zinc-aluminum alloy A steel material subjected to preliminary treatments to remove an oxide film on the surface is immersed in a molten flux bath in an independent vessel and thereafter immersed in a molten zinc-aluminum alloy bath in a separate vessel to be galvanized with ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6093452 | Continuous hot-dip coating method and apparatus therefor A method for hot-dip coating a steel strip comprises: (a) continuously annealing the steel strip in an annealing furnace; (b) introducing the annealed steel strip into a molten metal coating bath through a snout; (c) dipping the annealed steel strip into ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5891523 | Method for manufacturing metallized heat treated precision articles The invention provides a method for the metallizing of precision machine parts coupled with heat-treatment and machining to insure the minimal handling the remachining generally required due to dimensional distortion resulting from the standard heat-treat... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5858557 | Nickel/gold plating of a copper-refractory metal material A copper-tungsten or copper-molybdenum substrate is plated with a nickel/gold plating by first activating a surface of the substrate. In activating, the surface is contacted to a concentrated alkaline solution at elevated temperature, and then to a concen... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5662969 | Hot coating by induction levitation A coating apparatus and method for applying a coating to a workpiece, comprising: a vessel to contain molten metal; an induction coil disposed about said vessel; and, temperature regulation means; wherein, in use, said induction coil induces a magnetic field within... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5616362 | Process and apparatus for the coating of metal A process for coating metal substrates including cleaning, degreasing and activating the substrate wherein a strongly adhering bonding agent layer is deposited on the substrate. The bonding agent layer comprises a thickness of aluminum. The bonding agent ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5580835 | Ceramic fibers produced by electrophoretic deposition of particles Ceramic fibers may be produced by the electrophoretic deposition of metal oxide upon a conductive fiber core, which core may be subsequently removed.... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5518769 | Process for manufacturing galvannealed steel sheet having excellent anti-powdering property It is an object to provide a process for manufacturing galvannealed steel sheets exhibiting excellent anti-powdering property when press formed, and uniform frictional properties in a coil. A steel strip is galvanized in a bath having a low aluminum conte... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5506017 | Method for texturing magnetic media This patent teaches a new method of roughening the surface of a magnetic recording medium in order to reduce the stiction and friction between a recording head and the medium to thereby improve mechanical reliability. During this method, the medium substr... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5447754 | Aluminized steel alloys containing chromium and method for producing same Steel alloys containing chromium may be hot dip aluminized in a bath having up to 15% silicon with improved wettability by using a bright preannealing practice in a box furnace having a substantially pure hydrogen atmosphere. The surfaces of the preanneal... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5358744 | Process for coating a ferritic stainless steel strip with aluminum by hot quenching A process for coating a steel strip, particularly ferritic stainless steel, with aluminum by hot quenching, in which the strip is preheated to a temperature less than 500° C. in a first non-oxidizing atmosphere containing a quantity of oxygen less than 3... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5339329 | Induction heated meniscus coating vessel A shallow vessel (50,52) for being horizontally disposed when containing a molten metal or metal alloy (66) for meniscus coating one side of a clean metal strip (34A) when the strip is moved vertically past one side of the vessel. The vessel includes a sh... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5175026 | Method for hot-dip coating chromium-bearing steel A method of pretreating and hot-dip coating aluminum or aluminum alloys on a chromium-containing steel strip to provide an improved coating comprising annealing final gauge steel strip in an oxygen excess atmosphere to produce a chromium-rich oxide on the... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5116645 | Hot dip aluminum coated chromium alloy steel Continuous hot dip aluminum coated ferritic chromium alloy steel strip. Strip is cleaned by heating to a temperature no greater than about 650° C. in a direct fired furnace. The cleaned strip is further heated in a protective atmosphere containing at lea... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5023113 | Hot dip aluminum coated chromium alloy steel Continuous hot dip aluminum coated ferritic chromium alloy steel strip. Strip is cleaned by heating to a temperature no greater than about 650° C. in a direct fired furnace. The cleaned strip is further heated in a protective atmosphere containing at lea... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5019186 | Process for producing chromium-containing steel sheet hot-dip plated with aluminum A method of producing a chromium-containing steel sheet hot-dip plated with aluminum. A steel sheet containing not less than about 3 wt % of chromium is pre-plated at each side thereof with an iron-phosphor alloy so that a pre-plating layer of the iron-ph... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4908226 | Selective area nucleation and growth method for metal chemical vapor deposition using focused ion beams A method for depositing metallic lines on an IC chip or mask is described using a focused ion beam (FIB) with a much lower ion dosage than previously required, on the order of 1014 -1015 ions/cm2. A substrate is scanned wi... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4883723 | Hot dip aluminum coated chromium alloy steel Continuously hot dip aluminum coated ferritic chromium alloy steel strip. After the steel has been given a pretreatment to remove surface contaminants, the steel is protected in a hydrogen atmosphere until it is passed into the molten aluminum coating met... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4865876 | Process for selectively forming at least one metal or alloy coating strip on a substrate of another metal and integrated circuit lead frame achieved by this process The metal substrate (4) is coated with a coating (6) of another metal of alloy of 4-50 μm thickness by deposition of a molten metal or alloy (5) through a nozzle (2), the melting temperature of this metal or alloy being lower than that of the substrate m... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4755265 | Processes for the deposition or removal of metals Methods for depositing metals on or removing metals from substrates are provided which involve the use of electrolytic cells comprising an anode and cathode, sulfuric acid, and a chalcogen-containing compound soluble in said bath and having the empirical ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4675214 | Hot dip aluminum coated chromium alloy steel Continuously hot dip aluminum coated ferritic chromium alloy steel strip. After the steel has been given a pretreatment to remove surface contaminants, the steel is protected in a hydrogen atmosphere until it is passed into the molten aluminum coating met... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4657787 | Flow coating of metals Aluminum is flow-coated onto ferrous strip by reducing the hot strip in hydrogen, cooling it to 650°-680° C. in nitrogen and spraying molten aluminum on it such that the aluminum splats flow into each other but solidify in 0.2-0.5 seconds. The aluminum ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4595600 | Metal cladding of wire by atomization spraying A method and apparatus for uniformly cladding a metal wire with a coating of a second metal is provided. The metal wire to be coated is preheated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to a temperature slightly less than the melting point of the metal coating. The... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4584211 | Continuous hot dip aluminum coating method A continuous hot dip aluminum coating method used in a continuous hot dip aluminum coating line for hot dip aluminum coating on steel in Sendzimir method or nonoxidizing furnace method, said method comprising the covering the surface of the coating bath i... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4530858 | Process and installation for continuous manufacturing of an old (over-aged) steel band having a coating of ZN, Al or ZN-Al alloy The present invention relates to a continuous coating process by a layer of Zn, Al or of a Zn-Al alloy for a cold laminated steel band comprising a heating thermic cycle, followed by a rapid cooling, a tempered coating in the metal bath of coating in fusi... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4478892 | Method of and apparatus for hot dip coating of steel strip An improved method of and apparatus for hot dip metal coating of steel strip in which the strip is heated and cleaned in a furnace then passed through a protective hood containing a reducing gas and into the molten coating metal bath. Coating metal oxides... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4477291 | Metal-coating a metallic substrate Aluminium is coated on steel strip. The steel strip is heated in hydrogen to reduce surface oxides to iron, and is then sprayed at 400° C. with nitrogen-atomized molten aluminium to a depth of 150 microns. Still in nitrogen/hydrogen, at 350° C., the coa... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4467016 | Aluminized chromized steel Low alloy steel tubing is decarburized, chromized and then aluminized with or without masking at the sites at which the tubing is to be welded in place, to greatly increase resistance of the tubing to high temperature oxidation and sulfidation. Low surfac... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4438155 | Fabrication of composite metal wire A method of fabricating composite metal wires such as aluminium clad steel wires is disclosed which comprises providing a core of hard metal with a cladding of soft metal by extrusion. In fabricating a composite metal wire by extrusion, a core is generall... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4433012 | Process for the pyrolytic deposition of aluminum from TIBA A method for the deposition of aluminum on a solid body of pyrolysis of tri-isobutyl aluminum vapor diluted with an inert carrier gas.... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4431688 | Process and installation for the high-velocity dip-coating of filament like materials In a case where filament-like articles (e.g. wires) are dip-coated by upwardly passing the article into a bath of molten metal through the bottom and top vertical openings of a spout containing the molten metal, the article to be coated is wrapped, before... | 02/14/1984 |
