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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163348 | Controlled thickness reduction for hot-dip coated, hot-rolled steel strip and installation used in this process The invention relates to a method for hot-dip coating hot-rolled steel strip, during which the steel strip passes through a pickling station, a rinsing station, a drying station, a heating furnace and then through a molten bath. The final thickness and the thickness... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7413769 | Process for applying a metallic coating, an intermediate coated product, and a finish coated product The present invention is directed to a method of refining spangle facet size in a hot-dip coated product by applying grain-refining particles to the surface of a steel substrate before immersion into the hot-dip coating bath, to an intermediate coated steel sheet, a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7160581 | Preparation of steel surfaces for single-dip aluminium-rich zinc galvanising A process is disclosed for the preparation of a steel surface for single-dip aluminium-rich zinc galvanizing. The process steps comprise: cleaning the surface so as to obtain less than 0.6 μg/cm2 residual dirt; pickling the surface; applying a protective... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156904 | Bonding layer forming solution, method of producing copper-to-resin bonding layer using the solution, and layered product obtained thereby An aqueous copper-to-resin bonding layer solution comprising: (a) at least one acid type; (b) tin salt or tin oxide; (c) salt or oxide of at least one type of metal selected from the group consisting of: silver, zinc, aluminum, titanium, bismuth, chromium, iron, cob... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7108756 | Method for heat-treating work pieces made of temperature-resistant steels A method of producing a workpiece of a heat-resistant steel, such as hot forming tool steel, where the workpiece may be hardened and depassivated after mechanical machining and electrochemical treatment. The hardening including a reduction step, so that no depassiva... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7066375 | Aluminum coating for the corrosion protection of welds A method for coating and an associated assembly including such a coating are provided. The assembly includes a workpiece defining a weld portion, such as a friction weld joint and a heat affected zone. A coating is disposed on the weld portion to at least partially ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7029761 | Bonding layer for bonding resin on copper surface A bonding layer for bonding resin is provided that is formed on a copper surface, and contains an alloy of: (a) copper; (b) tin; and (c) at least one type of metal (third metal) selected from the group consisting of: silver, zinc, aluminum, titanium, bismuth, chromi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6811827 | Method and installation for hot dip coating metal strips In a process of hot dip coating of metal strips, in particular, of a hot rolled steel strip, in which the metal strip is transformed into a continuous strip in an unwinding station with an adjoining welding machine, and then the continuous strip is subjected to a do... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6761928 | Multi-layer structure and method for forming a thermal interface with low contact resistance between a microelectronic component package and heat sink A multi-layer solid structure and method for forming a thermal interface between a microelectronic component package and a heat sink so that the structure has a total thermal resistance of no greater than about 0.03° C.-in2/W at a pressure of less than 1... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6761936 | Method and installation for hot dip galvanizing hot rolled steel strip A method for hot dip galvanizing of hot-rolled steel strip, wherein in a first method step, the strip (50) is introduced into a pickling station (10-13) and a layer of scale and reaction products are removed from the strip surface in the pickling stati... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6562148 | Pretreatment of aluminum surfaces with chrome-free solutions In a method for the pretreatment of work pieces having a surface made of aluminium or aluminium alloys, for non-cutting shaping and/or the connection by welding or gluing to work pieces as well as for a subsequent permanent corrosion-preventing treatment,... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6544353 | Surface chemical treatment for liquid gallium or gallium alloy mirrors The invention relates to a method of treating a liquid gallium or gallium alloy surface for prolonged use as a liquid mirror. The method of the invention comprises the steps of (a) contacting the surface of liquid gallium or gallium alloy with an aqueous ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6419992 | Method of protecting articles having a bare ferrous base surface A zinc coating directly covers a bare ferrous base of parking meter housing parts. A non-epoxy thermosetting electrically insulating organic non-epoxy powder coating directly covers the zinc coating. The organic coating is directly applied to the zinc coa... | 07/16/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6277443 | Low lead or no lead batch galvanization process A batch process for making galvanized steel products with a low lead or no lead zinc coating is described. Metal parts are cleaned, rinsed, pickled and rinsed and are immersed in a hot, pre-flux solution and thoroughly dried before they are immersed in a ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6221431 | Method of hot-galvanizing ferrous materials In a method of hot-galvanizing ferrous materials, in order to improve results, there is provision, during the course of the galvanizing, for a step for the introduction of various suitable metals, preferably selected from aluminum, potassium, nickel, magn... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6153028 | Process and device for producing thin metal bars A device and a process for producing thin steel metal bars in which an elongated metal product is brought into contact with a molten metal causing the latter to crystallize. Different materials are used for the elongated metal product and the molten metal... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6143364 | Hot dip plating method and apparatus A batchwise hot dip plating method is performed by dipping a metallic material in a molten metal plating bath, following fluxing by dipping the metallic material in a bath of a fused salt flux (e.g., a mixture of cryolite and one or more alkali metal chlo... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6086956 | Composition and method for reducing copper oxide to metallic copper A composition for reducing a copper oxide layer to metallic copper so as to facilitate bonding a resin to the metallic copper is disclosed. The composition is an aqueous reducing solution containing a cyclic borane compound. Examples of such cyclic borane... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6068887 | Process for producing plated steel sheet A process for producing plated steel sheet comprises the steps of heating a steel slab containing not more than 0.5 wt % C to the temperature range not lower than the transformation point Ac3, and jetting high-pressure water to the surface of a... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6042891 | Roll forming structural steel profiles with galvanised coating Structural steel profiles such as channels, having a material thickness greater than 2 mm, are roll-formed to a preform profile with corners partial bent, in-line galvanized, and then further roll-formed to final shape. The preform profile has upwardly fa... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5853806 | Process for hot dip-coating steel material with molten aluminum alloy by one-stage coating method using flux and bath of molten aluminum alloy metal Disclosed are a process for hot-dip coating a steel material with a molten aluminum alloy according to a one-stage coating method using a flux which comprises removing an oxide layer on a steel material surface, conducting activating treatment, then coati... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5695822 | Method for coating a metal strip A corrosion-resistant metal strip and method for making the same which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the metal strip is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of tin and zinc and a very low weight percentage of lead... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5616367 | In-line application of solid lubricant to steel strip A solid lubricant application procedure is combined in-line with a steel strip processing method which comprises processing steps upstream and downstream of the lubricant application procedure. The latter comprises applying the lubricant material in molte... | 04/01/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5494706 | Method for producing zinc coated steel sheet A method for producing zinc coated steel sheet comprises the steps of: forming a Ni--P alloy coating layer containing P of 8 to 15 wt. % on at least one surface of a steel sheet; heat-treating the steel sheet coated with the alloy layer in a non-oxidizing... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5472739 | Process of producing a hot dipped wire from a base wire, with the absence of iron-based, iron oxide-based and iron hydroxide-based minute particles on surfaces of the base wire A process of producing a hot dipped wire. During the wire drawing, the base wire is passed over a passage surface made of a non-iron material. After steam heating, cleaning and drying steps, the wire is heated in an atmosphere of a reducing gas for effect... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5472740 | Process of producing a hot dipped wire from a base wire, with the absence of iron-based, iron oxide-based and iron hydroxide-based minute particles on surfaces of the base wire A process of producing a hot dipped wire. During the wire drawing by the use of a water soluble lubricant, the base wire is passed over a passage surface made of a non-iron material. The drawn wire is heated in an atmosphere of a reducing gas for effectiv... | 12/05/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5445311 | Electrical interconnection substrate with both wire bond and solder contacts, and fabrication method An electrical interconnection substrate (20) is prepared to receive both wire bonded and soldered connections (60,64,66) by forming a dielectric solder mask (30) over the substrate (20), with openings (36) in the mask (30) to expose the contact pads (22) ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5399376 | Meniscus coating steel strip Method and apparatus for meniscus coating one or two sides of steel strip with a metal or metal alloy. The apparatus includes a horizontally disposed coating tray for containing molten coating metal, means for maintaining the temperature of the coating me... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5391396 | Method for protecting metal products against corrosion and metal products obtained from said method The method for providing a temporary protection against corrosion of a cleaned metal product, in particular a metal sheet, comprises the following steps: applying on at least a part of the metal product an emulsion obtained by dispersion in water of 3 to ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5284680 | Method for producing a galvanized ultra-high strength steel strip A method for producing ultra-high strength galvanized steel strip from a martensitic, plain carbon, steel strip which is pre-treated by induction heating rapidly or by fluxing, then hot dip galvanized and tempered, and then cooled to stop further temperin... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5273791 | Method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal A composite member includes a structural member having a surface in a mirror-finished condition and a film layer of an amorphous material provided on the surface. The amorphous material is preferably at least one selected from amorphous SiC, amorphous SiN... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5232740 | Method of manufacturing plated hollow blocks A method of manufacturing plated hollow metallic blocks for further processing into seamless tubes of the type in which a body is immersed one or more times into a melt includes: protecting the inner surfaces of a hollow body of plating material against t... | 08/03/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5104850 | Preparation of high temperature superconducting coated wires by dipping and post annealing A high temperature superconducting coating of material oxide is produced by melting the metal oxide mixture, dipping a substrate, e.g. a platinum wire, in the metal oxide melt, withdrawing the substrate with a layer of metal oxide coated thereon, slowly c... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5053112 | Preparing metal for melt-coating Steel is prepared for hot-dip coating in molten zinc, by forming lead chloride on it in a greater mass (at least 12 g/m2) than possible by evaporation from saturated aqueous solution. One way of so forming the lead chloride is to cathodize the ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4902535 | Method for depositing hard coatings on titanium or titanium alloys The invention discloses a coated substrate product comprises of a titanium or titanium alloy substrate, at least one thin interlayer composed of a non-reactive noble metal and a hard outer coating selected from the group comprised of a ceramic, hard metal... | 02/20/1990 |
