Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag

Thyssen Krupp Ag

Florian Spelz

Marc Blumenau

Jegor Bergen

Michael Peters

Friedhelm Macherey

Frank Spelleken

Manuela Ruthenberg

Martin Norden

Sridhar Palepu

Manuele Ruthenberg

Andreas Westerfeld

Heinrich Meyring

Norden Martin Dr

A roller may be used to deflect or guide a metal strip to be coated in a metal melt bath. The roller may comprise a steel roller shell and steel bearing journals that are connected to the roller shell and arranged coaxially to each other for a rotary supporting of the roller. Disposed on each bearing journal may be a substantially cylindrical or circular disk-shaped connection portion that is made of steel and that extends radially in a direction of the roller shell. At least one of the connection portions may have at least one through opening that emerges at an end face of the roller shell. Further, a filling made of one or more filling elements that have at least one closed cavity may be arranged in the roller shell. The filling may have a structure that is symmetrical about an axis of rotation of the roller.

Roller for deflecting or guiding a metal strip to be coated in a metal melt bath

A metallic flat product is disclosed which is subjected to surface finishing by hot-dip coating and which is preferably composed of steel. The metallic flat product includes a metallic alloy layer () and a metallic surface layer ('), which metallic alloy layer and metallic surface layer differ from one another in terms of their chemical composition. The two layers (&#x2032;) are produced in a one process step and define a continuous transition region () in which a mixture of the two different chemical compositions is present. The metallic alloy layer () has a thickness of less than 8 &#x3bc;m, preferably less than 6 &#x3bc;m, and the surface layer (&#x2032;) is formed from aluminum or zinc. The flat product has an improved coating, by means of which the flat product more effectively satisfies the requirements with regard to good deformability and has good anti-corrosion protection.

Metallic flat product which is subjected to surface finishing by hot-dip coating and which is preferably composed of steel

A method for the hot-dip coating of metal strip, in particular steel strip, in a metallic melting bath () is disclosed. In the method, the metal strip () to be coated is heated in a continuous furnace () and is introduced into the melting bath () through a snout () which is connected to the continuous furnace and which is immersed into the melting bath. To be able to satisfy the requirements placed on the coated strip () with regard to good deformability of the strip, as far as possible without cracking and peeling, and with regard to high anti-corrosion protection in a more effective and reliable manner, the disclosure proposes that, in the region delimited by the snout (), a melt is used which is intentionally implemented differently, in terms of its chemical composition, than the chemical composition of the melt used in the melting bath ().

Method for the hot-dip coating of metal strip, in particular steel strip

An apparatus for hot dip coating metal strip is disclosed having a dip bath vessel (), a snout () which opens into the dip bath vessel for introducing a metal strip () which is heated in a continuous furnace into the dip bath, and a deflecting roller () which is arranged in the dip bath vessel for deflecting the metal strip () which enters into the dip bath in a direction which points out of the dip bath. The snout () is provided with a shaft-shaped snout extension piece () for increasing the snout dipping depth, the internal width of the snout extension piece () tapering toward its outlet opening () at least over a part length of said snout extension piece (). As a result, an increase or maximization of the eddy flow in the molten metal at or close to the metal strip () and therefore improved homogenization of the molten metal in the region of the strip is achieved, as a result of which slag-induced surface defects on the surface of the coated metal strip () can be avoided.

Device for hot dip coating metal strip including a snout and an extension piece

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Oberhausen, Germany

Florian Spelz