Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.

Kawasaki Steel Corporation

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Kawasaki Steel Corporaton

Kenichi Yanagi

Yoshio Shimozato

Mitsuo Kato

Kanji Wake

Tetsuyoshi Wada

Toshiharu Kittaka

Toshio Taguchi

Norio Tsukiji

Takuya Aiko

Heizaburo Furukawa

Yasuji Nakanishi

Takeo Fukushima

Atsuyoshi Shibuya

Kenji Atarashiya

Heisaburo Furukawa

Arihiko Morita

Kazuya Tsurusaki

Kuniaki Sato

Ichiro Yamashita

Kusuo Furukawa

Tadashi Rokkaku

Toshio Nakamori

Norio Ohta

Yasuhisa Nakajima

Masahiro Harada

Naohiko Soeda

Hirohisa Seto

Junichi Uchida

Yuuji Furuzawa

Hajime Shimasaki

Mitsuo Katoh

Katsumi Makihara

Yukio Kanda

Junkichi Yoneda

Kanji Hayashi

Naoharu Shinoda

Susumu Kamikawa

Sachihiro Iida

Yoshiki Mito

Osamu Hashimoto

Tetsuaki Tsuda

Minoru Nishihara

Yoshifumi Ito

Namio Suganuma

Katsuhiko Yamada

Seiji Yokoro

Kazuo Asano

Hajime Okita

Yoshiteru Moriyama

Katsufumi Hidaka

Mitsuhiko Sako

Takuya Akio

Shinji Kamura

Seiji Higaki

Hirotaka Nakabayhashi

Teijiro Fujisaka

Katsufuma Hidaka

Shozo Umeda

Hirotaka Nakabayashi

Ichiro Samejima

Seiichi Takahashi

A DC or high frequency ion source comprising a hollow cathode and a substantially hollow anode for applying a DC or alternating voltage; a gas inlet disposed at a first side of the cathode for supplying a discharge gas into the cathode; a cathode heater disposed between the anode and the cathode; a magnet disposed adjacent the anode to thereby improve the uniformity of a plasma; an ion extraction outlet disposed at a second side of the cathode opposite to the gas inlet and having an elongated rectangular shape; and an ion extraction electrode and an acceleration electrode for controlling the energy of extracted ions. Both the anode and cathode comprise substantially hollow boxes. The cathode includes an elongated rectangular cross section and is disposed inside the substantially hollow anode. The ion extraction electrode and the acceleration electrode have an elongated rectangular shape and an opening coextensive with the ion extraction outlet. The ion extraction electrode and the acceleration electrode are disposed adjacent, and aligned with, the ion extraction outlet. The ion source can be formed with an arcuate shape to accommodate round objects. The ion source can also be formed integrally with a sputtering device.

DC or HF ion source

A sputtering apparatus including two electrodes, a sputtering target disposed on one of the electrodes, and a gas supply for supplying a discharge gas in a vacuum to produce an electric discharge between the two electrodes and whereby particles sputtered from the target due to impact thereon of ions produced by the discharge, are deposited on a substrate. The target disposed on one electrode is formed into an elongated band and the other electrode is disposed so as to enclose the target. The other electrode is also provided with a magnet for producing a magnetic field thereon, and further includes a narrow elongated slot which defines a narrow sputter particle outlet. The narrow sputter particle outlet permits a pressure to exist near the electrical discharge which is higher than the pressure near the substrate. According to a preferred embodiment, the sputtering apparatus has an ion source combined integrally therewith.

Sputtering apparatus and an ion source

An improved vacuum vapor-deposition apparatus comprises an evaporation tank for holding and evaporating vapor deposition material, a hood covering the top of the evporation tank and extended up to its outside in the horizontal direction, inlet and outlet ports of a band to be vapor-deposited, which are opened in the hood so as to penetrate a central portion of the extension on the outside of the evaporation tank, and a vacuum tank covering the evaporation tank and the hood entirely and having sealing devices for carrying in and carrying out the band to be vapor-deposited at the positions corresponding to the inlet and outlet ports in the hood. Vapor deposition is effected within the hood simultaneously onto the both front and rear surfaces of the band to be vapor-deposited. Preferably, the vacuum vapor-deposition apparatus further comprises a vapor amount control device for controlling a vapor amount of the evaporated material led to the both front and rear sides of the band to be vapor-deposited within the hood, and a vapor-deposited surface area control device provided at least on one side of the front and rear sides of the band to be vapor-deposited within the hood for controlling a vapor-deposited surface area of the band to be vapor-deposited. Then, vapor-deposition of different thickness is effected within the hood onto the front and rear surfaces of the band to be vapor-deposited.

Vacuum vapor deposition apparatus

In a continuous vacuum vapor deposition system, a reduced-pressure chamber is partitioned into a plurality of sub-chambers by seal devices each formed by one set of three pinch rolls arrayed in parallel on one plane or a single seal roll, and a pair of seal bars positioned on the same plane on the respective sides of the pinch roll or seal roll. Gaps between the pinch rolls or seal roll and seal bars are adapted to allow the base plate portions on the inlet side and on the outlet side, respectively, to pass therethrough. In each of the reduced-pressure sub-chambers are disposed a pair of deflector rolls so that the base plate portions on the inlet side and on the outlet side may be wrapped respectively around the pinch rolls or seal roll with a wrapping angle of 10 degrees or more.

Continuous vacuum vapor deposition system having reduced pressure

A method and apparatus for molten salt electroplating a steel member are disclosed, in which the surface of the steel member is activated by anodic treatment and the molten salt electroplating is performed on the activated surface of said steel member.

Method for molten salt electroplating of steel

The present invention relates to method and apparatus for heating a strip of metallic material in a continuous annealing furnace and more particularly to an improvement relating to a method and apparatus for heating a strip of metallic material in a continuous annealing furnace in which annealing of the strip is continuously carried out in such a manner that a gas serving to adjust temperature of the strip, is blown toward the strip through a plurality of gas jet nozzles which are arranged on one side or both sides of the strip, wherein the temperature and flow rate of the strip are properly determined to a required level in response to the changing of the operating conditions such as the heat cycle, line speed, thickness of strip, width of strip and the like. Further, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for heating a strip of metallic material in a continuous annealing furnace, wherein the temperature of the strip is controlled to reach a target temperature by heating or cooling the strip by means of a gas jet or the like having excellent respondency at a part of the heating zone in the continuous annealing furnace whereby irregular annealing of the strip is effectively inhibited.

Method and apparatus for heating a strip of metallic material in a

Method and apparatus for molten salt electroplating of steel

The known belt type continuous casting machine is improved in that a pair of guides for side dam block groups are disposed at opposite sides, in the widthwise direction, of a cast piece. Each of the guides includes guide beams disposed in two parallel rows displaced in direction of the thickness of the cast piece. Each of a pair of side dams which are movable in synchronism with feeding of the cast piece is formed of a side dam block group in one row. Each of the side dam block groups is divided into two sub-groups, each of which has a length longer than a contact length between the side dam block group and the cast piece and each of which is guided by a separate guide beam.

Belt type continuous casting machine

The present invention relates to method and apparatus for heating a strip of metallic material in a continuous annealing furnace and more particularly to an improvement relating to a method and apparatus for heating a strip of metallic material in a continuous annealing furnace in which annealing of the strip is continuously carried out in such a manner that a gas, serving to adjust temperature of the strip, is blown toward the strip through a plurality of gas jet nozzles which are arranged on one side or both sides of the strip, wherein the temperature and flow rate of the strip are properly determined to a required level in response to the changing of the operating conditions such as the heat cycle, line speed, thickness of strip, width of strip and the like. Further, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for heating a strip of metallic material in a continuous annealing furnace, wherein the temperature of the strip is controlled to reach a target temperature by heating or cooling the strip by means of a gas jet or the like having excellent respondency at a part of the heating zone in the continuous annealing furnace whereby irregular annealing of the strip is effectively inhibited.

For vacuum deposition plating steel strip, a vacuum deposition plating apparatus is used including an inlet-side vacuum sealing device provided in front of a vacuum deposition plating chamber, with an inlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber provided between the inlet-side vacuum sealing device and an annealing furnace. An outlet-side vacuum sealing device is provided at the rear of the vacuum deposition plating chamber, with an outlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber provided between the outlet-side vacuum sealing device and the atmosphere. An inactive gas circulating/purifying device circulates an inactive gas from vacuum chambers of both the vacuum sealing devices to atmospheric pressure chambers of both the vacuum sealing devices and removes water, oil and oxygen from the inactive gas. Oxygen and hydrogen in the inactive gas are regulated to provide 60 ppm or less of oxygen and 0.2 to 2.0% of hydrogen, and also to regulate the dew point of the inactive gas to -50.degree. C. or less. Further, a pressure P.sub.1 in the annealing furnace, a pressure P.sub.2 in the inlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber, and a pressure P.sub.3 in the outlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber are maintained at atmospheric pressure or more. A value of P.sub.1 -P.sub.2 can be kept at 0 mmAq or more, and the concentration of hydrogen in the inlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber is held to 2.0.degree. or less.

Method for vacuum deposition plating steel strip

A vacuum deposition plating apparatus having an inlet-side vacuum sealing device provided in front of a vacuum deposition plating chamber, an inlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber provided between the inlet-side vacuum sealing device and an annealing furnace, an outlet-side vacuum sealing device provided in the rear of the vacuum deposition plating chamber, an outlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber provided between the outlet-side vacuum sealing device and the atmosphere, and an inactive gas circulating/purifying device for circulating an inactive gas from vacuum chambers of both the vacuum sealing devices to atmospheric pressure chambers of both the vacuum sealing devices and for removing water, oil and oxygen from the inactive gas; a pressure gauge provided on the annealing furnace; a pressure gauge, a control valve, an automatic valve, a hydrogen concentration detector and a discharge valve provided on the inlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber; a pressure gauge and an automatic valve provided on the outlet-side inactive gas replacement chamber; and an automatic valve connecting to an inactive gas tank for emergency provided on the atmospheric pressure chambers of both the vacuum sealing devices.

Method and apparatus for vacuum deposition plating

A continuous vacuum deposition apparatus for coating a metal strip in which a control means for changing the width of the metal vapor channel so that strips of various widths can be deposition-coated with transversally uniform thickness distribution is disclosed.

Continuous vacuum deposition apparatus with control panels for

A vacuum evaporation equipment for continuous vacuum evaporation of a metal onto a band or strip of product including at least one vacuum sealing station, provision of ducts that are disposed surrounding the band product and extending from the point of vapor deposition where the band product is subjected to a vacuum evaporation process an a chamber held at a reduced pressure or vacuum state to the extent that substantially no reevaporation of once deposited metal is effectively prevented from occurring. The ducts are adapted to be heated to a temperature substantially higher than the temperature of the steel band product. In addition, there is provided at least one vacuum sealing station with rolls rotatably mounted in the interior of a casing and a complementary sealing bar mounted in a complementary engagement relationship with the rolls having a close gap therebetween. A side panel is mounted self-adjustably in sliding motion in the longitudinal direction along the axes of the rolls on the opposite ends thereof, and heaters are provided to heat the rolls, sealing bar and side panel, respectively.

Vacuum evaporation coating equipment

The invention concerns cooling apparatus for strip metal of the kind comprising a series of spaced cooling rolls around which the strip metal is passed such that it follows a serpentine path and is cooled by contact with the rolls, and elongate gas jet devices disposed widthwise of the strip opposite the outer surface parts of respective cooling rolls in contact with the strip. The invention is characterized in that each said gas jet device is partitioned into segments in said widthwise direction, in that each segment is provided with a gas flow control valve, in that means are provided at least at one cooling roll position for detecting strip temperature across its width, and in that strip temperature control and arithmetic means are provided to which the gas flow valves and the temperature detecting means are electrically connected, the arrangement being such that the temperature difference between the average temperature across the strip and the temperature of the strip at each segment width position can be compared, via electrical signals from the temperature detecting means and, if the temperature difference at a widthwise position is above or below predetermined limits, the corresponding gas flow control valves are adjusted to bring the temperature within the predetermined limits.

Cooling apparatus for strip metal

Disclosed is a combined continuous plating apparatus for hot-dip plating and vacuum deposition plating characterized in that the outlet of the gas reduction annealing furnace of a conventional continuous hot-dip plating apparatus and the inlet of the seal roll chamber of a known continuous vacuum deposition plating apparatus are connected through a pressurized chamber in order to prevent invasion of hydrogen-containing reduction gas into the vacuum deposition chamber, whereby is prevented the possibility of the hydrogen-containing gas causing an explosion should air leak into the vacuum deposition chamber.

Combined continuous plating apparatus for hot-dip plating and vacuum

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Kenichi Yanagi