Centre De Recherches Metallurgiques-centrum Voor Research in De

Paul Andre Cosse

Mario Economopoulos

Yves Jean Respen

Jacques Pelerin

Metal strip is passed around a cylinder immersed in a bath of molten metal. Selection of one-sided or two-sided coating is made by selecting the position at which the strip enters and leaves the bath relative to the position at which the strip comes into and out of contact with the cylinder, by selecting the level of the bath surface or by moving an auxiliary roll.

Continuous hot-dip coating of metal strip

Steel rod or bar at the exit of the finishing stand of a hot rolling mill is superficially quenched, so that the surface layer of the rod or bar is given a bainitic or martensitic structure. Immediately after quenching, the core of the rod or bar is at about 850.degree. C and, therefore, still austenitic. Subsequent air cooling allows the austenite to transform to ferrite and carbides, while the surface layer is tempered by the heat transferred to it from the core.

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