Arcelormittal

Sergio Pace

Eric Silberberg

Bruno Schmitz

Daniel Chaleix

Xavier Vanden Eynde

Remy Bonnemann

Didier Marneffe

Lucie Gaouyat

Daniel Jacques

Dimitri Wilders

Rémy Bonnemann

Christian Allely

Isabelle Capitani

A method for the fabrication of a coated sheet is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a sheet in a deposition chamber, maintaining the deposition chamber at a pressure P, maintaining an ejection chamber that is located inside the deposition chamber at a pressure Pand coating the sheet with zinc with a sonic vapor jet. A ratio of the pressures Pto Pis between 2·10and 5.5·10.

Steel sheet provided with a zinc coating

A vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from metal or metal alloy, and including:

Vacuum deposition facility and method for coating a substrate

A vacuum deposition facilityfor continuously depositing, on a running substrate S, coatings formed from metal or metal alloy, the facility including an evaporation cruciblesuited to supply metal or metal alloy vapor and including an evaporation pipe, a deposition chambersuited to have the substrate S run through along a given path P and a vapor jet coaterlinking the evaporation pipe to the deposition chamber, wherein the vapor jet coater further includes a repartition chamberincluding at least one reheaterpositioned within the repartition chamber and a vapor outlet orificeincluding a base opening linking the vapor outlet orifice to the repartition chamber, a top opening through which the vapor can exit in the deposition chamber and two sides converging toward each other in the direction of the top opening.

Vacuum deposition facility and method for coating a substrate with transverse repartition chamber

A method for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from at least one metal inside a vacuum deposition facility including a vacuum chamber, a coated substrate coated with at least one metal and a vacuum deposition facility for the method for continuously depositing on a running substrate.

A vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from metal or metal alloy, the facility including—a vacuum chamber and a device for running the substrate through the vacuum chamber along a given path, wherein the vacuum chamber further includes:

A vacuum deposition facility is provided for continuously depositing on a running substrate coatings formed from metal alloys including a main element and at least one additional element. The facility includes a vacuum deposition chamber and a substrate running through the chamber. The facility also includes a vapor jet coater, an evaporation crucible for feeding the vapor jet coater with a vapor having the main element and the at least one additional element, a recharging furnace for feeding the evaporation crucible with the main element in molten state and maintaining a constant level of liquid in the evaporation crucible, and a feeding unit being fed with the at least one additional element in solid state for feeding the evaporation crucible with the at least one additional element either in molten state, in solid state or partially in solid state. A process is also provided.

Apparatus and method for vacuum deposition

A coated metallic substrate including at least a first coating of aluminum, such first coating having a thickness below 5 &#x3bc;m and being directly topped by a second coating including from 0.5 to 5.9% by weight of magnesium, the balance being zinc.

Coated metallic substrate

A steel sheet is provided with a coating having at least one layer of zinc and a top layer of paint applied by cataphoresis. The zinc layer is deposited by a jet vapor deposition process in a deposition chamber maintained at a pressure between 6&#xb7;10mbar and 2&#xb7;10mbar. A fabrication method and an installation are also provided.

Painted steel sheet provided with a zinc coating

A Method for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from at least one metal inside a vacuum deposition facility including a vacuum chamber; a substrate coated with at least one metal on both sides of the substrate having an average thickness, wherein the coating is deposited homogenously such that the maximum thickness of the coating can exceed the average thickness of 15% maximum. A vacuum deposition facility also is provided.

A method for fabricating a substrate provided with a plurality of layers, includes: providing a steel substrate with an oxide layer including metal oxides on the steel substrate; providing a metal coating layer directly on the oxide layer, the metal coating layer including: at least 8% by weight nickel; at least 10% by weight chromium; and a remainder being iron and impurities from a fabrication process; and providing an anti-corrosion coating layer directly on the metal coating layer.

Fabrication method for a multi-layer substrate

Substrate provided with a plurality of layers, at least one of which includes metal oxides and is topped directly by a metal coating layer that contains at least 8% by weight nickel and at least 10% by weight chromium, the remainder being iron, additional elements and the impurities resulting from the fabrication process, wherein this metal coating layer is topped directly by an anticorrosion coating layer. A corresponding fabrication method is also provided.

Multi-layer substrate

A steel sheet is provided with a coating having at least one layer of zinc and a top layer of paint applied by cataphoresis. The zinc layer is deposited by a jet vapor deposition process in a deposition chamber maintained at a pressure between 6&#xb7;10mbar and 2&#xb7;10mbar. A fabrication method is also provided.

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Jodoigne, Belgium

Sergio Pace