Dowa Iron Powder Co., Ltd.

Tomohiro Osaka

Masatsugu Watanabe

Yasuhisa Nagano

Hajime Shimoyama

Ejection material in powder form used in mechanical plating, each particle of the ejection material being made of an iron alloy core covered with a zinc alloy layer and conducted with thermal treatment at a temperature between 300.degree. and 700.degree. C. so that the zinc alloy layer has the Vicker's hardness of 60 to 370.

Method of making ejection powder for mechanical plating

Mechanical plating method for forming a zinc alloy film by ejecting powder onto a surface. Ejection powder is made by mixing iron or iron alloy nuclei with zinc alloy melt, cooling to form a solidified alloy, and crushing. The ejection powder is then heat treated between 300.degree. C. and 700.degree. C. to adjust the Vicker's hardness of the zinc alloy to between 60 and 370.

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Okayama, Japan

Tomohiro Osaka