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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag, Duisburg, DE;
Fabian Junge, Wesel, DE;
Vanessa Husien Said, Dortmund, DE;
Robin Dohr, Voerde, DE;
Burak William Cetinkaya, Dortmund, DE;
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a semifinished product with modified surface, comprising at least one method step of at least regionally modifying the surface of a coated, skin-pass-rolled, oiled, cleaned metallic steel substrate via low-pressure or atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment of said surface regions with oxygen, argon or a mixture of oxygen and argon as process gas. The present disclosure further relates to the accordingly produced semifinished products and/or flat steel products, optionally formed semifinished products and/or flat steel products, and also to their use.