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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1977
Thomas D Henley, Havertown, PA (US);
Amchem Products, Ambler, PA (US);
Abstract
In a continuous process wherein corrosion resistant and paint adherent coatings are formed on metallic articles and wherein prior to the formation of said coatings, the articles are first subjected to a pre-cleaning stage in which oil emulsion is removed from the surfaces of the articles by washing the articles with an aqueous solution of wash water and demulsifier and the removed oil emulsion is broken and the oil recovered, and wherein the articles having the oil emulsion removed from their surfaces are thereafter subjected to a second cleaning stage in which the articles are contacted with a cleaning solution to remove metal fines from the surfaces of the articles, the improvement comprising including a chelating agent in said aqueous solution of wash water and demulsifier to aid in breaking said oil emulsion and to deter or prevent the formation of precipitates in the cleaning solution of said second cleaning stage.