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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1983
Yong-Wu Kim, Munster, IN (US);
Phillip L Coduti, Munster, IN (US);
Brian A Sok, Cedar Lake, IN (US);
William A Carter, Munster, IN (US);
Inland Steel Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The molten exterior surface portion of a hot dip galvanized steel strip is solidified after the strip is withdrawn from a bath of molten zinc by spraying finely divided particles of a liquid nucleating agent for initiating solidification. The particles are sprayed into an electrostatic field alongside the strip. The particles are initially directed along a path which avoids impingement against the strip. However, the smaller particles are attracted to the strip under the influence of the electrostatic field, to initiate solidification. The larger particles have a momentum along their path large enough to resist the influence of the electrostatic field, thereby permitting the larger particles to continue along a path which avoids impingement. This minimizes the formation of undesirably large spangles and an undesirable surface appearance on the strip.