Tecnologia em Metalurgia, Materiais e Mineração (Oct 2013)

EFFECT OF DEW POINT OF ATMOSPHERE OF CGL’S ANNEALING FURNACES ON THE QUALITY OF GA COATING ON BAKE HARDENABLE STEEL

  • Juliana Porto Guimarães,
  • Aldo Henrique de Almeida Barbosa,
  • Berenice Mendonça Gonzalez ,
  • Deyselane de Fátima Anício,
  • José Januário Zacarias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4322/tmm.2013.038
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. 272 – 279

Abstract

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The strip steel surface condition after continuous annealing of strip is extremely important to the quality of galvannealed coating (GA). The presence of oxides or precipitated can affect the reactions at the coating/substrate interface and decrease the zinc wettability on the steel surface, leading to various defects in the final product. To avoid oxidation of the material during continuous annealing, a protective atmosphere is used in the furnaces. Despite this atmosphere, it is possible the selective oxidation or precipitation of second phase particles, being the dew point of atmosphere one of the leading factors to reduce this occurrence. This study aims to evaluate the effect of the dew point on the quality of GA coatings applied to a bake hardenable steel. The continuous annealing under dew points of –60°C, 30°C and 0°C, as well as hot dip galvanizing, were performed in a Hot Dip Process Simulator. It is found that the dew point has a decisive influence on the amount, distribution and type of oxides formed, and the condition of –30°C provided the coating with less failures and better adhesion.

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