Global Patent Index - EP 2176438 B1

EP 2176438 B1 20110112 - COMBINED ANNEALING AND GALVANISATION LINE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING A CONTINUOUS ANNEALING LINE INTO SUCH COMBINED LINE

Title (en)

COMBINED ANNEALING AND GALVANISATION LINE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING A CONTINUOUS ANNEALING LINE INTO SUCH COMBINED LINE

Title (de)

KOMBINIERTE GLÜH- UND GALVANISIERUNGSLEITUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR UMWANDLUNG EINER DURCHGEHENDEN GLÜHLEITUNG IN EINE SOLCHE KOMBINIERTE LEITUNG

Title (fr)

LIGNE COMBINÉE DE RECUIT ET DE GALVANISATION ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRANSFORMATION D'UNE LIGNE DE RECUIT CONTINU EN UNE TELLE LIGNE COMBINÉE

Publication

EP 2176438 B1 20110112 (FR)

Application

EP 08831213 A 20080703

Priority

  • FR 2008000968 W 20080703
  • FR 0757023 A 20070810

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2009034243A1] The invention relates to a combined annealing and galvanisation line of a metal strip (1), that successively comprises an annealing station (2) with an annealing section (22), a quenching section (23), an over-ageing section (26) and a second slow-cooling section (25), and a galvanisation station (4) ending in a tempering bath. According to the invention, the galvanisation station (4) is integrated inside the annealing station (2) between the over-ageing section (26) and the second cooling section (25) and, at the output of the over-ageing section (26), the strip is directed by selective guiding means (80) either to the galvanisation station (4) and directly to the line output device (3), or directly to the second cooling section (25) and the line output device (3). The invention also relates to a particularly simple and economical method for converting an existing continuous annealing line into a combined annealing and/or galvanisation line.

IPC 8 full level

C23C 2/40 (2006.01); B05C 3/12 (2006.01); C21D 9/56 (2006.01); C23C 2/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C21D 9/52 (2013.01 - EP); C21D 9/562 (2013.01 - EP); C23C 2/00344 (2022.08 - EP US); C23C 2/0035 (2022.08 - EP US); C23C 2/004 (2022.08 - EP US); C23C 2/28 (2013.01 - EP US); C23C 2/29 (2022.08 - EP US); C23C 2/40 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2919876 A1 20090213; FR 2919876 B1 20091009; AT E495277 T1 20110115; DE 602008004544 D1 20110224; EP 2176438 A1 20100421; EP 2176438 B1 20110112; WO 2009034243 A1 20090319

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 0757023 A 20070810; AT 08831213 T 20080703; DE 602008004544 T 20080703; EP 08831213 A 20080703; FR 2008000968 W 20080703