Abstract: Disclosed is a phosphated steel product and a method for producing the product. The method comprises passing at least one side of a steel strip through a molten bath of a metal selected from the group consisting of Zn-Al and Zn-Fe to form a first coating, electroplating a second coating consisting of essentially a pure metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe and Ni onto the first coating and subjecting the exposed surface of the second coating to a phosphating treatment to form a phosphate coating on the second coating.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 3, 1985
Date of Patent:
June 2, 1987
Assignees:
Phenix Works, Cockerill-Sambre
Inventors:
Victor Polard, Jean Palmans, Michel DuBois, A. Weymeersch