Abstract: In a high-speed electrogalvanizing process, steel strip is protected from the formation of troublesome zinc nodules by masking the edges of the strip, while the strip is moving and upstream from the electrogalvanizing step, with an ultraviolet curable coating, and curing the coating, while the strip is moving, prior to introduction to the electrogalvanizing step.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 1995
Date of Patent:
October 22, 1996
Assignees:
USX Corporation, Rouge Steel Company
Inventors:
Ersan Ilgar, Edward J. Patula, James R. Roney