Abstract: A flat steel product, and a method for its production, which is formed from a steel substrate, such as strip or sheet steel, and a zinc-based corrosion protection coating, applied to at least one side of the steel substrate, which contains (in wt. %) Mg: 0.25 to 2.5%, Al: 0.2 to 3.0%, Fe: ?4.0%, and optionally in total up to 0.8% of one or more elements of the group Pb, Bi, Cd, Ti, B, Si, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, Sn and rare earths, remainder zinc and unavoidable impurities are described. The corrosion protection coating has an Al content of maximum 0.5 wt. % in an intermediate layer extending between a surface layer directly adjacent to the surface of the flat steel product and a border layer adjacent to the steel substrate and with a thickness amounting to at least 20% of the total thickness of the corrosion protection coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated steel sheet or strip with a ground coating made of steel, onto at least one upper side of which a coating is applied by hot-dip galvanizing, the coating being formed from a melt consisting of 0.05-0.30% by weight Al and 0.2-2.0% by weight Mg, the remainder being zinc and unavoidable impurities, and, with a coating thickness of a maximum of 3.5 ?m on each side and a coating weight of a maximum 25 g/m2 on each side, guarantees that the steel sheet, in the salt spray mist test carried out in accordance with DIN 50021-SS, shows the first formation of red rust at the earliest after 250 hours. With such a sheet or strip, a flat steel product is provided which possesses an optimum combination of high corrosion resistance and optimum weldability and which is particularly well-suited for use as a material for motor vehicle chassis construction or for the construction of domestic appliances.

Abstract: Rolls of a strip line are cleaned by directing jets of a cleaning liquid thereagainst from nozzles which are mounted so that their distances from the roll to be cleaned can be set or controlled.