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US 10,982,308 B2Granted
Hot-dip galvanization system and hot-dip galvanization method, in particular for mass production
AssigneeFontaine Holdings NV
InventorsThomas Pinger, Lars Baumgürtel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and a method for the hot-dip galvanization of motor-vehicle components, preferably for mass-production hot-dip galvanization of a plurality of identical or similar motor-vehicle components, in particular in batches, preferably for batch galvanization, especially preferably for high-precision hot-dip galvanization.
Claims10
A hot-dip galvanizing method for the large-scale hot-dip galvanization of a multiplicity of identical or similar automotive components, using a zinc/aluminum alloy in a liquid molten form,
- wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- a subgroup of automotive components, in a grouped state together with a plurality of further automotive components, are fastened on to at least one goods carrier of a conveying device, wherein the subgroup of automotive components are provided, on their surface, with a flux and wherein the subgroup of automotive components are then subjected to hot-dip galvanizing in a galvanizing bath comprising a zinc/aluminum alloy in a liquid molten form,
- wherein, for hot-dip galvanizing, the subgroup of automotive components are supplied, in a separated and singled out state, to the galvanizing bath, are then immersed therein and are subsequently emerged therefrom, wherein hot-dip galvanizing is carried out in the separated and singled out state of each of the subgroup of automotive components and wherein each single automotive component of the subgroup of automotive components, in a separated and singled out state, is immersed into an immersion region of the galvanizing bath, then moved from the immersion region to an adjacent emersion region and subsequently emerged in the emersion region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.