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US 2015/0040799 A1Published application
Reduction of chromium waste water in an aluminum conversion coat processing line
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorLawrence M. Lawless
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of conversion coating. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to improved methods for improving efficiency of chromium conversion coat processing lines.
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A method for reducing the amount of rinse water produced in a chromium-containing conversion coating process comprising the steps of:
- preparing a substrate having a substrate surface for immersion into a deoxidizing solution;
- immersing the substrate into a deoxidizing solution to deoxidize the substrate surface;
- removing the substrate from the deoxidizing solution;
- and
- immersing the substrate into a chromium-containing conversion coating solution,
- wherein the substrate is withdrawn from the deoxidizing solution and immersed into the conversion coating solution without an intervening rinse step.
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A method for reducing the amount of rinse water produced in a chromium-containing conversion coating process comprising the steps of:
- preparing a substrate having a substrate surface for immersion into a deoxidizing solution;
- immersing the substrate into a deoxidizing solution to deoxidize the substrate surface;
- removing the substrate from the deoxidizing solution;
- immersing the substrate into a dead rinse;
- removing the substrate from the dead rinse;
- and
- immersing the substrate into a chromium-containing conversion coating solution.
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