IP Library Granted Patent US 9,228,266
Granted Patent B2
US 9,228,266 · App. 13/513,204 · Granted Jan 5, 2016

Pickling method and pickling system of steel plate

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Patent No.
US 9,228,266
App. No.
13/513,204
Granted
Jan 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a method of pickling of steel plate which contains silicon comprising applying ultrasonic waves of at least two types of frequencies of 28.0 kHz or more to less than 1.0 MHz to an acidic cleaning solution which contains microbubbles and, in that state, dipping the steel plate which contains silicon in that cleaning solution. The present invention is a continuous pickling system of steel plate which contains silicon which is provided with at least a support part which supports the steel plate, a conveyor which makes the steel plate move, and a pickling tank which pickles the steel plate, wherein the pickling tank has means for feeding microbubbles and means for applying ultrasonic waves of at least two types of frequencies of 28.0 kHz or more to less than 1.0 MHz.

Claims (10)

1. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate which contains silicon, said method of acid cleaning of the steel plate characterized in that an acid cleaning solution contains microbubbles, ultrasonic waves which have at least two types of frequencies are applied to the acid cleaning solution, and the frequencies of the ultrasonic waves are frequencies of 28.0 kHz or more to less than 1.0 MHz, wherein, in said frequencies of the ultrasonic waves, a lowest frequency f 1 and a highest frequency f 2 are in a relationship of:

0.24≦|log( f 1)−log( f 2)|≦1.55.

2. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 1 , characterized in that said acid cleaning solution includes ceramic or iron oxide particles with an average particle size of 0.05 to 50 μm.

3. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 1 , characterized in that said microbubbles are a mixture of at least two types of microbubbles with different average bubble sizes.

4. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 2 , characterized in that said particles are a mixture of at least two types of particles with different average particle sizes.

5. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 1 , characterized by using a reflecting plate which has a curved surface which is curved back from said steel plate so as to reflect said applied ultrasonic waves.

6. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 2 , characterized in that said microbubbles are a mixture of at least two types of microbubbles with different average bubble sizes.

7. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 2 , characterized by using a reflecting plate which has a curved surface which is curved back from said steel plate so as to reflect said applied ultrasonic waves.

8. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 3 , characterized by using a reflecting plate which has a curved surface which is curved back from said steel plate so as to reflect said applied ultrasonic waves.

9. A method of acid cleaning of a steel plate as set forth in claim 4 , characterized by using a reflecting plate which has a curved surface which is curved back from said steel plate so as to reflect said applied ultrasonic waves.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029980/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2012
From: NISHIMOTO, TAKUMI; UEMURA, KENICHI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028304/0076 →