IP Library Granted Patent US 9,927,378
Granted Patent B2
US 9,927,378 · App. 15/030,737 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

On-line coating adhesion determination apparatus of galvannealed steel sheet, and galvannealed steel sheet manufacturing line

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Patent No.
US 9,927,378
App. No.
15/030,737
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus of a galvannealed steel sheet, includes: an X-ray tube which irradiates a galvannealed steel sheet that travels on a transportation line, with X-rays; an optical system which allows the X-rays emitted from the X-ray tube to irradiate the galvannealed steel sheet as a parallel beam and be diffracted; and a detector which measures the intensity of the diffracted X-rays and is installed at a position at which the X-ray diffraction peak corresponding to a crystal lattice spacing d of 1.5 Å or higher is detected, in which an emitted beam luminance of the X-rays is 20 W/mm 2 or higher, and the width-direction gain of the X-rays in the optical system is 0.15 or higher. The crystal lattice spacing d may be 1.914 Å. In addition, the energy of the incident X-rays from the X-ray tube may be lower than the excitation energy of Fe-Kα fluorescence X-ray.

Claims (17)

1. An on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus of a galvannealed steel sheet, comprising:

an X-ray tube which irradiates a galvannealed steel sheet that travels on a transportation line, with X-rays;

an optical system which allows the X-rays emitted from the X-ray tube to irradiate the galvannealed steel sheet as a parallel beam and be diffracted; and

a detector which measures an intensity of the diffracted X-rays and is installed at a position at which a X-ray diffraction peak corresponding to a crystal lattice spacing d of 1.5 Å or higher is detected,

wherein an emitted beam luminance of the X-rays is 20 W/mm2 or higher, and a width-direction gain of the X-rays in the optical system is 0.15 or higher.

2. The on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus of a galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the detector is installed at a position at which a X-ray diffraction peak corresponding to a crystal lattice spacing any one of d of 1.507 Å, 1.536 Å, 1.623 Å, 1.720 Å, 1.833 Å, 1.899 Å, 1.914 Å, 1.971 Å, 2.363 Å, 2.593 Å, 2.770 Å, 3.692 Å, 4.109 Å, 5.535 Å, or 6.351 Å is detected.

3. The on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus of a galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein, as the X-ray tube, an X-ray tube in which an energy of the X-rays incident on the galvannealed steel sheet is lower than an excitation energy of Fe-Kα fluorescence X-rays, is used.

4. A galvannealed steel sheet manufacturing line comprising:

the on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus according to claim 1 which is installed at a position at which a sum of a sheet thickness change and steel sheet vibrations is within ±3 mm between an alloying furnace and coiling.

5. The on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus of a galvannealed steel sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein, as the X-ray tube, an X-ray tube in which an energy of the X-rays incident on the galvannealed steel sheet is lower than an excitation energy of Fe-Kα fluorescence X-rays, is used.

6. A galvannealed steel sheet manufacturing line comprising:

the on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus according to claim 2 which is installed at a position at which a sum of a sheet thickness change and steel sheet vibrations is within ±3 mm between an alloying furnace and coiling.

7. A galvannealed steel sheet manufacturing line comprising:

the on-line coating adhesion determination apparatus according to claim 3 which is installed at a position at which a sum of a sheet thickness change and steel sheet vibrations is within ±3 mm between an alloying furnace and coiling.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2016
From: NAKAZAWA, MAKOTO; FUJIMURA, HAJIME; AOYAMA, SHOHEI; SANO, KOICHIRO; OMODAKA, MASAAKI; HASHIMOTO, SHIGERU
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038337/0698 →