IP Library Granted Patent US 10,370,770
Granted Patent B2
US 10,370,770 · App. 15/308,104 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Plating solution for threaded connection for pipe or tube and producing method of threaded connection for pipe or tube

Inventors: Masanari Kimoto (Kobe, JP); Kazuya Ishii (Nishinomiya, JP); Kunio Goto (Kobe, JP); Tatsuya Yamamoto (Wakayama, JP); Masahiro Oshima (Amagasaki, JP); Seiichiro Nakao (Akashi, JP); Daisuke Yamaguchi (Akashi, JP)
Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION; VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
C25D3/58C25D3/56C25D7/003C25D7/04F16L15/04
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Patent No.
US 10,370,770
App. No.
15/308,104
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a plating solution for a threaded connection used for forming a plating film excellent in galling resistance, crevice corrosion resistance, and exposure corrosion resistance. The plating solution contains no cyanide, but contains copper pyrophosphate, tin pyrophosphate, zinc pyrophosphate, pyrophosphate as a metal complexing agent, and a sulfur-containing compound of 40 g/L or less (excluding 0). The sulfur-containing compound includes: a mercapto compound and a sulfide compound defined by Chemical Formula (1); a dimer formed through a disulfide bond of the mercapto compounds; and one or more types of salts thereof: RS—(CHX 1 ) m —(CHX 2 ) n —CHX 3 X 4   (1), where each of m and n is an integer of 1 or 0; each of X 1 , X 2 , X 3 and X 4 is any one of hydrogen, OH, NH 2 , SO 3 H, and CO 2 H, but excluding that X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , and X 4 are all hydrogen; and R is any one of hydrogen, a methyl group, and an ethyl group.

Claims (12)

1. A plating solution for a threaded connection for pipe or tube, the plating solution containing no cyanide,

the plating solution further containing:

copper pyrophosphate;

tin pyrophosphate;

zinc pyrophosphate;

pyrophosphate as a metal complexing agent; and

one or more sulfur-containing compounds of 0.01 to 40 g/L selected from the group consisting of a mercapto compound defined by Chemical Formula (1), a sulfide compound defined by the Chemical Formula (1), and a salt thereof:

wherein the Chemical Formula (1) is defined by RS—(CHX 1 ) m —(CHX 2 ) n —CHX 3 X 4 ,

where each of m and n is an integer of 1 or 0; each of X 1 , X 2 , X 3 and X 4 is any one of hydrogen, OH, and NH 2 , but excluding that X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , and X 4 are all hydrogen; and R is any one of hydrogen, a methyl group, and an ethyl group.

2. A producing method of a threaded connection for pipe or tube comprising:

a step of preparing the plating solution according to claim 1 ; and

a step of subjecting a pin or a box of the threaded connection to electroplating using the plating solution so as to form a Cu—Sn—Zn alloy plating film on the pin or the box.

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 Nov 1, 2016
From: KIMOTO, MASANARI; ISHII, KAZUYA; GOTO, KUNIO; YAMAMOTO, TATSUYA; OSHIMA, MASAHIRO; NAKAO, SEIICHIRO; YAMAGUCHI, DAISUKE
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION; VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 040181/0545 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-101795 · May 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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