Abstract:
This disclosure relates to continuously drawing a precleaned strip of metal past heating and evaporating means for the coating material and deforming the strip to bring the margins of the strip together to form an open-seamed, open-ended tube. The margins of the open seam are welded after the strip has been folded. The evaporated coating material enters the tube through its open end where it is being formed from strip to tube. As a result the inside surface of the tube has evaporated material condensed upon it in solid form. The condensate covers all of the inside surface, including also the welded seam. The inside-coated tube is cooled and passed through an appropriate finishing die or the like.
Abstract:
A BATH OF ALUMINUM IS MAINTAINED AT CERTAIN DEPTHS LESS THAN APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 INCHES. AT A GIVEN DEPTH BELOW 2 1/2 INCHES A STEEL CORE WIRE IS CONTINUOUSLY MOVED UP VERTICALLY THROUGH THE BATH. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CORE WIRE AND THAT OF THE BATH AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM THAT IS RETAINED BY FREEZING ON THE CORE INDEPENDENTLY OF A SUBSTANTIAL RANGE OR WIRE SPEEDS. AT A GIVEN BATH DEPTH LESS THAN 2 1/2 INCHES THE PERCENTAGE OF WEIGHT OF ALUMINUM COATING CLINGING TO THE STEEL CORE MAY BE ADJUSTED SIMPLY BY VARYING THEIR RELATIVE TEMPERATURES.