The present invention provides a steel sheet plated with aluminum-iron and a preparation method therefor, the steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; and a plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet and comprising: an alloyed layer containing at least one of Fe3Al, FeAl(Si), Fe2Al5, and FeAl3; and an aluminum layer formed on the alloyed layer and having a thickness less than 10% of that of the plated layer, wherein the plated layer is 20-35 μm in thickness and contains 1-20 wt % of Mg as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 μm deep from the surface of the plated layer and 10 wt % of oxygen as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 μm deep from the surface of the plated layer.

This steel sheet for hot stamping includes a base material, an Al-Si alloy plating layer in which the Al content is 75 mass% or more, the Si content is 3 mass% or more and the total of the Al content and the Si content is 95 mass% or more and a Ni plating layer in which the Ni content is more than 90 mass% in this order, the chemical composition of the base material is, by mass%, C: 0.01% or more and less than 0.70%, Si: 0.005% to 1.000%, Mn: 0.40% to 3.00%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.200%, a solid solution of Nb: 0.010% to 0.150%, sol. A1: 0.00020% to 0.50000%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.1000% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Cu: 0% to 1.00%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, V: 0% to 1.00%, Ti: 0% to 0.150%, Mo: 0% to 1.000%, Cr: 0% to 1.000%, B: 0% to 0.0100%, Ca: 0% to 0.010%. REM: 0% to 0.300%, and a remainder: Fe and an impurity, the Al-Si alloy plating layer has a thickness of 7 to 148 .Math.m, and the Ni plating layer has a thickness of more than 200 nm and 2500 nm or less.

Provided are a plated steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the plated steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; a Zn—Mg—Al plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Fe—Al inhibition layer provided between the base steel sheet and the Zn—Mg—Al plating layer. The plating layer comprises, by weight %, 4 to 10% of Mg and 5.1-25% of Al and the remainder being Zn and unavoidable impurities with respect to components not including iron (Fe) diffused from the base steel sheet. The plating layer comprises a 24-50% MgZn.sub.2 phase in phase fraction. In the MgZn.sub.2 phase, an Al single phase is present in the ratio of 1-30% relative to the cross-sectional area of the total MgZn.sub.2 phase.

Provided is an alloy-coated steel sheet and a manufacturing method thereof. The alloy-coated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and an Al—Mg—Si alloy layer disposed on the steel sheet, wherein the Al—Mg—Si alloy layer has a form in which Mg—Si alloy grains are included in an alloy layer consisting of an Al—Mg alloy phase.

A coated tool may include a base member and a coating layer. The coating layer may include a plurality of first AlTi layers indicated by Al.sub.1-x1Ti.sub.x1 and a plurality of second AlTi layers indicated by Al.sub.1-x2Ti.sub.x2. The coating layer may have alternating first AlTi layers and second AlTi layers, i.e. one upon another in a direction away from the base member, and x1 may be larger than x2. The plurality of first AlTi layers may include a first region having two or more adjacent first AlTi layers, where a first AlTi layer of the two or more adjacent first AlTi layers is located farther away from the base member and is smaller in thickness than a first AlTi layer of the two or more adjacent first AlTi layers located closer to the base member.

The present invention provides a coated steel product including: a steel product; a coating layer that is coated on the surface of the steel product and that includes from 8 to 50% by mass of Mg, from 2.5 to 70.0% by mass of Al, and from 0.30 to 5.00% by mass of Ca, with the balance consisting of Zn and impurities; and an intermediate layer interposed between the steel product and the coating layer, in which the intermediate layer has a sea-island structure constituted by a sea portion composed of an Al—Fe alloy phase, and island portions including a Zn—Mg—Al alloy phase having a Mg content of 8% by mass or more, and in which the sea portion composed of the Al—Fe alloy phase has an area fraction of from 55 to 90%.

Coated articles and methods for applying coatings are described. In some cases, the coating can exhibit desirable properties and characteristics such as durability, corrosion resistance, and high conductivity. The articles may be coated, for example, using an electrodeposition process.

A zinc-plated steel sheet for hot stamping according to an aspect of the present invention includes a steel substrate and a plated layer provided on a surface of the steel substrate, in which the steel substrate contains, in % by mass, C: 0.10 to 0.5%, Si: 0.7 to 2.5%, Mn: 1.0 to 3%, and Al: 0.01 to 0.5%, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, and the steel substrate has, in the inside thereof, an internal oxide layer consists of an oxide containing at least one of Si and Mn having a thickness of 1 μm or more, and a decarburized layer having a thickness of 20 μm or less from an interface with the plated layer toward an internal direction of the steel substrate.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing free-standing cladding tubes with multi-layer structures. According to the method, a cylindrical mandrel substrate defining a hollow cylindrical inner space is provided. A first cold spray powder metal is selected. The cylindrical mandrel substrate is rotated and the first cold spray powder metal is applied to an outer surface of the cylindrical mandrel substrate to form a first layer. The cylindrical mandrel substrate is removed.

A method of applying a long lasting wear-resistant coating on a Yankee drying cylinder is described, whereby the method includes: providing a Yankee drying cylinder having a cylindrical shell with a circular cross-section and an outer surface; and performing a thermal spray operation to form a wear-resistant coating layer on the outer surface of the Yankee drying cylinder during which thermal spray operation coating feedstock is fed to at least one spray device, heated to become plastic and/or semi-molten and/or molten and sprayed onto the outer surface of the Yankee drying cylinder to form the wear-resistant coating layer. The coating feedstock for the thermal spray operation consists of a specific set of elements, by percent weight, with the remainder being iron and impurities. Coatings and Yankee cylinders with such coatings are also disclosed.