Equipment for the continuous hot dip-coating of a metal strip 9 including an annealing furnace, a tank 2 containing a liquid metal bath 3, a snout connecting the annealing furnace and tank 2, through which the metal strip 9 runs in a protective atmosphere and the lower part of the snout, the sabot 5, is at least partly immersed in the liquid metal bath 3 in order to define with the surface of the bath, and inside this snout, a liquid seal 6, an overflow 7 not connected to the snout, the overflow 7 including at least one tray 8, placed in the vicinity of the strip 9 when entering the liquid metal bath 3 and encompassed by liquid seal 6.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet. Heating in a first half of oxidizing treatment is performed at a temperature of 400° C. to 750° C. in an atmosphere having a particular O.sub.2 concentration and a particular H.sub.2O concentration, and heating in a second half of the oxidizing treatment is performed at a temperature of 600° C. to 850° C. in an atmosphere having a particular O.sub.2 concentration and a particular H.sub.2O concentration. Subsequently, heating in a heating zone for reduction annealing is performed to a temperature of 650° C. to 900° C. at a particular heating rate in an atmosphere having a particular H.sub.2 concentration and a particular H.sub.2O concentration with the balance being N.sub.2 and inevitable impurities, and soaking in a soaking zone for the reduction annealing is performed in an atmosphere having a particular H.sub.2 concentration and a particular H.sub.2O concentration with the balance being N.sub.2 and inevitable impurities.

Provided is a roller shaft insulation member for reducing the heat which is conducted to the bearings by passing through the space between the roller insertion hole of a continuous annealing furnace and the roller, wherein the roller shaft insulation member of the continuous annealing furnace comprises an inorganic fiber blanket, which contacts or is near the outer circumferential surface of the roller and in which the content of 45 μm or larger shot is 3% or less. A continuous annealing furnace provided with said roller shaft insulation member is also provided.

The subject matter of this invention is a heat distribution management device in a treatment device of yarns in movement on a means of transport, said means of transport being able to be traversed by a flow of heat at or through the of orifices, characterized in that the device comprises at least one means of sealing by coverage of at least one part of the orifices of the means of transport, said means of sealing being independent of the means of transport.

The subject matter of this invention is a heat distribution management device in a treatment device of yarns in movement on a means of transport, said means of transport being able to be traversed by a flow of heat at or through the of orifices, characterized in that the device comprises at least one means of sealing by coverage of at least one part of the orifices of the means of transport, said means of sealing being independent of the means of transport.

Provide is an annealing furnace, a method of constructing the annealing furnace, and a structure for prefabrication which make it possible to use a prefabricated construction method for the annealing furnace even in a long length. The annealing furnace includes a case, and plural rows of rolls at the top and the bottom of the inside of the case, the rolls being configured to convey a steel strip. The annealing furnace includes: horizontally parting faces where a body of the furnace can be horizontally divided, wherein each of horizontally parted sections parted by the horizontally parting faces further has vertically parting faces where the horizontally parted sections can be divided in a direction vertical to a longitudinal direction of the body.

Provide is an annealing furnace, a method of constructing the annealing furnace, and a structure for prefabrication which make it possible to use a prefabricated construction method for the annealing furnace even in a long length. The annealing furnace includes a case, and plural rows of rolls at the top and the bottom of the inside of the case, the rolls being configured to convey a steel strip. The annealing furnace includes: horizontally parting faces where a body of the furnace can be horizontally divided, wherein each of horizontally parted sections parted by the horizontally parting faces further has vertically parting faces where the horizontally parted sections can be divided in a direction vertical to a longitudinal direction of the body.

A hearth roll for a continuous annealing furnace, the hearth roll comprising a thermal spray coating on a surface of the hearth roll, wherein the thermal spray coating comprises main components consisting of a Co-based alloy, a carbide of a transition metal, and a double oxide; and impurities, the double oxide consists of one or two types of a first double oxide consisting of Al and a rare earth element and a second double oxide consisting of a transition metal and a rare earth element, and when the main components are 100 mass %, a content of the Co-based alloy is 25 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less, a content of the carbide is 5 mass % or more and 30 mass % or less, and a content of the double oxide is 20 mass % or more and 45 mass % or less.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a hot-dip coated steel sheet coated with a zinc or an aluminum based coating including the provision of a specific steel sheet, a recrystallization annealing with specific heating, soaking and cooling sub-steps using an inert gas and a hot-dip coating; the hot dip coated steel sheet and the use of the hot-dip coated steel sheet.

A method of colorizing stainless steel strip involves the continuous surface treatment of stainless steel strip with aqueous suspensions of rare earth oxide nano or micro particles or aqueous rare earth nitrate solutions of nano or micro particles. The surface treatment can be applied by roll coating, spraying or other conventional application techniques. The coated strip is then continuously annealed. The surface treatment can provide a variety of colors. It also improves corrosion resistance of the processed stainless steel strip. Steel strip treated in this manner is suitable for a variety of applications in the building systems, automotive and appliance markets.