C25D11/024

SELF-HEALING ANTI-ICING ALUMINUM CONDUCTOR STEEL-REINFORCED WITH COMPOSITE MICROPOROUS STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF
20230023650 · 2023-01-26 ·

The present invention provides a self-healing anti-icing ACSR with composite microporous structure, which is formed lower layer pores with a small diameter (durable storage remediator) and upper layer pores with a large diameter (increase a proportion of air cushion to improve anti-icing performance) by growing a uniform porous aluminum membrane on the surface of an aluminum base body. By optimizing the diameter and thickness of the lower layer pores and upper layer pores, and under the action of air pressure, capillary force and surface energy, a low surface energy remediator is immersed in pores, so an anti-icing ACSR with durable excellent anti-icing self-healing performance is prepared. The invention improves the anti-icing performance of the ACSR in practical applications and the self-healing of the anti-icing performance after being damaged, thereby extending the anti-icing life of the ACSR and improving the durable anti-icing performance thereof.

Surface-treated aluminum material having excellent adhesiveness to resins, method for manufacturing the same, and surface-treated aluminum material-resin bonded body

The present disclosure provides a surface-treated aluminum material having excellent adhesiveness to resins, on the surface of which an oxide film is formed, the oxide film comprising a surface-side porous aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 20 to 500 nm and a base-side barrier aluminum oxide film having a thickness of 3 to 30 nm, wherein small pores each having a diameter of 5 to 30 nm are formed on the porous aluminum oxide film, and the length of cracks formed in a boundary between the porous aluminum oxide film and the barrier aluminum oxide film is not more than 50% of the length of the boundary, a method for manufacturing the surface-treated aluminum material, and a surface-treated aluminum material-resin bonded body, comprising the surface-treated aluminum material and a resin that covers the surface of the oxide film formed thereon.

ALUMINUM MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20230212776 · 2023-07-06 ·

An aluminum member (1) includes: a base material (2) composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and an anodic oxide film (3) formed on a surface of the base material. The anodic oxide film includes: an amorphous layer (31), which is composed of an amorphous aluminum oxide and is formed on the base material (2); and a crystal layer (32), which is composed of a crystalline aluminum oxide and is formed on the amorphous layer (31). The aluminum member (1) can be obtained by forming the anodic oxide film (3) on the base material (2) by performing an anodization process on the base material (2) in an electrolytic solution, which contains boron atoms and has a pH of 7.0-12.0.

SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD OF COPPER FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF POLYMER AND COPPER
20220403543 · 2022-12-22 ·

A method to treat the copper surface to manufacture the metallic assembly with the polymer and copper to have excellent bonding strength is disclosed. The present method is for treating the surface of copper for the bonded coupling of the mixture of polymer and copper by providing a method to treat the surface of copper, with

(a) an etching step with electric etching of the surface of copper,
(b) the first anodizing stage to anodize the surface of copper, and
(c) the second anodizing stage to anodize the above is firstly anodized, after an ultrasonic treatment of the secondly anodized copper, the copper is oxidized again.

METHOD TO CREATE FUNCTIONAL COATINGS ON MAGNESIUM
20220389604 · 2022-12-08 ·

In example implementations, a method for producing a coating is provided. The method includes placing a magnesium substrate into an anodizing bath, applying a voltage for a first amount of time to form a micro-porous anodizing layer having a thickness of between 1 to 50 microns on the magnesium substrate, placing the magnesium substrate with the micro-porous anodizing layer in plating bath, wherein the plating bath comprises a metal and a complexing agent with a pH between 8 and 14, applying a first current to the plating bath for a second amount of time to form an interlock layer on the micro-porous anodizing layer, and applying a second current to the plating bath for a third amount of time to form a coating on the interlock layer.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FIRE-RESISTANT PART OF AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND PART PRODUCED BY SUCH A METHOD
20220372628 · 2022-11-24 ·

Method for manufacturing a fire-resistant part of an air conditioning system for an air or rail transport vehicle, characterized in that it includes at least the following steps: a step of obtaining a part including at least one aluminum alloy surface portion, and a step of treating the aluminum alloy surface portion by use of micro-arc oxidation in order to produce a ceramic coating on the surface portion.

METHOD FOR CREATING COLORFUL PATTERN ON METAL SURFACE
20220372645 · 2022-11-24 ·

A method for creating colorful patterns on a metal surface by using colorless ink is revealed. First carry out a first anodizing process on a metal substrate to form a first anodic oxide layer on a surface of the metal substrate. Then coat a layer of colorless ink on the first anodic oxide layer on the surface of the metal substrate to form a colorless ink pattern mask. Later perform a second anodizing process to form a second anodic oxide layer on a part of the metal substrate without being covered with the colorless ink pattern mask. Next remove the colorless ink pattern mask and coat a metal film over the first anodic oxide layer and the second anodic oxide layer to get a colorful pattern on the metal substrate.

METHOD TO APPLY COLOR COATINGS ON ALLOYS
20220364253 · 2022-11-17 ·

In example implementations, a method for coloring an alloy is provided. The method includes anodizing a substrate in an anodizing bath comprising phosphoric acid, at a constant temperature and a constant voltage for a first time period to develop an anodizing layer that includes a barrier layer, reducing the constant voltage applied to the anodizing bath for a second time period to change a thickness of the barrier layer and change a width of pores in the anodizing layer, plating the substrate in a plating bath at a first current that is increased over a third time period in accordance with a current profile of the plating bath, and plating the substrate in the plating bath at a second current for a fourth time period.

METHOD OF DECORATING PVD COATED SURFACES AND DECORATED SURFACES OBTAINED
20230071739 · 2023-03-09 ·

A method for decorating metallic or non-metallic surfaces treated with Physical Void Deposition, PVD, comprising: an electrochemical activation action of the decoration by means of an electrical circuit with electrodes in electrical contact and for at least one thereof with the mediation of an electrolytic solution towards a surface being treated; an electrically conductive surface facing one of said electrodes to form said surface being treated; at least one masking resistant to the electrochemical activation action of the decoration and interposed between the facing electrode and the surface being treated; and has the electrochemical action of activating the decoration of the treated surface occurs by electrochemical oxidation of the metallic oxide layer normally present on the electrically conductive surface whether it is placed below the PVD coating layer, i.e., performed before such PVD coating, or such electrochemical oxidation action is performed above said vacuum metallic coating, electrically conductive PVD layer; the electrochemical oxidation acts with the surface of the treated metal, its natural oxide, or the PVD coating itself, i.e., on the oxides, carbides, nitrides forming it, without any removal of metallic material but with the aesthetic modification of the treated surface in the shape determined by the aforesaid masking.

SURFACE-TREATED ALUMINUM MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
20230127403 · 2023-04-27 · ·

The surface-treated aluminum material includes an aluminum material and an oxide film formed on at least part of a surface of the aluminum material, and when a perimeter and an area of a void on a surface of the oxide film are represented by L and S, respectively, an undulation degree of the void defined as L.sup.2/S×(¼π) is 2.5 or more.