(11) APpicaton No. AY 2005259526 B2 (19) AUSTRALIAN PATENT OFFICE (64) Tie se | choot with hot dip golvanized zinc alloy coating and process to produce it (61) International Patent Classifation(s} €23¢ 2/06 (2006.01) 2006010:A#r2005100 cae 206 war or-eP200s/006673 (21) Application Ne 2aoszses26 (22) Applicaton Date: 2005 06.23 (87) WIPONo: wonsvavze4a (20) Priorty Data (31) Number (32) Date (33) Country 04077160.5, 2004 07.28 EP o4076869.9 2004 06.29 EP (43) Publication Date eae (71) Applicants) coras Staol (72) tewertor(s) an Robert, Viot. Margot Julie, Maalman. Theodorus Franciscus Jozef (74) Agentsttomey Phillips Ormone (68) Related art JP 2003-190959 A (SUMITOMO ETAL IND LTD.) 14 Mey 2000: JP 7002-285311 A (SWHETOMD METAL THD LTD) 3 October 2002 (98 2110248 A (NISSHIN STEEL COMPANY LTD.) 15 June 1983 B_2002-371342_A__(SUNITOMD _WETAL IND _LTD) 26 Docomber _2002 Fitzpatrick, 267 Collins Street. Melbourne, VIC. 3000(0) Wold natal Property Organ @ per. (43 Imorsatioa Paeation Date 12 Tanna 2006 (12.01.2006) (ty Inert ppt Su rovers (2 Imre tg ater 28 08 2505208) (26 Peon ann ait OO pera” — moo 000 EF saris ahiyapvenoram (2) Spam a a eee CORES seine he 8} Inventor pian for US one MAMIAMAN, Saree eta mares dor ak AN Me nee en 0 ae aT TR at cine 1006/002843 At |MMLNNIUE 5 (5 aman Se sponta Pas (00 teat Paitin Nome WO 20067002843 AL (S) Dege ea AraU'A BADD BG DBM By eA CON. mans for oy Telenor my AAO I ‘rapa ats eC Da st 6 ow ats eS TD To eater ean oer hens fe ea ‘chara iene ae pf pane fie PT ce (Go tk STEEL EET WIT HOT DF GADNANTRD ZN ALLOY CONTIG ASD ROCESS TO PRODICET se tab igor cya hhc ape Iocan 3 sh eo ca, co 2 ohana es2005259526 21 Aug 2009 25 1 ‘STEEL SHEET WITH HOT DIP GALVANIZED ZINC ALLOY COATING AND PROCESS TO PRODUCE IT ‘The invention relates to stool stip provided with a hot dip galvanized zine ‘alloy coating layer and to a process for hot dip galvanising a steel strip with a zinc ‘aly coating layer, in which the coating ofthe steep strip is caried out ina bath of ‘molten zine alloy. ‘A eferance herein to patent document or other matter which is given as prior ‘at isnot tobe taken as an admission that that document or mater was, in Australia, known or that the information it contains was part ofthe common general knowiedge as at the prioniy date of any ofthe cams. To provide a steel strip with a zine coating is well known, espacialy for ‘eutorative and bulding applications. To get a thin layer of zinc ona steel stip in a cheap way, itis normal practice to coat the stel stp by hat dip galvanizing, in which the stip is moved through a bath of molten zinc, The molten zine adheres tothe steel, and a the departure ofthe strip fom the bath in mast cases the surpus of zinc Is removed from the sti to gt thin coating layer, usually using gas knives. 111s known inthe art to add certain chemical elements tothe bath 1 improve ‘he qual ofthe zinc coating andlor o improve the process of coating the steel stip, {As elements ote aluminium and magnesium are chosen, Europecn patent 0 694 520 mantons the use oft to 3.5 weight %& magnesium land 05 to 1.5 % aluminium, together withthe addtio of slicon to a percentage of (0.0010 to 0.0060 in weight 8, The sicon has been added in such a small quantity to Imorove the qualty of the zinc coating, which had been found to comprise zones where no zine had been present (bare spols). However, the only example in the patent mentions a zinc coated steel in which the costing has the composiion 2.55 weight % magnesium, 0.93 weight % aluminium, 60 ppm siicon, rest zinc end ineitable impurities. {would therefore be desirable to provide atleast one ofthe following 2 Zine alloy coated ste! stip having improved properties and a method for Producing the same; ‘a inc alloy coated ste! sp that is cheapest produce than the known coated soe! strip withthe same or better properties;