Electrolysis: processes – compositions used therein – and methods – Electrolytic material treatment – Metal or metal alloy
Patent
1996-04-10
1998-08-18
Phasge, Arun S.
Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods
Electrolytic material treatment
Metal or metal alloy
205709, 205710, 205711, C25F 104, C25F 302, C25D 520, B08D 312
Patent
active
057954607
ABSTRACT:
To remove films, such as oxides and lubricants, from a metal substrate, mechanical or thermal stress is first applied to the films so as to rupture the film to the substrate. The substrate is then moved through an electrolysis cell having one or more electrode elements of one electrical polarity spaced from the moving substrate defining another electrode element with the opposite polarity. An electrical signal is applied to the electrodes, and the electrical signal flows down to the metal substrate, resulting in an etching or pitting of the surface of the metal substrate. Following the electrolysis cell, the moving substrate is immersed in a cavitation fluid. Energy, either sonic or ultrasonic, is generated and focused onto the moving substrate so that cavitation bubbles are formed in the pitted portions of the metal substrate beneath the film. When the cavitation bubbles expand and collapse, the resulting cavitational shock wave and the microjet action produce a lifting effect on the film relative to the metal substrate.
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Al-Jiboory Muhammed
Chow Norman
Mui Cliff Low Dor
Oehr Klaus H.
Stachowiak Remy
Dynamotive Corporation
Phasge Arun S,.
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