Patent ID: 6770140
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
An apparatus for hot-dip galvanizing comprising:a plating vessel which holds a molten metal; a plating tank which is located at an upper portion of the plating vessel and wherein the hot-dip galvanizing is conducted by immersion of a steel strip thereinto, the plating tank having a first side wall, a bottom wall and a second side wall; a dross removing tank which is located at a lower portion of the plating vessel and which removes dross from the molten metal, the plating vessel being divided into the plating tank and the dross removing tank by the first side wall, the bottom wall and the second side wall; a mechanical pump which transfers a molten metal bath in the plating tank to the dross removing tank; and an opening positioned on the plating tank to recycle the molten metal bath from the dross removing tank to the plating tank.