High-ductility periodic variable alloy protective film and forming method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11072853-B2
Application number	US-201816223320-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Priority date	Mar 21, 2018
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

The disclosure provides a metal protective layer, sequentially comprising an organic powder coating, a high-gloss organic coating, a ductile periodic variable alloy protective film and a transparent powder coating, wherein the base powder layer is an epoxy resin or pure polyester powder coating; the high-gloss organic coating is an epoxy resin powder coating, a polyester powder coating, or a polybutadiene organic coating; the ductile periodic variable alloy protective film is formed by direct current magnetron sputtering with two targets in a high vacuum environment, and the material of the targets is composed of a Ni—Cr alloy layer and pure Cr; and the transparent powder layer is an acrylic powder coating or a polyester transparent powder coating.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A protective film, sequentially consisting of:
a base powder layer,
a high-gloss organic coating,
a ductile periodic variable alloy protective film, and
a transparent powder coating, wherein:
the base powder layer is an epoxy resin or a pure polyester powder coating;
the high-gloss organic coating is an epoxy resin powder coating, a polyester powder coating, or a polybutadiene organic coating;
the ductile periodic variable alloy protective film is formed by simultaneously opening two targets and performing direct current magnetron sputtering in a high vacuum environment, and the two targets are a Ni—Cr alloy target and a pure Cr metal target, wherein a Ni content periodically varies from more than 0% to 85% by mass and a Cr content periodically varies from 15% to 100% by mass in the ductile periodic variable alloy protective film; and
the transparent powder coating is an acrylic powder coating or a polyester transparent powder coating.

2. The protective film according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the base powder layer is 100-300 μm; a thickness of the high-gloss organic coating is 80-120 μm; a thickness of the transparent powder coating is 80-150 μm; and a thickness of the ductile periodic variable alloy protective film is 0.1-0.8 μm.

3. A method for forming the protective film of claim 1 , comprising steps of:
(1) providing a surface of a workpiece made of an aluminum alloy or other metal for pretreatment, the pretreatment comprising steps of water washing, alkaline washing, water washing, acid washing, pure water washing, passivation, pure water washing, sealing, pure water washing and drying;
(2) spraying base powder onto the surface of step (1) and curing same to obtain the base powder layer, the base powder being an epoxy resin powder or the pure polyester powder coating;
(3) performing fine grinding and polishing the surface of step (2);
(4) cleaning the surface of step (3), comprising steps of water washing, alkaline washing, water washing, acid washing, pure water washing, pure water washing and drying;
(5) spraying a high-gloss and high-leveling resin powder coating or a solvent-type liquid paint onto the surface of step (4), and curing same to obtain the high-gloss organic coating, the high-gloss and high-leveling resin powder coating or the solvent-type liquid paint being epoxy resin powder, the polyester powder coating or the polybutadiene organic coating;
(6) performing the direct current magnetron sputtering on the surface of step (5), the sputtering comprising simultaneous opening of the Ni—Cr alloy target and the pure Cr metal target and simultaneous auto-rotation and revolution to obtain the ductile periodic variable alloy protective film; and
(7) spraying transparent powder onto the surface of step (6) and curing same to obtain the transparent powder coating, the transparent powder being acrylic resin or the polyester transparent powder coating.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in step (2), a powder spraying thickness is 100-300 μm, a curing temperature on the surface of the workpiece reaches 180° C., and a curing time is 20 min.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in step (3), 800/1000-mesh sandpaper is used for grinding and polishing in the fine grinding step.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in step (5), the high-gloss organic coating is sprayed with a thickness of 80-120 μm, a curing temperature on the surface of the workpiece reaches 215° C., and a curing time is 20 min.

7. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in step (6), a temperature of the workpiece for the sputtering is 80-140° C., a flow rate of gas is 40-80 cc/min, a direct current for the sputtering is 20-30 A, and a voltage of a direct current power supply is less than or equal to 800 v; a vacuum degree is (2-8)×10 −3 Pa, a sputtering time of the two targets is 15-80 s, a working gas is 99.999% argon, and an ambient humidity for the sputtering is less than or equal to 50%.

8. The method according to claim 3 , wherein in step (7), the transparent powder is sprayed with a thickness of 80-150 μm, a curing temperature on the surface of the workpiece reaches 180° C., and a curing time is 17.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Zuo
• Xiong Guoyuan
• Wang Zaide
• Ma Huanming
• Zhang Shengchao
• Li Shuai
• Wei Qingwang
• Li Chuanming

Classifications

• B05D7/576

  each layer being cured, at least partially, separately · CPC title

• B05D2504/00

  Epoxy polymers · CPC title

• C23C14/205

  by cathodic sputtering · CPC title

• B05D3/12

  by mechanical means · CPC title

• B05D3/102

  Pretreatment of metallic substrates (C23C takes precedence) · CPC title