Color register edging method for aluminum alloy hub

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11123763-B2
Application number	US-201816188614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2018
Priority date	Nov 30, 2017
Publication date	Sep 21, 2021
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021

Abstract

The present application provides a color register edging method for an aluminum alloy hub. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps: (I) a first pretreatment and drying step, including washing, degreasing, acid pickling and passivation; (II) a body powder and paint spraying and respective curing step; (III) a second pretreatment and drying step, including washing, degreasing, acid pickling and passivation; (IV) an edging color register spraying and curing step, wherein a color register paint is squeezed onto a surface that needs color register by using an injection needle; (V) a third pretreatment and drying step, including washing, degreasing, acid pickling and passivation; and (VI) a high-gloss transparent powder spraying and curing step. The method breaks the conventional shielded protective color register process, the designed grooves can be in a full circle or partial, meanwhile, the size of the grooves can also be changed in the width.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A color register edging method for an aluminum alloy hub, comprising the following steps: (I) a first pretreatment and drying step, including washing, degreasing, acid pickling and passivation; (II) a body powder spraying and a paint spraying and respective curing steps; (III) a second pretreatment and drying step, including washing, degreasing, acid pickling and passivation; (IV) an edging color register applying and curing step, wherein a color register paint is squeezed onto a surface that needs color register by using an injection needle; (V) a third pretreatment and drying step, including washing, degreasing, acid pickling and passivation; and (VI) a transparent powder spraying and curing step.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in steps I, III and V, the first, second and third pretreatment and drying steps sequentially include the processes of: washing, pre-degreasing, degreasing, washing, acid pickling, washing, passivation, washing, closing, washing and drying.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step II, an electrostatic powder gun is adopted for spraying body powder, a distance between the electrostatic powder gun and a surface of a wheel is 200-300 mm, a throughput of the electrostatic powder gun is 2.5-4.5 m 3 /h, an atomizing pressure is 3.0-4.0 bar, an electrostatic pressure is controlled at 50-70 KV, a body powder spray thickness is 120-160 μm, a body powder curing temperature is 175-185° C., and a holding time is 20-25 min.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step II, an air gun is adopted for spraying paint, a distance between the air spray gun and a surface of a wheel is 180-250 mm, a throughput of the air spray gun is 60-100 mL/min, an atomizing pressure is 2.0-3.0 bar, a sector pressure is 2.0-3.0 bar, a paint spray thickness is 10-20 pm, a temperature of the wheel is 40-50° C., a paint curing temperature is 145-150° C., and a holding time is 15-25 min.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in edging color register spraying of step IV, the injection needle has a caliber of 1.5 mm, the hub is horizontally placed on an automatic rotary table, and the needle is fixed on an adjustable bracket.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a distance between the needle and a sprayed surface of a wheel is 4-6 mm, a flow rate of the injected paint is 10-20 mL/min, a power of the automatic rotary table is 56.6 Hz, a closed paint supply system is used to supply paint, and an air pressure of the dosed paint supply system is 2.0-3.0 bar.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in step VI, an electrostatic spraying is adopted in the transparent powder spraying process, an electrostatic power gun is used to spray the transparent powder, a distance between the electrostatic powder gun and a surface of a wheel is 200-300 mm, a throughput of the electrostatic powder gun is 2.5-3.5 m 3 /h, an atomizing pressure is 1.5-2.5 bar, an electrostatic pressure is controlled at 40-60 KV, a transparent powder spray thickness is about 80-120 pm, a transparent powder curing temperature is 177-180° C., and a holding time is 15-22 min.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in steps I, Ill and V, the first, second and third pretreatment and drying steps sequentially include 11 processes: washing, pre-degreasing, degreasing, washing, acid pickling, washing, passivation, washing, closing, washing and drying; an electrostatic powder gun is adopted for spraying body powder in step II, a distance between the electrostatic powder gun and a surface of a wheel is 200 mm, a throughput of the electrostatic powder gun is 2.5 m 3 /h, an atomizing pressure is 3.0 bar, an electrostatic pressure is controlled at 50 KV, a body powder spray thickness is 120 μm, a body powder curing temperature is 175° C., and a holding time is 25 min; an air gun is adopted for spraying paint in step II, a distance between the air spray gun and the surface of the wheel is 180 mm, a throughput of the air spray gun is 60 cc/min, an atomizing pressure is 2.0 bar, a sector pressure is 2.0 bar, a paint spray thickness is 10 pm, a temperature of the wheel is 40-50° C., a paint curing temperature is 145° C., and a holding time is 25 min; in edging color register spraying of step IV, the injection needle has a caliber of 1.5 mm, the hub is horizontally placed on an automatic rotary table, the needle is fixed on an adjustable bracket, a paint supply system used to supply paint is closed, a distance between the needle and the sprayed surface of the wheel is 4 mm, a flow rate of the injected paint is 10 cc/min, a power of the automatic rotary table is 56.6 Hz, and an air pressure of the closed paint supply system is 2.0 bar; electrostatic spraying is adopted in the transparent powder spraying process of step VI, a distance between the electrostatic powder gun and the surface of the wheel is 200 mm, a throughput of the electrostatic powder gun is 2.5 m 3 /h, an atomizing pressure is 1.5 bar, an electrostatic pressure is 40 KV, a transparent powder spray thickness is about 80 pm, a transparent powder curing temperature is 177° C., and a holding time is 22 min.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in steps I, Ill and V, the first, the second and the third pretreatment and drying steps sequentially include 11 processes: washing, pre-degreasing, degreasing, washing, acid pickling, washing, passivation, washing, closing, washing and drying; an electrostatic gun is adopted for spraying body powder in step II, a distance between the electrostatic powder gun and a surface of a wheel is 300 mm, a throughput of the electrostatic powder gun is 4.5 m 3 /h, an atomizing pressure is 4.0 bar, an electrostatic pressure is controlled at 70 KV, a body powder spray thickness is 160 μm, a body powder curing temperature is 185° C., and a holding time is 20 min; an air spray gun is adopted for spraying paint in step II, a distance between the air gun and the surface of the wheel is 250 mm, a throughput of the air spray gun is 100 cc/min, an atomizing pressure is 3.0 bar, a sector pressure is 3.0 bar, a paint spray thickness is 20 pm, a temperature of the wheel is 40-50° C., a paint curing temperature is 150° C., and a holding time is 15 min; in edging color register spraying of step IV, the injection needle has a caliber of 1.5 mm, the hub is horizontally placed on an automatic rotary table, the needle is fixed on an adjustable bracket, a paint supply system used to supply paint is closed, a distance between the needle and the sprayed surface of the wheel is 6 mm, a flow rate of the injected paint is 20 cc/min, a power of the automatic rotary table is 56.6 Hz, and an air pressure of the closed paint supply system is 3.0 bar; electrostatic spraying is adopted in the transparent powder spraying process of step VI, a distance between the electrostatic powder gun and the surface of the wheel is 300 mm, a throughput of the electrostatic powder gun is 3.5 m 3 /h, an atomizing pressure is 2.5 bar, an electrostatic pressure is 60 KV, a transparent powder spray thickness is about 120 pm, a transparent powder curing temperature is 180° C., and a holding time is 15 min.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein step VI further comprising the step of ultrasonic treatment, ultrasonic waves are applied to a wheel in a pulsed manner, each pulse lasts for 0.7 s, and an energy density of an ultrasonic wave is 120-400 W/cm 2 .

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Zuo
• Chen Guangcai

Classifications

• B05D5/06 Primary

  to obtain multicolour or other optical effects (B05D5/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05D1/12

  Applying particulate materials (B05D1/06, B05D1/10 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05D3/007

  After-treatment · CPC title

• B05D3/002 Primary

  Pretreatement · CPC title

• B05D3/102

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