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EP2215286B1 - Préparation d'éléments d'amenée d'eau à partir d'alliages de laiton à libération limitée d'ions métal - Google Patents

Préparation d'éléments d'amenée d'eau à partir d'alliages de laiton à libération limitée d'ions métal Download PDF

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EP2215286B1
EP2215286B1 EP08850224A EP08850224A EP2215286B1 EP 2215286 B1 EP2215286 B1 EP 2215286B1 EP 08850224 A EP08850224 A EP 08850224A EP 08850224 A EP08850224 A EP 08850224A EP 2215286 B1 EP2215286 B1 EP 2215286B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B7/00—Water main or service pipe systems
    • E03B7/006—Arrangements or methods for cleaning or refurbishing water conduits
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C22/00—Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
    • C23C22/05—Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using aqueous solutions
    • C23C22/60—Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using aqueous solutions using alkaline aqueous solutions with pH greater than 8
    • C23C22/62—Treatment of iron or alloys based thereon

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  • the invention relates to a process for the production or supply of water-bearing components made of brass alloys with reduced metal ion release and the corresponding components themselves.
  • Components made of brass alloys are used for very different purposes. Particularly important are those applications in which these components come in contact with water as intended, especially with drinking water. These are in the broadest sense the areas of sanitary engineering, water and drinking water production and water treatment.
  • brass alloys are used for the production of water-bearing or water-storing components. Conventional production methods for such components are, for example, drawing, turning, hot pressing (forging) or casting. The corresponding components are then, for example, pipes, valves, fittings and the like.
  • brass alloys In principle, a wide variety of brass alloys can be used for the purposes mentioned. These alloys are known in the art. Particularly noteworthy here are the lead-containing brass alloys, in which case the lead is generally added for better mechanical workability of the components produced therefrom.
  • Such coatings are preferably applied to the so-called decorative surfaces, ie those (outer) surfaces which are accessible to the user of the component, for example the sanitary fitting.
  • the coatings mentioned have either a technical function, eg. B. corrosion protection, or a decorative function, eg. Gloss, or both.
  • the best known example of such coatings is the so-called chrome plating, ie the application of a, usually final, chromium layer on the component. This chromium layer is usually applied by electroplating, wherein below the chromium layer, various other coatings can be located, which usually conclude with a nickel layer.
  • the said coatings are to be applied only to the decorative surfaces of the component, it is usually unavoidable that such coatings (partially) also deposit in the water-bearing (inner) surfaces of the component. It is said here that these layers “scatter" into the water-bearing parts of the component and their surfaces. From such interspersed layers then come, for example, the above-mentioned nickel ions, which can be detected in the water flowing through the component.
  • the JP 61117282 A shows the formation of copper oxide films on the surfaces of conductive materials consisting of copper or copper alloys.
  • JP 61221378 A the application of a copper oxide film on a non-chromed, water-bearing pipe system by strongly alkaline, oxidizing solutions.
  • this method should be easily incorporated into existing production or coating processes for such components, in particular for sanitary fittings.
  • an already completely coated, preferably chrome-plated component should be able to be treated by such a new method.
  • the above-mentioned method for producing or providing water-conducting components which are made of brass alloys and have reduced metal ion release in use, is designed so that at least on the surfaces of the components in contact with water in use, at least partially, a copper oxide layer is formed.
  • This copper oxide layer prevents metal ions from the underlying surfaces from entering the water present in or traversing the device.
  • the components are already chrome plated on their decorative surfaces when carrying out the method.
  • these may be galvanically applied chromium layers.
  • This procedure has the particular advantage that the method steps according to the invention can be easily integrated into an already existing process sequence.
  • the method according to the invention is designed such that the surfaces of the component which come into contact with water during use are partially provided with a nickel layer. Again, it is preferably a plated nickel layer.
  • the surfaces of the components coated according to the invention are the (inner) exposed brass surfaces. These are those inner surfaces where the original brass material from which the component is made is substantially unchanged, d. H. For example, it is not provided with any coating, for example an interspersed nickel layer.
  • These exposed brass surfaces are then according to the invention preferably completely provided with the copper oxide layer, so that from them no or substantially no metal ions (copper, zinc, lead and optionally other alloying constituents) can be released.
  • At least one 80 ° C. hot solution containing 250 g / l of sodium chloride (NaClO 2 ) and 300 g / l of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is used over a period of 10 minutes.
  • a strongly alkaline sodium chlorite solution is used. This can be prepared, for example, by introducing sodium hydroxide into an aqueous sodium chlorite solution.
  • the alkalinity of the strongly alkaline solution is achieved by addition of a suitable, for example, solid base, such as sodium hydroxide, by adding, for example, sodium hydroxide platelets in appropriate concentration to the sodium chlorite solution.
  • a suitable, for example, solid base such as sodium hydroxide
  • CuO cupric oxide
  • this is a black, resistant layer, which forms closed on the corresponding surface and is firmly anchored on this surface.
  • a restriction to the form CuO should not be made. It is not excluded that in addition partially Cu 2 O (copper (I) oxide) is formed.
  • the layer thicknesses of the copper oxide layer obtained, depending on the treatment, are generally less than 50 .mu.m, whereby higher layer thicknesses can also easily be achieved.
  • the layer thicknesses are less than 25 .mu.m, wherein in particular layer thicknesses between 0.05 .mu.m and 5 .mu.m are more preferred.
  • the brass alloy may be a leaded brass alloy.
  • the lead contents of such brass alloys are below 10%, preferably below 5%.
  • lead-containing brass alloys with a lead content of about 7% are used.
  • the method according to the invention can be varied. So it is conceivable in principle to integrate further process steps, in which not only on the exposed brass surfaces a copper oxide layer is formed, but additionally a Entnickeln and / or a dezincing takes place. Such dezincing causes the corresponding surfaces in contact with water when used to deplete the surface of zinc and, accordingly, may therefore release less zinc ions into the water / drinking water. Detangling is similarly the removal of nickel layers from the surfaces of the component in contact with water when in use. As mentioned above, such nickel layers can be formed by the so-called scattering in a decorative coating of the outer surfaces, such as a chrome plating.
  • the advantages of the method according to the invention will become apparent from the previous versions.
  • the copper oxide layer formed on the surfaces of the components in contact with water upon use prevents metal ions from being released from the copper oxide layer itself and from the underlying surface areas.
  • These metal ions are primarily the copper ions and zinc ions which are absolutely necessary in the brass and the ions of the optionally present further alloying metals, in particular lead ions.
  • a further advantage is to be emphasized that the method steps according to the invention are carried out on an already chrome-plated component.
  • the method according to the invention can be installed and integrated in a simple manner into already existing process sequences, for example a so-called electroplating.
  • the surface of the other sample was treated for 10 minutes in an 80 ° C, strongly alkaline sodium chlorite solution.
  • 250 g of sodium chlorite (NaClO 2 ) and 300 g (sodium hydroxide (NaOH)) were contained per liter of aqueous solution. After this treatment, a copper oxide layer resulted on this surface.
  • the three other fittings were exposed to a 80 ° C, strongly alkaline sodium chlorite solution over a period of 10 minutes (Immersion with movement of the fittings), wherein the composition of the solution corresponded to that of Example 1.
  • these three fittings were treated according to the invention, namely, a copper oxide layer was formed on the surfaces in contact with water (inner surfaces) of the fittings, namely the exposed brass surfaces there.
  • the method according to the invention is capable of significantly reducing the metal ion release in water-carrying components due to the formed copper oxide layer.

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Claims (5)

  1. Procédé de fabrication ou de préparation d'éléments d'amenée d'eau en alliages de laiton comme des armatures et analogues, qui présentent à l'usage une faible libération d'ions métalliques, dans lequel on forme au moins partiellement une couche d'oxyde de cuivre au moins sur les surfaces des éléments venant en contact avec l'eau pendant l'utilisation, dans lequel les éléments sont déjà chromés sur leurs surfaces décoratives lors de l'exécution du procédé et on utilise, pour la formation de la couche d'oxyde de cuivre, une solution chaude à 80°C contenant 250 g/l de chlorite de sodium (NaClO2) et 300 g/l d'hydroxyde de sodium (NaOH), pendant une durée de 10 minutes.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les éléments sont chromés sur leurs surfaces décoratives par voie galvanique.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les surfaces de l'élément venant en contact avec l'eau pendant l'utilisation sont munies partiellement d'une couche de nickel, de préférence d'une couche de nickel déposée par voie galvanique.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la couche d'oxyde de cuivre présente une épaisseur de couche de moins de 50 µm, en particulier de moins de 25 µm, et de préférence une épaisseur de couche comprise entre 0,05 µm et 5 µm.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'alliage de laiton est un alliage de laiton contenant du plomb, dans lequel l'alliage de laiton contenant du plomb est de préférence le CuZn37Pb ou le CuZn39Pb3.
EP08850224A 2007-11-12 2008-10-27 Préparation d'éléments d'amenée d'eau à partir d'alliages de laiton à libération limitée d'ions métal Not-in-force EP2215286B1 (fr)

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