EP0180010A2 - Behandlung von Material in Öfen - Google Patents

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EP0180010A2
EP0180010A2 EP85111305A EP85111305A EP0180010A2 EP 0180010 A2 EP0180010 A2 EP 0180010A2 EP 85111305 A EP85111305 A EP 85111305A EP 85111305 A EP85111305 A EP 85111305A EP 0180010 A2 EP0180010 A2 EP 0180010A2
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Robert Donald Macinnes
Robert Lewis Rohr
Helen Li Yeh
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
    • C21D9/0006—Details, accessories not peculiar to any of the following furnaces
    • C21D9/0025—Supports; Baskets; Containers; Covers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B9/00—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity
    • F27B9/04—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity adapted for treating the charge in vacuum or special atmosphere
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B9/00—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity
    • F27B9/14—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment
    • F27B9/20—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment the charge moving in a substantially straight path tunnel furnace
    • F27B9/26—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment the charge moving in a substantially straight path tunnel furnace on or in trucks, sleds, or containers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D5/00—Supports, screens, or the like for the charge within the furnace
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D1/00—Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs
    • F27D1/0003—Linings or walls
    • F27D1/003—Linings or walls comprising porous bricks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D5/00—Supports, screens, or the like for the charge within the furnace
    • F27D5/0068—Containers

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  • the present invention relates to processing materials in furnaces, and more particularly to a technique for processing materials in a furnace wherein additional material is included to reduce the oxygen in the furnace atmosphere.
  • Japanese Patent J5 1094-407 describes enclosing aluminum to be sintered in an atmosphere of nitrogen gas in a tray having cover which fits into a groove in the tray. In the groove is deposited magnesium powder through which the atmosphere around the aluminum powder communicates with the atmosphere outside the tray.
  • U.S. Patent 3,232,754 issued Feb. 1, 1966 to Storcheim and entitled POROUS METALLIC BODIES AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREFORE teaches a furnace in which parts are sintered, and through which hydrogen gas is circulated. Further, the metal being sintered is contained in a boat provided with a removable cover. Locating pins projecting from the cover which are receivable in correspondingly positioned apertures in the side walls of the boat iie hold the cover in place.
  • the boat is divided by a partition wall into a main section for accommodating green compact bearings to be sintered, and an auxiliary section filled with aluminum powder acting as a getter to pick up oxygen and moisture.
  • Heavy iron boats are used to contain the powder to be sintered and the boats must be heavy to deal with temperature gradients in the furnace.
  • the covered boat is not sealed from the hydrogen, but free circulation and turbulence of the gas within the boat is inhibited.
  • the work material in the furnace is surrounded by a hydrogen gas atmosphere and metal surfaces which convert oxygen in the hydrogen gas into water.
  • the prior art does not teach the technique of surrounding a material with a catalyst or gettering material to use up oxygen before it reaches the work material.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a process control for a furnace wherein workpiece material is surrounded by an enclosure composed of catalytic material.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an enclosure for workpiece material in a furnace where the enclosure is a porous structure of catalytic metal for converting oxygen into water.
  • a still further object of the present invention is to provide an enclosure for a workpiece in a furnace for converting oxygen in the furnace atmosphere into water, wherein the enclosure is composed of a porous structure of platinum material.
  • the invention provides a receptacle for containing work material adapted to be located in a heating furnace having a percentage of oxygen in a reducing gas atmosphere
  • a receptacle for containing work material adapted to be located in a heating furnace having a percentage of oxygen in a reducing gas atmosphere
  • a tray structure for supporting said work material in said furnace, and an enclosure structure surrounding said work material in said tray structure, said enclosure structure being connected to said tray and being of a mesh or screen configuration to allow said reducing gas to pass through and contact said work material, said enclosure structure comprising or being composed of a catalyst material to react with said oxygen in said reducing gas to convert said oxygen into another compound to prevent said oxygen from combining with said work material.
  • FIG. 1 The structure of FIG. 1 is based on the principle of surrounding the work with metal surfaces which will convert oxygen in the hydrogen gas atmosphere passing through the furnace into water.
  • the work is surrounded with a catalyst or a gettering material to tie up the oxygen before it ever reaches the work.
  • the furnaces mentioned above include conveyor furnaces which are used in many processors such as Ni/Au diffusion, chip reflow, chip joining, pin brazing, seal band pretinning and cap sealing, etc.
  • processors such as Ni/Au diffusion, chip reflow, chip joining, pin brazing, seal band pretinning and cap sealing, etc.
  • chemical flux or high temperatures with a reducing atmosphere in processing parts.
  • Dry processes without the use of chemical flux have advantages such as eliminating cleaning steps, and eliminating flux caused defects, and corrosion, etc.
  • Reducing atmosphere such as hydrogen or hydrogen enriched gas is usually used in dry processes. However, in most of the dry bonding processes, the oxygen content has to be controlled to less than 1 ppm (part per million).
  • the process temperature for a successful heat treatment or bonding has to be significantly higher and such higher processing temperature may jeopardized the quality of the parts to be bonded or treated.
  • low oxygen content level must be maintained for accomplishing high quality bonds and heat treatment.
  • FIG. 1 a structure is shown for achieving the important but frequently unreachable low oxygen content in high through-put conveyor furnaces.
  • the structured FIG. 1 enables the provision of a high quality (low oxygen level) atmosphere surrounding a workpiece as it is processed in the reducing atmosphere of the furnace.
  • the structure of FIG..1 is a container which encloses the workpiece and functions as a catalyst for the reaction of H2 and 02 in an H2 containing atmosphere, i.e., H2 and forming gas, etc.
  • the structure of the enclosure or container includes a bottom tray or boat 10 which is coated with a metal such as platinum and a top or cover made from metal screening or metal coated screening which metal may also be platinum.
  • bottom tray 10 may also be composed of mesh or screening material as an alternative to being solid.
  • Platinum is a preferred embodiment for the metal boat 10 and screen 12 because it is an excellent catalyst for the reaction of 02 and H2 and is active at temperatures at least as low as 150°C.
  • One or more workpieces 14 are disposed in boat 10 so they are surrounded by the catalyst metal. The catalyst reaction depends upon gas contact with the surface, screening offers a large surface area which enhances this contact while still allowing the furnace gases to flow and convectively heat the part.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a cross section of a typical hydrogen reflow furnace through which workpieces are conveyed by a belt.
  • Other examples of types of furnaces with which the present invention may be used are shown in the aforementioned U.S. Patents 3,232,754 and 4,113,240.
  • the enclosure for workpieces in a furnace that functions to reduce the oxygen in the furnace gas by converting the oxygen into water by catalytic action.
  • the reducing atmosphere in the furnace may include not only hydrogen containing gas, but also other types of reducing gases such as CO to convert the oxygen to C0 2 .
  • the described enclosure may be employed in any heating applications that need reducing atmosphere and require low oxygen level, and that the enclosure may be composed of other, different kinds of catalyst material, with platinum being only one example.

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FR2728270A1 (fr) * 1994-12-20 1996-06-21 Commissariat Energie Atomique Four a hybridation pour l'interconnexion de composants par un materiau fusible
WO2004094057A1 (en) * 2003-04-23 2004-11-04 Volvo Aero Corporation Method and device for inhibiting contamination of a workpiece

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FR40714E (fr) * 1931-09-08 1932-08-22 Krupp Ag Corps en tôle mince, particulièrement en matière de grande valeur, comme l'acier non oxydable ou réfractaire
US2131505A (en) * 1938-08-16 1938-09-27 Henry M Garsson Treating steel
US3232754A (en) * 1961-11-07 1966-02-01 Alloys Res & Mfg Corp Porous metallic bodies and fabrication methods therefor
DE1808236A1 (de) * 1967-11-11 1969-07-10 Nippon Kokan Kk Strahlungsheizofen mit Regulierung der Atmosphaere
US4113240A (en) * 1976-01-16 1978-09-12 P. R. Mallory & Co. Inc. Continuous open-ended sintering furnace system
US4294436A (en) * 1979-09-05 1981-10-13 Kanto Yakin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Furnace with protective atmosphere for heating metals

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FR40714E (fr) * 1931-09-08 1932-08-22 Krupp Ag Corps en tôle mince, particulièrement en matière de grande valeur, comme l'acier non oxydable ou réfractaire
US2131505A (en) * 1938-08-16 1938-09-27 Henry M Garsson Treating steel
US3232754A (en) * 1961-11-07 1966-02-01 Alloys Res & Mfg Corp Porous metallic bodies and fabrication methods therefor
DE1808236A1 (de) * 1967-11-11 1969-07-10 Nippon Kokan Kk Strahlungsheizofen mit Regulierung der Atmosphaere
US4113240A (en) * 1976-01-16 1978-09-12 P. R. Mallory & Co. Inc. Continuous open-ended sintering furnace system
US4294436A (en) * 1979-09-05 1981-10-13 Kanto Yakin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Furnace with protective atmosphere for heating metals

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FR2728270A1 (fr) * 1994-12-20 1996-06-21 Commissariat Energie Atomique Four a hybridation pour l'interconnexion de composants par un materiau fusible
EP0718067A1 (de) * 1994-12-20 1996-06-26 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Hybridisierungsofen für die Verbindung von Bauelementen mittels eines schmelzbares Materials
WO2004094057A1 (en) * 2003-04-23 2004-11-04 Volvo Aero Corporation Method and device for inhibiting contamination of a workpiece

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