EP1555331B1 - Fil de tungsten à haute ductilité et haute resistance a traction a chaud et son procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

Fil de tungsten à haute ductilité et haute resistance a traction a chaud et son procédé de fabrication Download PDF

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EP1555331B1
EP1555331B1 EP05250198A EP05250198A EP1555331B1 EP 1555331 B1 EP1555331 B1 EP 1555331B1 EP 05250198 A EP05250198 A EP 05250198A EP 05250198 A EP05250198 A EP 05250198A EP 1555331 B1 EP1555331 B1 EP 1555331B1
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Istvan Meszaros
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    • B21C1/003—Drawing materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special drawing methods or sequences
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01K—ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS
    • H01K3/00—Apparatus or processes adapted to the manufacture, installing, removal, or maintenance of incandescent lamps or parts thereof
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  • This invention relates to a high ductility and high hot tensile strength tungsten wire for incandescent lamp filaments, and a method for manufacturing such a tungsten wire.
  • Lamps with an incandescent filament have been known for a long time.
  • the filaments are made of a tungsten wire, which is wound into a coil.
  • the dimensions of the coil determine not only the light output of the lamp, but also the optical properties of the light beams emerging from an optical projector system.
  • Such projector systems are found, among others, in headlights of automobiles or slide projectors.
  • Lamps with small filaments have better optical parameters, and allow the formation of a well-defined projected beam, even with small-sized projecting optics. Beside, projector systems not only require small filaments, but also very high lumen output.
  • the small external dimensions mean that the inner diameter of the coils is also small, in the order of the wire diameter.
  • the inner diameter of the coil largely corresponds to the diameter of the mandrel, on which the filament is wound during manufacturing of the coil.
  • the ratio of the diameter of the mandrel to the wire diameter is termed as the mandrel ratio.
  • the mandrel ratio The ratio of the diameter of the mandrel to the wire diameter.
  • non-sag filaments so-called non-sag filaments.
  • the non-sag ability of a filament is closely related to the hot tensile strength of the tungsten wire from which the filament is made.
  • Hot tensile strength (hereinafter HTS) is measured at 1620 ° C, and desired values are above 0.16-24 N/mg/200 mm.
  • the wire is annealed (heat treated). This annealing forms the mechanical properties of the wire to enable the assembly of the filaments on an automated mounting machine without breakage.
  • the required optical parameters may be obtained only with coils having a very small mandrel ratio, in the order of 2 to 1.5, or even lower. This extreme mandrel ratio requires that the wire remains ductile on room temperature, otherwise the wire may split or break during the winding process, particularly at those parts of the coil, which must endure the largest shaping tension or shaping stress.
  • Ductility of the wire is closely correlated with its cold tensile strength (hereinafter CTS), in the sense that a wire with low CTS has a high ductility, while higher CTS values correspond to low ductility.
  • CTS is measured at room temperature, and desired values for high-end, low mandrel ratio filament wires are between 0.5-0.7 N/mg/200 mm.
  • the ductility of the wire may be influenced with the annealing process. Namely, by the proper selection of times and temperatures of the annealing in combination with the parameters of the wire drawing, the desired ductility (or the CTS) may be accomplished.
  • HTS values move in tandem with CTS values. With other words, if the annealing were directed towards increasing the ductility of the wire (and thereby lowering the CTS), inevitably the HTS values also decreased. Conversely, when the annealing were directed towards increased HTS values, the ductility of the wire decreased.
  • US Patent No. 3,278,281 discloses a process for manufacturing a non-sag tungsten wire.
  • the process involves the preparation of a thorium-doped tungsten alloy, which is swaged and subsequently drawn to wire size.
  • the drawing is done in multiple drawing passes, with multiple annealing steps between the drawing passes.
  • This known process proposes annealing after each five passes, and at temperatures of 1700 ° C.
  • the resultant wire has outstanding non-sag properties, but operates best in lamps with a relatively low efficiency, and is less suitable for high-end lamps requiring both high temperature and high vibration resistance.
  • a method for manufacturing a high ductility and high hot tensile strength tungsten wire for incandescent lamp filaments comprising the steps of preparing a tungsten alloy, swaging a tungsten rod from the alloy, drawing the swaged rod to wire size in multiple drawing passes, pre-heating the wire to a temperature of 500-900°C during the drawing passes; and annealing the wire between predetermined draws, in which the annealing is performed before the final drawing pass by annealing the wire at a temperature between 1100-1300 °C; characterized in that: the final drawing pass after said annealing is done at a slower drawing speed than the previous drawing passes.
  • the disclosed method may be performed with standard tungsten wire manufacturing equipment.
  • the cold tensile strength - hot tensile strength ratio of the wire is unexpectedly lowered, by lowering of the CTS value, and simultaneously maintaining, in some instances even increasing the HTS value.
  • the filaments made from the proposed tungsten wire are resistant against vibration, tolerate low mandrel ratios, and support high operating temperatures.
  • the lamp 1 has a sealed lamp envelope 2, typically made of glass.
  • the envelope 2 has a sealed inner volume 6 filled with a suitable gas, like argon, krypton or xenon.
  • the inner volume 6 contains a filament 8.
  • the filament 8 is made of a tungsten wire.
  • the filament 8 may be single coiled, or double coiled (or coil-coiled), as shown in Fig. 2.
  • Such coiled-coiled filaments are commonly used for higher wattage lamps or high-end lamps.
  • the filament 8 must also be capable of high color temperature operation, i. e. in the heated state, its operating temperature may be above 2900 °K, and in extreme cases it may even reach 3200 °K.
  • the filament 8 may contain an aluminum-potassium-silicon (AKS) additive, or other dopants.
  • the dopants are added to the tungsten alloy during the manufacturing of the filament, as will be explained below.
  • the filament coil is formed during manufacturing by winding the wire 9 of the filament 8 on a mandrel 10, as illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • Filaments for high-end lamps require low mandrel ratio, in order to obtain proper optical and luminous parameters.
  • the mandrel ratio is defined as the ratio of the diameter d m of the mandrel to the wire thickness d w , i. e. the mandrel ratio is d m /d w (see also Fig. 3).
  • This requires a wire 9 having a sufficiently high ductility, which corresponds to a relatively low CTS value, preferably as low as 0.7-0.5 N/mg/200mm.
  • the ductility needed for a coiling with small mandrel ratio is increased by annealing the wire during the wire production, as will be explained below.
  • the wire manufacturing method starts with the preparation of a tungsten alloy, optionally comprising various additives, such as aluminum, potassium, silicon. Further additives may be selected from the group of Th, ThO, YO, LaO, CeO, Re. The beneficial effects of such additives are known in the art, and need not be discussed here.
  • the alloy powder is pressed and presintered.
  • the pressing and presintering is also made in a known manner, in order to prepare the alloy powder for the sintering.
  • the alloy powder is sintered with direct current. This is a known process step in powder metallurgy.
  • the specific parameters of the sintering i. e. temperature, atmosphere composition and sintering current are dependent of the geometrical and other parameters of the furnace. Typical values of sintering current are between 3000 and 6000 A, and the sintering is done in a hydrogen atmosphere.
  • the sintering of a tungsten alloy is also disclosed in US Patents No. 6,066,019 , No. 5,742,891 and No. 4,678,718 .
  • a tungsten alloy wire is formed from the sintered alloy ingot.
  • the forming of a filament is done with known metalworking techniques, e. g. rolling, swaging and wire drawing.
  • the swaging forms a tungsten rod from the alloy, which is suitable for drawing to wire size.
  • the tungsten rod may be also annealed and/or re-crystallized. This process step is known in the art.
  • the swaged rod is subsequently drawn to wire size in multiple drawing passes.
  • the diameter of the wire 9 decreases as the wire 9 is forced through a series of drawing dies 11,12,13, of which only three is shown in Fig. 4. (Fig. 4 is not to scale.).
  • the wire 9 is drawn from the swaged rod to final size in twenty to forty drawing passes, depending on the final wire diameter. With this method, wire diameters between 0.3-0.04 mm are customarily produced.
  • the drawing causes intensive stresses in the crystal structure of the tungsten wire, which is at least partly compensated by annealing the wire between predetermined draws, typically after each 3-4-5 or more drawing passes, depending on the desired result. This annealing may be done by electric heating, or by heating with a gas burner 15, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Both types of heating are known in the art.
  • the drawings are not made at room temperature, but the wire 9 is pre-heated during the drawing passes, typically to 500-900 °C.
  • the drawing tools contacting the wire 9, i.e. the drawing dies 11,12,13 can also be heated with a suitable known heating equipment (not shown), typically to 300-400 °C.
  • an annealing is performed before the final drawing pass.
  • the wire is heated to a temperature between 1100-1300 °C, the actual temperature used depending on the wire diameter.
  • wires with a larger diameter are annealed at a higher temperature, and thinner wires at a lower temperature.
  • the tungsten undergoes a crystal structure change that improves its ductility, without adversely affecting the final HTS value of the wire. This means that the wire will maintain its good non-sag property, but will not break or split when wound even to small mandrel ratio coils.
  • Fig. 5 shows the annealing being performed with a gas burner 16 before the wire 9 is forced through the die 14 during the final drawing pass, as the wire 9 is drawn to final size.
  • the final drawing pass after said annealing is done at a different drawing speed than the previous drawing passes.
  • the final draw is done at a slower drawing speed than the preceding draw.
  • the last drawing pass - as indicated by the arrow 22 - may be performed at a drawing speed approx. 65 % of the speed of the last but one drawing, the latter being indicated by the arrow 21. Therefore, the wire 9 is changed from one drawing line to another, as indicated by the arrow 23 in Fig. 5.
  • the proposed method results in a tungsten wire with outstanding non-sag and ductility properties. Due to the fact that the HTS of the wire does not decrease together with the decrease of the CTS value, it is possible to manufacture tungsten wires having a cold tensile strength - hot tensile strength ratio not exceeding 3.5.
  • the proposed type of tungsten wire is applicable for all types of lamps, and it is principally recommended for the production of special high-end and automotive lamps with double spiral filaments of small mandrel ratio.
  • a classical example is a 24 V, 21 W stop lamp for automobiles, which is subjected to a high number of switch on - switch off cycles, beside the intensive vibration.
  • the application of this wire will largely reduce the breakage or deterioration of the filaments during manufacture of the coils, and also increases the lifetime of the lamps.
  • the general mechanical properties of the filaments of special incandescent lamps with small mandrel ratio are improved, while it is still possible to produce both the wire and the filaments with standard manufacturing equipment.
  • the improved ductility of the wire will result in superior filament winding quality.
  • the wire retains its desired fibrous structure, which is essential for long-life, non-sag filaments.

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  1. Procédé pour fabriquer un fil (9) de tungstène à haute ductilité et à haute résistance à la traction à chaud pour filaments (8) d'ampoule incandescente, comprenant les étapes consistant à
    préparer un alliage de tungstène,
    matricer une barre de tungstène à partir de l'alliage
    étirer la barre matricée à la taille de fil en de multiples passes d'étirage,
    préchauffer le fil (9) à une température située entre 500 et 900 °C pendant les passes d'étirage ; et
    recuire le fil (9) entre des étirements prédéterminés,
    dans lequel le recuit est pratiqué avant la passe d'étirage finale en recuisant le fil à une température située entre 1 100 et 1 300 °C ; caractérisé en ce que :
    la passe d'étirage finale après ledit recuit se fait à une vitesse d'étirage plus lente que les passes d'étirage précédentes.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la passe d'étirage finale après ledit recuit se fait à une vitesse d'étirage substantiellement 0,65 fois la vitesse d'étirage de la passe d'étirage précédente.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le fil (9) est par ailleurs recuit entre les passes d'étirage précédant la passe d'étirage finale.
  4. Fil (9) de tungstène pour filament (8) d'ampoule incandescente, fabriqué selon le procédé de n'importe quelle revendication précédente, ayant une haute ductilité et une haute résistance à la traction à chaud, et ayant un ratio de résistance à la traction à froid - résistance à la traction à chaud n'excédant pas 3,5.
  5. Fil selon la revendication 4 ayant une résistance à la traction à chaud située entre 0,16 et 0,24 N/mg/200 mm, mesurée à 1 620 °C et une résistance à la traction à froid située entre 0,50 et 0,75 N/mg/200 mm, mesurée à température ambiante.
  6. Fil selon la revendication 4, comprenant des additifs choisis dans le groupe des Al, K, Si, ThO, YO, LaO, CeO, Re.
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