JP2016027193A - Copper alloy, cold-rolled metal plate and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloy that has an excellent workability and can be shaped into a thin plate or bar stock.SOLUTION: The copper alloy has a composition comprising 1-7 mass% of Al, 2-4 mass% of Fe, 0.8-4 mass% of Ni, not more than 0.5% of Mn and the balance Cu with inevitable impurities. The copper alloy may further comprise not more than 0.1% of Zn.SELECTED DRAWING: None

Description

  The present invention relates to a copper alloy containing copper as a main component, a cold-rolled sheet material made of a copper alloy, and a method for producing a cold-rolled sheet material.

  Copper alloys have been used in a wide range of fields such as electronic parts, ornaments, and corrosion-resistant members, taking advantage of their excellent strength, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, etc. A Cu—Al—Ni-based copper alloy called aluminum bronze is known for its high strength and good corrosion resistance and wear resistance.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a high-strength copper alloy that is a high-strength copper alloy that is used as a material for spacers and the like used in transmission gears and motor rotors of automobile transmission mechanisms, and that requires wear resistance. As alloys, 4-8 wt% Al, 0.5-5 wt% Ni, 0.5-5 wt% Fe, 0.01-0.5 wt% Cr, 0.01-0.5 A wear-resistant high-strength copper alloy has been proposed that contains wt.% Mn and 0.1-5 wt.% Zn, with the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities.

  In Patent Document 2, as a copper alloy having good conductivity, excellent corrosion resistance and mechanical strength, 1 to 7% by weight of Al, 1.5 to 6% by weight of Ni, and 0.5 to 5% by weight of Fe are disclosed. , A precipitation hardening type copper alloy composed of 0.1 to 2.5% by weight of Mn, 0.001 to 0.05% by weight of B, 0.5 to 8% by weight of Zn and the balance Cu is proposed.

  In Patent Document 3, as decorative aluminum bronze, in addition to 5 to 7% by weight of Al, 0.2 to 1.5% by weight of Ni, 0.2 to 1.0% by weight of Fe, 0.05% Two or more of ˜0.1 wt% Mn, 0.01 to 0.05 wt% Cr, 0.002 to 0.005 wt% Ge, 0.002 to 0.005 wt% Ti The aluminum bronze containing the remaining Cu is also 5 to 7% by weight of Al, 0.2 to 1.5% by weight of Ni, 0.01 to 0.05% by weight of Cr, 0.0025 to 0. An aluminum bronze composed of 005 wt% Si, 0.002 to 0.005 wt% Ti and the balance Cu has been proposed.

  In Patent Document 4, as aluminum bronze excellent in corrosion resistance, discoloration resistance, castability, and spreadability, 5 to 9 wt% Al, 0.2 to 4 wt% Ni, 0.01 to 0.2 wt% % Cr, 0.1-0.5 wt% Fe, 0.0025-0.2 wt% Be, 0.001-0.01 wt% Ti, 0.0025-0.2 Aluminum bronze has been proposed that contains two or more of the weight percent Ge, with the balance being essentially Cu.

  Patent Document 5 discloses 5 to 9% by weight of Al and 1 to 4% by weight of Ni as an alloy having discoloration resistance and suitable for arts and crafts, jewelry, tableware, wrought material, castings, and the like. In addition to 0.005-0.3 wt% In, 0.1-0.5 wt% Mn, 0.001-0.01 wt% Co, 0.0025-0.2 wt% Be, 0.001 to 0.01 wt% Ti, 0.05 to 0.2 wt% Cr, 0.001 to 0.5 wt% Si, 0.005 to 0.5 wt% Zu, There has been proposed a copper alloy containing one or two of 0.003-0.4 wt% Sn and 0.0025-0.2 wt% Ge and the balance being Cu.

JP-A-5-311286 JP-A-10-298678 JP 2000-336440 A JP 2002-60867 A JP 2004-143574 A

Although the conventional Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloy is excellent in strength, thermal conductivity, conductivity, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, etc., it has been difficult to cold work. Manufacture of products is mainstream, and mass production of strips or thin plates obtained by cold working has been performed only in a limited manner.
In Patent Document 1, a Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloy contains 0.01 to 0.5% by mass of Cr and 0.1 to 5% by mass of Zn to improve workability. However, the processability is not sufficient.
Also in Patent Document 2, Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloy contains B in a range of 0.001 to 0.05 mass% and Zn in a range of 0.5 to 8 mass%. Attempts have been made to improve the workability as well as precipitation hardening, but the effect of improving the workability is not sufficient.
For this reason, Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloys are often used as thick materials such as cast articles and forged products, and are used as strips and thin plate materials obtained by cold working. In reality, the upper limit is actually set.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and improves the cold workability of a Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloy, which has been considered difficult to cold work, and is made thin and striped. It is an object of the present invention to provide a Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloy, a cold-rolled sheet material made of the alloy, and a method for producing the cold-rolled sheet material.

  In order to achieve the above object, the copper alloy of the present invention contains 1 to 7% by mass of Al, 2 to 4% by mass of Fe, 0.8 to 4% by mass of Ni, and 0.5% by mass or less. This copper alloy has a composition comprising Mn and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities. The copper alloy may further contain 0.1% by mass or less of Zn.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a cold-rolled sheet material, which includes 1 to 7% by mass of Al, 2 to 4% by mass of Fe, and 0.8 to 4% by mass of Ni. And 0.5% by mass or less of Mn, and the balance is made of a copper alloy having a composition composed of Cu and inevitable impurities, and is a cold-rolled sheet material having a thickness of 1 to 2 mm. The copper alloy may further contain 0.1% by mass or less of Zn.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a cold-rolled sheet material, which includes 1 to 7 mass% Al, 2 to 4 mass% Fe, and 0.8 to 4 mass%. A hot forging step of hot forging an ingot of a copper alloy having a composition comprising Ni, 0.5% by mass or less of Mn, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, A hot rolling process for heating the chunk and hot rolling to obtain a rolled material, an annealing process for annealing the rolled material, and cold rolling after the annealing process to obtain a cold rolled material by cold rolling A method for producing a cold-rolled sheet material. The copper alloy may further contain 0.1% by mass or less of Zn.

  According to the present invention, the workability can be improved while maintaining the strength and corrosion resistance levels of the conventional materials. Therefore, the thin plate and the strip can be easily formed, and a wide range of strength, corrosion resistance, and wear resistance is required. It becomes possible to apply to the field. As a result, a copper alloy having excellent workability by cold rolling can be provided. Moreover, the cold-rolled board | plate material which has the outstanding mechanical characteristic can be provided.

  Below, the reason for adding the alloy component which comprises the copper alloy of this invention, and the range of the addition amount are demonstrated.

[Al]
Al is an element that reinforces the parent phase of the copper alloy mainly by solid solution strengthening and improves the corrosion resistance. When the Al content in the copper alloy is less than 1% by mass, the effect of improving the strength and the corrosion resistance cannot be expected. On the other hand, when the Al content exceeds 7% by mass, the strength of the copper alloy is improved, but the toughness and ductility are lowered, and particularly the cold workability is deteriorated. For this reason, in this invention, content of Al in a copper alloy was defined as 1-7 mass%. From the viewpoint of improving workability without reducing the strength, the lower limit of the Al content is desirably 4% by mass and the upper limit is 7% by mass, the lower limit is 5% by mass, and the upper limit is 6% by mass. Is more desirable.

[Fe]
Fe is important for refining the structure of the copper alloy. As a result of refining the structure, the strength, wear resistance, fatigue strength and the like of the copper alloy can be improved. In addition, the effect of refining the structure can be expected to some extent during casting. Although affected by the amount of Ni added at the same time, when the Fe content is less than 2% by mass, effects such as improvement in strength, wear resistance and fatigue strength cannot be obtained sufficiently. On the other hand, when the Fe content exceeds 4% by mass, the cold workability deteriorates. For this reason, the content of Fe is set to 2 to 4% by mass.

[Ni]
When Ni is added together with Fe, the solubility of Fe in the copper alloy is increased, and the effect obtained by adding Fe is enhanced. Ni improves the proof stress of the copper alloy, but improves the wear resistance particularly at high temperatures. When the Ni content is less than 0.8% by mass, such an effect is insufficient. On the other hand, when the Ni content exceeds 4% by mass, the ductility is lowered, so that the workability is lowered. Invite. Therefore, the Ni content is set to 0.8 to 4% by mass.

[Mn]
Mn can stabilize the β phase. When the content of Mn exceeds 0.5% by mass, it is disadvantageous from the viewpoint of not the workability but the corrosion resistance of the thin plate. For this reason, the content of Mn is determined to be 0.5% by mass or less. In addition, Mn is dissolved in the α phase and contributes to the improvement of strength and wear resistance. However, the effect cannot be obtained at 0.01% by mass or less, whereas if it exceeds 0.5% by mass, the corrosion resistance is lowered. Therefore, the content of Mn is preferably 0.01% by mass at the lower limit and 0.5% by mass at the upper limit.

[Zn]
Zn, like Mn, dissolves in the α phase and contributes to improvement in strength and wear resistance. Therefore, when further improving the strength and wear resistance of the copper alloy, it can be added as necessary. If the Zn content exceeds 0.1% by mass, the toughness and corrosion resistance are lowered, so the Zn content is 0.1% by mass or less. The lower limit of the Zn content is preferably 0.01% by mass in which the effect of addition is recognized.

  The cold-rolled plate material made of a copper alloy having the composition of the alloy component may have a thickness of 1 to 2 mm. The cold-rolled sheet material of the present invention is excellent in mechanical properties, has a tensile strength of 350 to 690 MPa, a proof stress of 230 to 440 MPa, and an elongation of 25 to 40%.

  The manufacturing method of the cold rolled sheet material of the present invention includes at least a hot forging step, a hot rolling step, an annealing step, and a cold rolling step. The hot forging step includes 1 to 7% by mass of Al, 2 to 4% by mass of Fe, 0.8 to 4% by mass of Ni, 0.5% by mass or less of Mn, and the balance being Cu and This is a step of hot forging a copper alloy ingot having a composition composed of inevitable impurities into a thick plate-like ingot. The hot rolling step is a step of heating the piece and hot rolling to obtain a rolled material. The annealing step is a step of annealing the rolled material. The cold rolling step is a step of cold rolling after the annealing step to obtain a cold rolled material. The manufacturing method of the cold rolled sheet material of the present invention may further include a final annealing step in the cold rolled material in addition to the above steps.

  Below, based on an Example, this invention is demonstrated in detail. However, the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

Cu, Al, Fe, Ni, Mn and Zn were blended so as to have a predetermined component composition, which was melted in a melting furnace to obtain a molten metal. This molten metal was cast using a mold to produce a cylindrical copper alloy ingot having a diameter of about 70 mm and a height of about 80 mm. Table 1 shows the component composition of the copper alloy ingot of the present invention.
For comparison, raw material components were blended so as to have a predetermined component composition, and a molten metal melted in a melting furnace was cast to produce a copper alloy ingot having a component composition of a comparative example shown in Table 2.

  Subsequently, these ingots were hot forged to produce thick plate-like ingots having a thickness of about 10 mm.

  This thick plate-like block was heated to 900 ° C. and hot-rolled to a thickness of about 4 mm. And the intermediate annealing which heats at 900 degreeC for 1 hour was given further.

  Finally, about 50% of cold rolling was performed to finally obtain a cold rolled sheet having a thickness of 1.8 mm. Table 3 shows the final thickness of the cold-rolled sheet material and the quality of the workability when cold-rolled. In addition, about the thing which plate edge crack (ear crack) generate | occur | produced in the middle of rolling, that effect was described in Table 3.

  Then, the final annealing which heats these cold-rolled board | plate materials at 880 degreeC for 0.1 hour was given. Next, using the cold-rolled plate material subjected to final annealing as a test material, a tensile test was performed using JIS Z22415 No. 5 test pieces cut out in parallel to the rolling direction from each test material, and the tensile strength, yield strength and elongation were measured. It was measured. Table 4 shows the results of the tensile test.

  As is clear from the results shown in Tables 3 and 4, all of the comparative copper alloys 1 to 4 were cracked at the end of the plate during cold rolling. On the other hand, it was found that all of the copper alloys 1 to 4 according to the present invention can be processed without generation of cracks at the end of the plate, and are excellent in workability in cold rolling. Moreover, it confirmed that the copper alloys 1-4 which concern on this invention show a mechanical characteristic comparable as the comparative copper alloys 1-4 in a tensile test.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the cold workability of a Cu-Al-Ni-based copper alloy, which has been considered difficult to cold work, is improved, and the mechanical properties comparable to conventional materials are achieved. Since the copper alloy provided can be provided, it is possible to reduce the thickness and length of the strip, thereby enabling expansion and advancement in a wider range of fields.

Claims (7)

  1 to 7% by mass of Al, 2 to 4% by mass of Fe, 0.8 to 4% by mass of Ni, 0.5% by mass or less of Mn, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities Copper alloy.   The copper alloy according to claim 1, wherein the copper alloy further contains 0.1% by mass or less of Zn.   1 to 7% by mass of Al, 2 to 4% by mass of Fe, 0.8 to 4% by mass of Ni, 0.5% by mass or less of Mn, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities A cold-rolled sheet made of a copper alloy and having a thickness of 1 to 2 mm.   The cold-rolled sheet material according to claim 3, wherein the copper alloy further contains 0.1 mass% or less of Zn.   The cold-rolled sheet material according to claim 3 or 4, having mechanical properties of a tensile strength of 350 to 690 MPa, a proof stress of 230 to 440 MPa, and an elongation of 25 to 40%. 1 to 7% by mass of Al, 2 to 4% by mass of Fe, 0.8 to 4% by mass of Ni, 0.5% by mass or less of Mn, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities A hot forging process in which a copper alloy ingot is hot forged into a thick plate-like block,
A hot rolling step of heating the chunk and hot rolling to obtain a rolled material;
An annealing process for annealing the rolled material,
After the annealing step, a cold rolling step of cold rolling to obtain a cold rolled material,
The manufacturing method of the cold-rolled board | plate material which contains at least. The said copper alloy is a manufacturing method of the cold-rolled board | plate material of Claim 6 which further contains 0.1 mass% or less Zn.