JP6283048B2 - Copper alloy strip for electrical and electronic parts - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a copper alloy strip for electrical and electronic parts, and particularly to a Cu-Cr-Ti-Si based alloy strip for electrical and electronic parts having high conductivity, high spring limit value and excellent stress relaxation resistance.

Copper alloy for electrical and electronic parts applied to automotive mating terminals, press-fit terminals, other terminal materials, relays, switches, sockets, etc., conductivity, yield strength (yield stress), tensile strength, bending workability In addition, excellent properties such as fatigue resistance, stress relaxation resistance and Young's modulus are required.
In recent years, the number of hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles has increased, and electric currents for electric and electronic parts for vehicles have increased due to higher functionality and higher density. In addition, due to the deterioration of the mounting environment for electrical and electronic parts, materials for electrical and electronic parts are required to have higher characteristics than before. For example, it is expected that the fitting terminal will be mounted near the wheel or directly above the engine in the future. For this reason, in addition to the spring property for maintaining the contact point, it is necessary to suppress a decrease in the spring property due to energization heat generation and ambient ambient temperature.

  A press-fit terminal is normally used by being press-fitted into a through-hole of a substrate and the terminal and the through-hole are in pressure contact with each other. For this reason, in order to maintain the contact, high spring properties and stress relaxation resistance are required. In addition, the relay movable piece is required to have a spring property that can cope with a bending stress repeatedly applied. When energization current increases due to higher functionality of electronic equipment, the copper alloy for electrical and electronic parts generates more heat due to energization, and therefore stress relaxation resistance that maintains springiness becomes important.

  Conventionally, copper alloys such as phosphor bronze and brass have been widely used as materials for electric and electronic parts, but their stress relaxation resistance is low. For this reason, Cu-Ni-P-Sn-based and Cu-Ni-Si-based copper alloys are used when both spring properties and stress relaxation resistance are required. Further, when a bending stress is repeatedly applied like a relay movable piece, fatigue resistance is required. In general, fatigue resistance and strength are in a proportional relationship. Therefore, when fatigue resistance is required, high strength beryllium copper is used. When stress relaxation resistance is required, Cu-Mg alloy is used. Many are used.

  However, when these copper alloy materials are used at a higher current than before, heat dissipation is poor, and the spring property of the contact portion is lowered due to stress relaxation, which may cause contact failure. For this reason, higher spring properties and stress relaxation resistance than before are now required. In response to this requirement, a Cu—Cr—Ti—Si based alloy has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-214882 A

  Cu-Cr-Ti-Si alloys are higher in conductivity and stress relaxation resistance than Cu-Ni-P-Sn alloys, Cu-Ni-Si alloys, Cu-Be alloys and Cu-Mg alloys. Is required to be used as a current-carrying material. In particular, when the energization current is relatively high, such as a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle, the Cu—Cr—Ti—Si alloy is an effective material for ensuring connection reliability.

  The Cu—Cr—Ti—Si alloy material described in Patent Document 1 is excellent in stress relaxation resistance and conductivity, and is manufactured by a manufacturing method in which the final process is an aging treatment. According to Patent Document 1, the aging treatment is performed by holding the material for 15 minutes to 10 hours after reaching the temperature of 400 to 500 ° C. in order to exhibit sufficient conductivity, strength and stress relaxation resistance after the aging treatment. Done. Therefore, it is difficult to perform aging treatment by continuous annealing in which a long strip is continuously passed through a high-temperature furnace, which is not practical. Therefore, the long strip is subjected to aging treatment in the state of a coil wound with the strip.

By the way, when heat treatment (including an aging treatment) is performed in the coil state, the strips unwound from the coil are wrinkled and become flat. In this state, when the strip is continuously punched by a stamping press, it becomes difficult to supply the strip to the press. For this reason, while unwinding the strip from the heat-treated coil, it is passed through a continuous stretcher leveler, roller leveler, tension leveler, etc., giving a slight plastic strain, correcting the curl and flattening the strip.
However, in a terminal manufactured using the strip after straightening the curl as a material, the target spring limit value and stress relaxation resistance cannot be exhibited, and contact failure may occur during use. In addition, after the aging treatment, in order to improve the strength, rolling with a lower processing rate may be performed, but the same problem occurs in this case.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems in Cu—Cr—Ti—Si alloy strips, and has high conductivity, a spring limit value in the direction of 90 ° with respect to the rolling direction of the strips, and stress relaxation resistance. An object is to provide a copper alloy strip that is excellent and has a curly wrinkle corrected.

  It is generally known that when a strip of a precipitation-type copper alloy is subjected to cold rolling (plastic working) after aging treatment, the spring limit value and the stress relaxation resistance are reduced as compared to after aging treatment. This is thought to be due to the introduction of dislocations that move easily even at a low temperature of about 150 ° C. (use temperature of terminals, etc.) by plastic working after aging treatment. And, by dissipating dislocations introduced by plastic working by low-temperature annealing (strain relief annealing) and leaving stable dislocations, it is possible to recover the spring limit value and stress relaxation resistance that have been lowered after plastic working. Is generally known.

Also, when strain correction is performed on a strip of a precipitation-type copper alloy coil after aging treatment, the spring limit value and stress relaxation resistance are reduced as in the case of cold rolling. It is known that the spring limit value and stress relaxation resistance can be recovered by performing low-temperature annealing after correction.
However, in precipitation-type copper alloy strips, the extent to which the spring limit value and stress relaxation resistance recover after low-temperature annealing has not been sufficiently studied, especially regarding the possibility of recovery exceeding the value after aging treatment Has never been envisaged.

  On the other hand, when the present inventors performed strain relief annealing on a Cu-Cr-Ti-Si alloy that has undergone plastic deformation after an aging treatment, the direction is 90 degrees with respect to the rolling direction, which is particularly important for terminals and relays. It has been found that the spring limit value of can be improved to a value exceeding the value after aging treatment. FIG. 1 schematically shows this, and the spring limit value in the 90-degree direction (TD) with respect to the rolling direction after the aging treatment decreases after correcting the strain and recovers greatly after the strain relief annealing, and is aged. It exceeds the value after processing. Further, the spring limit value in the 0 degree direction (LD) with respect to the rolling direction also recovers greatly after strain relief annealing, but does not exceed the value after aging treatment. The present invention has been made based on this finding. In addition, L. D. Is a Longitudinal Direction, T.W. D. Is an abbreviation for Transverse Direction.

The copper alloy strip for electrical and electronic parts according to the present invention includes Cr: 0.15 to 0.60 mass%, Si: 0.01 to 0.20 mass%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.30 mass%. The balance is made of Cu and inevitable impurities, an intermetallic compound containing Cr is deposited, the conductivity is 65% IACS or more, and the spring limit value in the 0 degree direction (LD) with respect to the rolling direction of the strips. When kb is 0.1 L and the spring limit value in the 90-degree direction (TD) with respect to the rolling direction is kb 0.1 T, kb 0.1 L and kb 0.1 T satisfy the following inequalities (1) and (2), The stress relaxation rate in the 90 ° direction (TD) with respect to the rolling direction after heating at 150 ° C. for 1000 hours is 15% or less, and the L warpage is 20 mm or less.
However, the value of the L warp is perpendicular to the test piece having a width of 60 mm and a length of 500 mm, which is cut from the copper alloy strip so that the rolling direction becomes the longitudinal direction. This is the distance between the lower end and the wall when the fixed part is fixed to the wall with a clip at a position 50 mm from the upper end.
The said copper alloy may contain 0.005-1.0 mass% in total of 1 type, or 2 or more types, Ag, Fe, Ni, Sn, Mg, Zn, Co, and Mn as needed.
In addition, in this invention, a strip | strand is defined by the rolled product (JISH0500 "copper terminology") supplied in flat form besides the rolled product (JISH0500 "strengthening terminology") supplied in a coil shape. Board).

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the Cu-Cr-Si-Ti type | system | group strip for electrical and electronic components which has high intensity | strength, high electrical conductivity, a high spring limit value, and the outstanding stress relaxation characteristic can be provided. The copper alloy strip according to the present invention, for example, when used as a material for electrical and electronic parts such as fitting terminals, press-fit terminals, other terminal materials, relay operating pieces, switches, sockets, etc. Contact reliability in a high temperature environment such as a current site can be ensured.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the change of the spring limit value (TL and TD) after an aging treatment of Cu-Cr system alloy strip, after distortion correction, and after distortion removal annealing. Example No. 4 is a micrograph of the microstructure after aging treatment of No. 4;

Hereinafter, the copper alloy for electrical and electronic parts (Cu—Cr—Si—Ti alloy) according to the present invention will be described more specifically.
[Composition of copper alloy]
(Cr)
Cr forms a compound such as Cr—Si, Cr—Ti, Cr—Si—Ti alone or together with Si and Ti, and improves the strength of the copper alloy by precipitation hardening. By this precipitation, the solid solution amount of Cr, Si and Ti in the Cu matrix is decreased, and the conductivity of the copper alloy is increased. If the Cr content is less than 0.15% by mass, the increase in strength due to precipitation is not sufficient. On the other hand, if the Cr content exceeds 0.60% by mass, the precipitates become coarse, and the stress relaxation resistance decreases. Accordingly, the Cr content is in the range of 0.15 to 0.60 mass%, the lower limit is preferably 0.20 mass%, more preferably 0.25 mass%, and the upper limit is preferably 0.50 mass%. More preferably, the content is 0.30% by mass.

(Si)
Si forms Cr—Si and Cr—Si—Ti compounds together with Cr and Ti, and increases the strength of the copper alloy by precipitation hardening. By this precipitation, the solid solution amount of Cr, Si and Ti in the Cu matrix is reduced, and the conductivity is increased. When the Si content is less than 0.01% by mass, the strength is not sufficiently improved by the Cr—Si precipitate or the Cr—Si—Ti precipitate. On the other hand, when the Si content exceeds 0.20 mass%, the solid solution amount of Si in the Cu matrix increases and the conductivity decreases. In addition, Cr—Si precipitates are coarsened and the stress relaxation resistance is reduced. Accordingly, the Si content is in the range of 0.01 to 0.20 mass%, and the lower limit is preferably 0.015 mass%, more preferably 0.02 mass%, and the upper limit is preferably 0.15 mass%. More preferably, the content is 0.10% by mass.

(Ti)
Ti has a function of improving the heat resistance and stress relaxation resistance of the copper alloy by dissolving in the Cu base material. Ti forms precipitates with Cr and Si, and improves the strength of the copper alloy by precipitation hardening. By this precipitation, the solid solution amount of Cr, Si and Ti in the Cu matrix is decreased, and the conductivity of the copper alloy is increased. When the Ti content is less than 0.01% by mass, the heat resistance of the copper alloy is low, and it is difficult to obtain high strength by softening in the annealing process. Further, the stress relaxation resistance of the copper alloy cannot be improved. On the other hand, when the Ti content exceeds 0.30 mass%, the solid solution amount of Ti in the Cu matrix increases, leading to a decrease in conductivity. Therefore, the Ti content is in the range of 0.01 to 0.30% by mass, the lower limit is preferably 0.015% by mass, more preferably 0.03% by mass, and the upper limit is preferably 0.20% by mass. More preferably, the content is 0.10% by mass.

(Ag, Fe, Ni, Sn, Mg, Zn, Co, Mn, P)
Ag has an effect of forming a compound with sulfur in the molten metal to reduce sulfur-containing inclusions. When the content increases, the amount of solid solution increases and the conductivity deteriorates. Fe, Ni, Co, Mn, and P form a compound with Cr, Ti, and Si, reduce the amount of Cr, Ti, and Si in the Cu matrix, and improve the conductivity of the copper alloy. On the other hand, when the amount of Ti dissolved in the Cu matrix decreases, the stress relaxation resistance of the copper alloy decreases. Sn and Mg improve work hardening characteristics by cold rolling and are effective in increasing the strength of the copper alloy and improving stress relaxation resistance. Zn is an element effective for improving the heat-resistant peelability of Sn plating or solder used for joining electronic components. However, Sn, Mg, and Zn increase in solid solution amount and decrease in conductivity as the content increases.
The above effects cannot be obtained when the content of one or more of these elements is less than 0.005% by mass. On the other hand, these elements have a low solid solution amount with respect to copper, and when the content of one kind or two or more kinds increases, they segregate at the grain boundaries or form crystallized substances, thereby deteriorating strength properties and bending workability. Let Therefore, the content of these elements is within the range of 0.005 to 1.0 mass% when only one kind is contained, and 0.005 to 1.0 mass% in total when two or more kinds are contained. .

(Inevitable impurities)
Inevitable impurities of the copper alloy (Cu—Cr—Si—Ti alloy) according to the present invention include Al, As, Sb, B, Pb, V, Mo, Hf, Ta, Bi, and In. These elements are usually in the range of 0.1% by mass or less in total unless otherwise added (that is, as unavoidable impurities), and there is no problem in characteristics within the range. However, these elements have a remarkably small amount of solid solution with respect to copper, and when the total content exceeds 0.1% by mass, they segregate at the grain boundaries or form crystallized products, resulting in stress relaxation resistance and bending work. Deteriorate the sex. Therefore, the content of these inevitable impurities is preferably 0.1% by mass or less in total.

[Characteristics of copper alloy]
(Spring limit value)
The copper alloy strip according to the present invention has a spring limit value kb0.1L in the 0 degree direction (hereinafter referred to as “LD”) with respect to the rolling direction of the strip and a 90 degree direction (hereinafter referred to as TD) in the rolling direction. The spring limit value kb0.1T of the above satisfies the inequalities (1) and (2). The middle side of inequality (2) is D. Spring limit value kb 0.1 L, T. D. This shows the magnitude of anisotropy (difference in spring limit value) of the spring limit value kb0.1T.
When the size of the left side of inequality (1) is less than 450 MPa, or the size of the middle side of inequality (2) is less than 15%, T.I. D. The spring limit value kb0.1T is insufficient. This occurs when strain removal after strain relief annealing is insufficient. As shown in FIG. D. Spring limit value (kb 0.1 T) is greatly improved. D. The difference from the spring limit value (kb 0.1 L) of the equation (2) increases, and the size of the middle side of the equation (2) becomes 15% or more.
When the size of the middle side of inequality (2) exceeds 50%, L.P. D. Spring limit value kb 0.1 L, T. D. The spring anisotropy of the spring limit value kb0.1T (difference in spring limit value) becomes too large, and when used as a relay or terminal, the performance as a spring deteriorates.

(Stress relaxation rate)
T. of copper alloy strips D. If the stress relaxation rate (stress relaxation rate after heating at 150 ° C. for 1000 hours) exceeds 15%, the stress will decrease due to the high temperature atmosphere and energization heat generation during use, and contact failure will occur when used as a relay or terminal. For example, a good contact cannot be maintained. Therefore, the stress relaxation rate is set to 15% or less.
(L warpage)
When the amount of L warp of the copper alloy strip exceeds 20 mm per 500 mm in the rolling direction, the die and the copper alloy strip come into contact with each other at the time of press working by the progressive press, and the progressive feed becomes difficult.
(conductivity)
The copper alloy strip according to the present invention exhibits a high conductivity of 65% IACS or higher after aging treatment.

[Manufacturing method of copper alloy strip]
A copper alloy material having a predetermined composition is melted and cast to produce an ingot, and this ingot is hot-rolled. Subsequently, an aging treatment for cold rolling and precipitation is performed. After cold rolling, since the material becomes long, it is cut into a fixed length in the rolling direction to form a wound coil. The aging treatment performs batch annealing as it is in a coil rather than a continuous annealing furnace in order to exhibit conductivity, strength, and stress relaxation resistance. After the aging treatment, the material has a curl so that the distortion is corrected, and then the strain relief annealing is performed, and the material is taken up to be a coil.

(Melting casting)
The melting and casting of the copper alloy can be performed by ordinary methods. After the copper alloy adjusted to a predetermined chemical composition is melted in, for example, an electric furnace, a copper alloy ingot is cast.
(Hot rolling)
Thereafter, the ingot is subjected to a soaking treatment at 800 to 1000 ° C. for 0.5 hours or more, then hot-rolled with a processing rate of 60% or more, and quenched from a temperature of 700 ° C. or more. When quenched in a temperature range lower than 700 ° C., coarse precipitates are easily generated, and the stress relaxation resistance and bending workability are lowered. The quenching is preferably performed at a temperature of 800 ° C. or higher.

(Processing heat treatment after hot rolling)
Subsequently, cold rolling and heat treatment are performed (repeat as necessary) to finish a copper alloy strip having a desired thickness. In the process of thermomechanical treatment, cold rolling ⇒ aging treatment, cold rolling ⇒ solution treatment ⇒ cold rolling ⇒ aging treatment, cold rolling ⇒ recrystallization annealing ⇒ cold rolling ⇒ aging treatment, cold rolling ⇒ aging treatment ⇒Cold rolling⇒Aging treatment may be possible, but the heat treatment after the final cold rolling is aging treatment. Solution treatment is a heat treatment in which at least a part of the alloy element is heated and held at a temperature at which a solid solution is formed, and then rapidly cooled, and recrystallization annealing is a heat treatment in which the temperature is raised to a temperature higher than the recrystallization temperature. Is not particularly limited. The purpose of the aging treatment is a precipitation treatment for forming an intermetallic compound such as Cr alone, Cr—Si, or Cr—Si—Ti. The aging treatment is performed under the condition that the coil is kept (batch treatment) and maintained at a temperature of 350 to 550 ° C. for 15 minutes to 10 hours. However, it is appropriate to select a holding temperature at which the holding time is 2 hours or more, the hardness is as high as possible, and the elongation is 10% or more. This aging treatment does not cause recrystallization of the coil.

(Process after aging treatment)
While unrolling the copper alloy strip (coil) after aging treatment, it passes through distortion correction equipment such as a continuous stretcher leveler, roller leveler, and tension leveler to correct the winding of the copper alloy strip. In the case of short strip material, it is also possible to use a stretcher. In this straightening process, the copper alloy strip is subjected to slight plastic deformation, and the spring limit value and the stress relaxation resistance are reduced. For this reason, distortion correction annealing (strain removal by continuous annealing) is performed following curl correction. The strain relief annealing is performed under the condition that the temperature is kept at 300 to 400 ° C. for 30 seconds to 15 minutes.

By the strain relief annealing, the spring limit value and the stress relaxation resistance characteristic of the copper alloy strip can be recovered (improved) as described above with reference to FIG. In particular, T.W. D. The spring limit value kb0.1T of can be improved to a value exceeding the value after the aging treatment.
A microstructure photograph (No. 4 of an Example) of a cross section parallel to the rolling direction of the copper alloy strip after the aging treatment is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, not a recrystallized structure, but a fibrous processed structure in which the crystal grain structure greatly extends along the rolling direction is observed.
In the case of an actual machine following strain relief annealing, both ends of the copper alloy strip are cut off by 50 to 100 mm, slitted with a strip width of 10 to 300 mm, and wound on a coil to obtain a copper alloy strip product.

[Example 1]
Hereinafter, the effect of the present invention will be described by comparing an example satisfying the definition of the present invention with a comparative example not satisfying the definition of the present invention.
First, after melting a copper alloy having various alloy components shown in Table 1, it was cast into a book mold to obtain an ingot having a thickness of 70 mm and a width of 180 mm.
This ingot was soaked at 950 ° C. for 1 hour, then hot rolled to a thickness of 20 mm, and quenched from a temperature of 700 ° C. or higher. Next, both surfaces of the copper alloy plate after quenching were polished to a thickness of about 1 mm to remove the oxide scale on the surface. Subsequently, it was formed into a strip having a thickness of 0.15 mm by cold rolling, and wound into a coil shape with an inner diameter of 300 mm.

  This strip was subjected to heat treatment (aging treatment) at a holding temperature of 350 to 550 ° C. and a holding time of 2 hours. In this aging treatment, the temperature was raised to a holding temperature at a heating rate of 40 to 90 ° C./min, held for 2 hours, then the temperature was lowered to 150 ° C. or less at a cooling rate of 40 to 90 ° C./min, and taken out from the furnace. Thereafter, the strip material was subjected to distortion correction by a stretcher, and finally, heat treatment (strain relief annealing) was performed at a temperature of 350 ° C. for 30 seconds.

Using copper alloy strips after aging treatment, copper alloy strips after strain correction, and copper alloy strips after strain relief annealing as test materials, L warpage, conductivity, Vickers hardness, 0.2% proof stress, The spring limit value and the stress relaxation rate were measured. The results are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
(Measurement of L warpage)
A test piece having a width of 60 mm and a length of 500 mm was cut out from each sample material so that the rolling direction became the longitudinal direction, and fixed with a clip on a vertical wall with the rolling direction as the vertical direction. The fixed location was 50 mm from the upper end, and the distance between the lower end and the wall was the value of L warpage.

(Measurement of conductivity)
In the measurement of electrical conductivity, the longitudinal direction from the specimen is L.P. D. The test piece was cut out, and volume resistivity was measured by a four-terminal method using a double bridge in accordance with a nonferrous metal material conductivity measurement method defined in JISH0505. The measured volume resistivity was divided by the volume resistivity of 1.72 × 10 −8 Ω · m of universal standard annealed copper (International Annealed Copper Standard) and expressed as a percentage to obtain the conductivity. Those having an electrical conductivity of 65% IACS or higher were evaluated as acceptable.

(Measurement of low test force Vickers hardness)
The hardness of the rolling surface of the test material was measured at a test load of 4.90 N (= 0.5 kgf) in accordance with the microhardness test method specified in JISZ2244.
(Measurement of 0.2% proof stress)
The longitudinal direction is T.P. D. A JIS No. 5 test piece defined in JIS2241 was prepared from the test material. Using this test piece, the tensile test specified in JISZ2241 was performed at room temperature, and the strength (0.2% yield strength) when the strain was 0.2% was measured. A 0.2% proof stress was evaluated as 550 MPa or higher.

(Measurement of spring limit value)
The spring limit value was measured by performing a repeated deflection test in accordance with JISH3130 using an Akashi (APT type) moment tester. From the specimen, the longitudinal direction is L.P. D. The test piece and the longitudinal direction are T.P. D. Test specimens (both 10 mm wide and 60 mm long) were cut out. The span length l is (4000 × t) ^1/2 (t is the thickness of the strip), the load point is about 3 mm from the free end, and the moment load stress is increased step by step. The amount of permanent deflection was measured and this was done until the amount of permanent deflection exceeded 0.1 mm. The surface maximum stress value corresponding to the permanent deflection amount of 0.1 mm was calculated from the load stress around the permanent deflection amount of 0.1 mm, and was used as the spring limit value. L. D. Spring limit value kb 0.1 L and T. D. Those having a spring limit value kb0.1T satisfying the inequalities (1) and (2) were evaluated as acceptable.

(Measurement of stress relaxation rate)
The stress relaxation rate was measured by the cantilever method. From the specimen, the longitudinal direction is T.W. D. A test piece (width 10 mm, length 60 mm) was cut out. One end of the test piece is fixed to a rigid test stand, and an initial deflection displacement d of 10 mm is given to the test piece at a certain distance (span length) from the fixed end, corresponding to 80% of 0.2% proof stress at the fixed end. Loaded surface stress. The span length was calculated by a “stress relaxation test method by bending copper and copper alloy sheet strip” defined in the Japan Copper and Brass Association Technical Standard (JCBA-T309: 2004). With the test piece mounted on a rigid test stand, the sample was placed in an oven maintained at a constant temperature, held for a certain period of time, and then removed, and the permanent deflection displacement δ when the initial deflection displacement d (10 mm) was removed was calculated. The stress relaxation rate SRRT = (δ / d) × 100 was calculated.

  As for the heating conditions, the Japan Automobile Engineers Association standard (JASO) established by the Japan Society for Automotive Engineers defines heating conditions at 150 ° C for 1000 hours. In this test, heating conditions are at 180 ° C for 24 hours. An accelerated test was conducted. According to the Larson Miller conversion method (LMPP = T (20 + logt)), the heating condition at 180 ° C. for 24 hours corresponds to the heating condition at 150 ° C. for 1000 hours. In the Larson Miller conversion method, T is an absolute temperature (K), and t is time. In this example, No. 1 in Table 1 was used. 4 and no. About the test piece of 7, the stress relaxation rate at the time of heating at 180 degreeC for 24 hours and the stress relaxation rate at the time of heating at 150 degreeC for 1000 hours were measured, and the validity of the Larson mirror conversion method has been confirmed. The stress relaxation rate SRRT was evaluated as 15% or less as acceptable.

In Tables 2 and 3, no. 1 to 10 copper alloy strips satisfy the alloy composition of the present invention. No. The copper alloy strips after strain relief annealing of 1 to 10 have L warpage, electrical conductivity, 0.2% proof stress, T.P. D. Spring limit value of T. D. And L. D. The anisotropy level of the spring limit value (the middle side of inequality (2)) and the stress relaxation rate are all within the specified range of the present invention. This copper alloy strip has curled wrinkles and has high strength, high conductivity, high spring limit value, and excellent stress relaxation resistance.
On the other hand, no. Even in the case of 1 to 10 copper alloy strips, one or more of these characteristics are outside the specified range of the present invention after aging treatment and after distortion correction. Specifically, after aging treatment, no. In all of 1 to 10, the L warpage exceeds the definition of the present invention, and the stress relaxation rate is often outside the definition of the present invention. After correcting the distortion, no. In all of 1 to 10, the stress relaxation rate deviates from the definition of the present invention. D. In many cases, the spring limit value does not meet the requirements of the present invention.

No. The individual characteristics of 1 to 10 copper alloy strips are as follows.
The L warpage is large after the aging treatment, but after the distortion correction and after the strain relief annealing, No. All of 1-10 are improved.
There is no difference in electrical conductivity after aging treatment, after strain correction and after strain relief annealing.
The 0.2% proof stress is almost the same after aging treatment, after strain correction and after strain relief annealing.
T.A. D. The spring limit value of No. In all of Nos. 1 to 10, it decreases after straightening the strain, but greatly improved after strain relief annealing. All of 1 to 10 exceed the value after the aging treatment. On the other hand, L. D. The spring limit value of No. 2 greatly decreases after strain correction and slightly improves after strain relief annealing. All of 1 to 10 have not reached the value after aging treatment.
T.A. D. And L. D. The level of anisotropy of the spring limit value (the middle side of inequality (2)) is No. after strain relief annealing. All of 1 to 10 satisfy the provisions of the present invention.
Most of the stress relaxation rate increases after distortion correction. In all of 1 to 10, it greatly decreases after strain relief annealing and satisfies the provisions of the present invention.

No. which does not satisfy the alloy composition of the present invention. In 11 to 20, one or more of the above characteristics are outside the specified range of the present invention. No. The individual characteristics 11 to 20 are as follows.
No. In Nos. 11 and 12, the Ti content is excessive, the solid solution amount is increased, and the electrical conductivity is low.
No. No. 13 has a 0.2% proof stress and T.I. D. The spring limit value is low.
No. No. 14 has a large stress relaxation rate because the Cr content is excessive.
No. 15 has a 0.2% proof stress and a T.I. D. The spring limit value is low.
No. No. 16 has a large stress relaxation rate because the Cr content is excessive.
No. 17 and 18 have 0.2% proof stress and T.I. D. The spring limit value is low (No. 17) or the stress relaxation rate is high (No. 18).
No. Nos. 19 and 20 have an excessive content of other elements, so the amount of their solid solution increases and the conductivity is low. No. No. 20 has low stress relaxation characteristics.

[Example 2]
Copper alloys having various alloy components shown in Table 4 (Nos. 21 to 25) were melted with an actual machine, and an ingot having a thickness of 200 mm, a width of 500 mm, and a length of 2000 mm was continuously cast. In addition, No. The compositions of Nos. 21 to 25 are Nos. Shown in Table 1. Close to 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.
The ingot was soaked at 950 ° C. for 1 hour or longer, then hot rolled to a plate thickness of 20 mm, and quenched from a temperature of 700 ° C. or higher. Next, both surfaces of the copper alloy plate after quenching were polished to a thickness of about 1 mm to remove the oxide scale on the surface. Subsequently, a strip having a thickness of 0.15 mm was formed by cold rolling, and this was wound in a coil shape with an inner diameter of 300 mm so that a tensile strength of 150 MPa was applied.

The coil was subjected to heat treatment (aging treatment) with a holding temperature of 350 to 550 ° C. and a holding time of 2 hours. In this aging treatment, the temperature was raised to a holding temperature at a heating rate of 40 to 90 ° C./min, held for 2 hours, then the temperature was lowered to 150 ° C. or less at a cooling rate of 40 to 90 ° C./min, and taken out from the furnace. Then, after unwinding the coil, strain was corrected by a tension leveler that repeatedly applied tension and compression with a roll having a diameter of 80 mm while applying a tension of 200 to 400 kg, and then the coil was divided into two in the longitudinal direction.
Half of the coil was subjected to continuous annealing (strain relief annealing) through which a furnace maintained at 500 ° C. was passed at a speed of 20 m / min, and wound with an inner diameter of 400 mm to obtain a copper alloy strip (coil). The remaining half of the coil (inner diameter: 400 mm) was used as a comparative material without strain relief annealing. No. The coil after strain relief annealing of No. 23 was slit to a strip width of 30 mm while being unwound, and was wound again with an inner diameter of 400 mm (referred to as No. 26).

Copper alloy strip after aging treatment, copper alloy strip after strain correction (coil not subjected to strain relief annealing), copper alloy strip after strain relief annealing, and copper alloy strip slit after strain relief annealing (No. 26) As a test material, L warpage, conductivity, Vickers hardness, 0.2% proof stress, spring limit value, and stress relaxation rate were measured as described above. The results are shown in Table 5.
In the case of the test material after slitting (No. 26), the width of the strip is as narrow as 30 mm. For this reason, in the measurement of 0.2% yield strength, a tensile test piece having a parallel part length of 10 mm was prepared by electric discharge machining. In the measurement of the spring limit value and the stress relaxation rate, a test piece having a width of 10 mm and a length of 30 mm was cut out. However, the span length was the same in the measurement of the spring limit value. Moreover, in the measurement of the stress relaxation rate, the amount of deflection was reduced (the same point that surface stress corresponding to 80% of 0.2% proof stress was applied to the fixed end). Furthermore, in the measurement of the L warp, the width of the test piece was No. Nos. 21 to 25 are 500 mm, no. 26 is 30 mm.

As shown in Table 5, no. In Nos. 21 to 25, L warpage, conductivity, Vickers strength, and 0.2% proof stress are not significantly different after distortion correction and strain relief annealing. However, the spring limit value is T.W. D. And L. D. Both decrease after strain correction, but greatly improve after strain relief annealing. D. The spring limit values of all are much higher than the values after aging treatment. In addition, after strain relief annealing, T.W. D. And L. D. The anisotropy level (the middle side of inequality (2)) and the stress relaxation rate are all within the specified range of the present invention.
No. The test material 26 is a coil after slitting, but has characteristics almost equal to those of the coil before slitting (No. 23).

Claims (2)

Cr: 0.15 to 0.60% by mass, Si: 0.01 to 0.20% by mass, Ti: 0.005 to 0.30% by mass, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, including Cr In the copper alloy strip for electrical and electronic parts on which the intermetallic compound is deposited, the electrical conductivity is 65% IACS or more, the spring limit value in the 0 degree direction with respect to the rolling direction of the strip is kb 0.1 L, and 90 degrees with respect to the rolling direction. When the spring limit value of the direction is kb0.1T, kb0.1L and kb0.1T satisfy the following inequalities (1) and (2), and the stress is 90 degrees with respect to the rolling direction after heating at 150 ° C. for 1000 hours. A copper alloy strip for electrical and electronic parts, wherein the relaxation rate is 15% or less and the L warpage is 20 mm or less.
However, the value of the L warp is 50 mm from the upper end of a test piece having a width of 60 mm and a length of 500 mm cut from the copper alloy strip so that the rolling direction becomes the longitudinal direction, and the vertical direction of the rolling direction is fixed to a vertical wall. This is the distance between the lower end and the wall when fixed with a clip.
A total of one or more of Ag, Fe, Ni, Sn, Mg, Zn, Co, and Mn is contained in a range of 0.005 to 1.0 mass% in a range of conductivity 65% IACS or more. The copper alloy strip for electrical and electronic parts according to claim 1.