US20150217329A1 - Coating film and metal automotive part on which coating film is formed, and constant velocity universal joint - Google Patents

Coating film and metal automotive part on which coating film is formed, and constant velocity universal joint Download PDF

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US20150217329A1
US20150217329A1 US14/420,368 US201314420368A US2015217329A1 US 20150217329 A1 US20150217329 A1 US 20150217329A1 US 201314420368 A US201314420368 A US 201314420368A US 2015217329 A1 US2015217329 A1 US 2015217329A1
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  • the present invention relates to a metal automotive part, and specifically relates to a coating film that is formed on the surface of an outer joint member that constitutes a constant velocity universal joint and/or an intermediate shaft that constitutes a drive shaft.
  • a configuration is typically provided in which a sliding-type constant velocity universal joint is provided on the engine-side (inboard side), and a fixed constant velocity universal joint is provided on the drive wheel-side (outboard side), with the two constant velocity universal joints linked by a metal intermediate shaft.
  • Both the sliding constant velocity universal joint and the fixed constant velocity universal joint that are installed on the drive shaft have a metal outer coupling member that is constituted by a cup that houses internal parts including an inner coupling member that is linked to the intermediate shaft and a stem part that extends integrally from this cup part in the axial direction.
  • the metal automotive parts comprising the outer coupling member of the constant velocity universal joint that is positioned on the inboard side, the outer coupling member of the constant velocity universal joint that is positioned on the outboard side, and the intermediate shaft that links the two constant velocity universal joints, are formed by forging, and thereafter surface-hardened by a heating treatment carried out by quenching in order to increase their strength or other attributes. After quenching, the parts are tempered in order to increase toughness, release some of the stress accompanying quenching, and prevent quench-cracking. In addition, a resin coating film is formed on the outer surfaces of these parts in order to improve corrosion resistance.
  • electrodeposition coating compositions which comprise (A) a cationic resin, (B) a low-temperature-dissociating block isocyanate hardener, and (C) a pigment paste having a pigment that is dispersed with a pigment-dispersing resin, where the pigment-dispersing resin has a hydrophobic resin SP value prior to cation formation of 10.0 to 11.0 and contains 1.6 to 4.0 primary amino groups per molecule, and where the A/B/C component ratios are 10 to 88/10 to 50/2 to 50.
  • This electrodeposition coating composition provides stability during coating and corrosion resistance during rapid low-temperature baking (5 to 50 min) (patent document 1).
  • a chemical conversion film treatment is carried out as an undercoat treatment.
  • This treatment is a treatment in which the corrosion resistance, powder coating adhesion, and durability are increased by coating the basis material (surface to be coated) with, e.g., a manganese phosphate coating film, a zinc phosphate coating film, or an iron phosphate coating film.
  • the chemical conversion film treatment increases manufacture costs because the treatment time is lengthened, and it is difficult to control the chemical conversion film thickness.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application Publication No. Hei 7-173415
  • Patent Document 3 Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application Publication No. 2002-346688
  • Patent Document 4 Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2009-185932
  • the present invention was devised in order to resolve the aforementioned problems and pertains to a coating film for a metal automotive part which is formed by simultaneously carrying out tempering and powder coating bake-hardening of automotive parts that have been quenched.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a coating film that has superior adhesion without carrying out a chemical conversion filming treatment as an undercoat treatment, a metal automotive part that has this coating film, and a constant velocity universal joint.
  • the invention also is characterized in that the basis material surface of the metal automotive part is a surface layer that has been quenched after forging, and a turned face in which a part of the surface layer has been turned.
  • the invention also is characterized in that the basis material surface has been cleaned using an alkaline detergent.
  • the invention also is characterized in that the quenching is high-frequency quenching, and the simultaneous tempering and powder bake-hardening are carried out by high-frequency induction heating
  • the invention also is characterized in that the powder that is deposited by powder coating to the surface of the metal automotive part is a pulverulent epoxy-based powder coating composition.
  • the epoxy-based powder coating composition powder comprises a bisphenol A epoxy resin, a hydrazide compound, and an inorganic filler.
  • the hydrazide compound is an organic acid polyhydrazide.
  • the inorganic filler comprises barium sulfate.
  • the invention also is characterized in that the coating film on the outer joint member or the intermediate shaft has a thickness of 40 to 150 ⁇ m, a pencil hardness of H to 2H, and a corrosion resistance of 120 hr or greater according to salt water spray testing.
  • the coating film for a metal automotive part of the present invention is formed by depositing a powder by a powder coating method involving the use of a specific powder coating composition powder (referred to below as “powder coating”) and, after forging and subsequent quenching, tempering and bake-hardening of the powder that has been deposited are carried out simultaneously. Therefore, a coating film having superior corrosion resistance is obtained, even with a work-hardened basis material surface, without the pre-powder-deposition surface being subjected to a chemical conversion film-forming treatment. In addition, because tempering and bake-hardening of the powder are carried out simultaneously, the time for tempering the metal automotive part and the time for the coating treatment are shortened.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial cut-away axial sectional view of an outer joint member that constitutes a constant velocity universal joint.
  • FIG. 3 shows a diagram of a specific example of a coil passage-type high-frequency induction heating device.
  • FIG. 4 shows a diagram showing a specific example of a multi-stage high-frequency induction heating device.
  • FIG. 5 shows a temperature chart for a multi-stage high-frequency induction heating device.
  • the metal automotive part is formed by a forging method using carbon steels for machine structural use and is manufactured by quenching and tempering.
  • the outer surfaces of the part are also coated for rust-proofing. Work-hardening accompanying forging, thermal stress accompanying quenching, quench strain due to deformation stress, and other phenomena occur at the surface of the part.
  • various iron oxides with different oxidation states are generated at the surface due to heating.
  • the outer surfaces of the parts, which are to be coated faces produced by, e.g., powder coating have faces that are not chemically or physically uniform, and adhesion of the coating film to these faces is difficult to improve.
  • a chemical conversion coating is typically formed as an undercoat treatment prior to powder coating.
  • alkali treatment alone, without formation of a chemical conversion film.
  • the present invention is based on this knowledge.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial cut-away axial sectional view of the outer joint member constituting a constant velocity universal joint.
  • the outer joint member 1 is manufactured by a forging process involving a plurality of steps, including cold forging, hot forging, and warm forging, starting from cylindrical stock using carbon steel for machine structural use such as 540C, S43C, S45C, S48C, 550C, S53C, S55C, and S58C as stipulated in JISG4051.
  • the final forging process is cold forging in order to increase the mechanical strength at the surface.
  • the temperature during cold forging is preferably from 0° C. to 50° C.
  • the surface hardness of the outer surface 2 a after cold forging is preferably HRB 90 to 110. If the surface hardness is less than HRB 90, the hardness of the basis material will be insufficient, and when coating is carried out on the outer surface 2 a , the influence of the hardness of the basis material will be felt, and the coating film hardness will decrease. It is undesirable for the surface hardness to exceed 110, because the machinability will decrease.
  • the surface hardness after quenching is preferably HRC 50 to 65. If the surface hardness is less than HRC 50, the abrasion resistance will be insufficient, and the rotational life will decrease. If the surface hardness exceeds 65, then early failure, cracking, etc. may occur.
  • the surface hardness after cold forging and after quenching is different depending on the portions of the outer surface 2 a that have different degrees of working, and therefore the surface state will not be uniform.
  • the turned face may have different metal material structure depending on the turned portion and the depth from the surface at which the material is turned. Lubricating oil used during turning will also remain at the surface in some cases.
  • the quenching method can be any one whereby the heating and cooling described above can be carried out.
  • heating part is a high-frequency quenching device employing a power source with a frequency of 1 KHz or greater
  • an example of the cooling part is a water spray cooling device.
  • the outer surface 2 a on which the coating film 6 is formed is a work-hardened face or a coated face on which both a work-hardened face and turned face 2 b are present together.
  • a cleaning treatment with an alkaline detergent is carried out as a pretreatment.
  • the alkaline detergent may be any detergent that is composed of an alkaline aqueous solution that can remove non-reactive soap layers or reactive soap layers remaining on the outer surface 2 a in the cold forging and quenching step.
  • a preferred detergent is one that has an aqueous solution containing, e.g., less than 5 mass % of sodium hydroxide as the primary component.
  • a preferred alkaline detergent is one that also contains a surfactant that can effect, e.g., surface degreasing, rust-proofing, and stripping of the metal automotive part.
  • Cleaning using the alkaline detergent can be carried out at a temperature of 50 to 80° C. using immersion cleaning, spray cleaning, or ultrasonic cleaning.
  • the bisphenol A epoxy resin is an epoxy resin that is obtained by a single-stage, or two-stage reaction method from bisphenol A and epichlorohydrin.
  • the bisphenol A epoxy resin has heat-curing properties whereby bake-hardening can be carried out simultaneously with respect to tempering of the metal automotive part, and the material has excellent properties such as coating film adhesion and corrosion resistance.
  • Epoxy resins or the like such as cyclic epoxy resins, novolak epoxy resins, and acrylic epoxy resins may be used in conjunction with the bisphenol A epoxy resin.
  • Examples of commercially-available bisphenol A epoxy resins include Epo Tohto® YD-011 (epoxy equivalents 450 to 500 g/eq, softening point 60 to 70° C., Nippon Steel Chemical, Ltd.), Epo Tohto YD-012 (epoxy equivalents 600 to 700 g/eq, softening point 75 to 85° C., Nippon Steel Chemical), Epo Tohto YD-013 (epoxy equivalents 800 to 900 g/eq, softening point 85 to 98° C., Nippon Steel Chemical), Epo Tohto YD-014 (epoxy equivalents 900 to 1000 g/eq, softening point 91 to 102° C., Nippon Steel Chemical), Epo Tohto YD-017 (epoxy equivalents 1750 to 2100 g/eq, softening point 117-127° C., Nippon Steel Chemical), Epo Tohto YD-019 (epoxy equivalents 2400
  • Examples include C 2 to C 40 aliphatic carboxylic acid dihydrazides such as oxalic acid dihydrazide, malonic acid dihydrazide, succinic acid dihydrazide, glutaric acid dihydrazide, adipic acid dihydrazide, sebacic acid dihydrazide, and eicosanic diacid dihydrazide; aromatic polyhydrazides such as phthalic dihydrazide, terephthalic dihydrazide, isophthalic dihydrazide, pyromellitic dihydrazide, pyromellitic trihydrazide, and pyromellitic tetrahydrazide; monoolefinic unsaturated dihydrazides such as maleic dihydrazide, fumaric dihydrazide, and itaconic dihydrazide; and polyacrylic polyhydrazide.
  • aromatic polyhydrazides such as phthalic dihydrazide, terephthal
  • aliphatic carboxylic dihydrazides are preferred, and adipic acid dihydrazide is particularly preferred due to its excellent coating film adhesion under conditions at which tempering and baking are carried out simultaneously.
  • the hydrazide compound is blended in a ratio of 1 to 50 parts by mass with 100 parts by mass of epoxy resin.
  • a hardening accelerator can be used in the epoxy-based powder coating along with the hardeners described above.
  • hardening accelerators include imidazole compounds. There are no particular restrictions on the imidazole compound, and a compound having imidazole groups may be used, e.g., Curazole® (Shikoku Kasei).
  • inorganic filler for the epoxy-system powder coating.
  • inorganic fillers include barium sulfate, talc, silica, calcium carbonate, feldspar, wollastonite, alumina, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, and carbon black.
  • the epoxy-system powder coating can be manufactured using a method that is well-known in the field of powder coatings.
  • this coating can be manufactured by, e.g., a method involving mixing raw materials such as a bisphenol A epoxy resin, hydrazide compound, hardening accelerator, barium sulfate, and carbon black with a Henschel mixer, etc., followed by melt-kneading using a device that is well-known to persons skilled in the art, such as an extruder or hot roller, followed by cooling, and then milling and sizing. Melt-kneading is preferably carried out under conditions that are at or below a temperature at which the hardening reaction will not progress
  • An outer joint member constituting a constant velocity universal joint is particularly preferably electrostatically powder coated using a method in which coating is charged with a spray gun, and the electrostatic force is used to coating epoxy-based powder onto the surface of an outer joint member that has been grounded.
  • Metal automotive parts having a powder coating applied to the outer surfaces are subjected to simultaneous coating film bake-hardening under the conditions at which the automotive part is tempered. Tempering is carried out by high-frequency induction heating. High-frequency induction heating can be carried out using, e.g., the method and device described in patent document 2.
  • the high-frequency induction heating device is constituted by a transport pathway such as a conveyor for conveying the outer joint member having powder deposited to the outer surface by a powder coating method subsequent to high-frequency quenching, and a high-frequency induction coil that is disposed along the direction of part transport of the transport pathway and whereby tempering and bake-hardening of the outer joint member are carried out simultaneously.
  • FIG. 2( a ) shows the schematic configuration of the coil passage-type high-frequency induction heating device
  • FIG. 2( b ) is a diagram of the schematic configuration of the multistage-type high-frequency induction heating device.
  • the multistage-type high-frequency induction heating device 7 a shown in FIG. 2( b ) is a device for intermittently heating the outer joint member 1 that is moving on a conveyor pathway 8 with a high-frequency induction coil 10 .
  • a powder coating device for powder coating powder onto the outer surface of the outer joint member 1 after high-frequency quenching is disposed at a pre-stage of the coil passage-type or multistage-type high-frequency induction heating device.
  • a water-cooling and air-blowing device (not shown) for cooling the outer joint member 1 is disposed at a downstream stage of the high-frequency induction heating device.
  • a high-frequency induction coil 9 a disposed so that a part extends in a straight line along the part conveying direction on both sides of the transport pathway 8 .
  • the straight parts of the high-frequency induction coil 9 of the high-frequency induction heating device heat the outer joint member 1 on the transport pathway 8 from both sides.
  • the high-frequency induction heating device shown in FIG. 3( b ) has a high-frequency induction coil 9 b that is wound in a spiral along the part conveying direction of the transport pathway 8 so as to enclose the outer joint member 1 on the transport pathway 8 .
  • the high-frequency induction coil 9 b of this high-frequency induction heating device is disposed so that the entire body extends along the part conveying direction of the transport pathway 8 .
  • This high-frequency induction coil 9 b heats the outer joint member 1 on the transport pathway 8 from the entire circumference.
  • the high-frequency induction coil can be a combination of the device shown in FIG. 3( a ) and the device shown in FIG. 3( b ).
  • FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the multistage-type high-frequency induction heating device shown in FIG. 2( b ).
  • the high-frequency induction heating device having the format shown in FIG. 4 has a structure in which heating positions P at which the outer joint member 1 is heated by the high-frequency induction coil 10 and cooling positions Q at which the outer joint member 1 is allowed to cool are repeatingly disposed in an alternating manner along the part conveying direction of the transport pathway 8 that conveys the outer joint member 1 .
  • the high-frequency induction coils 10 that are wound as spirals are disposed above the transport pathway 8 in heating position P.
  • An elevation mechanism (not shown) for vertically moving a stand 8 a on which the outer joint member 1 is carried is present at this heating position P, and the outer joint member 1 is housed inside the high-frequency induction coil 10 by elevating the outer joint member 1 with this mechanism.
  • the coating film that is formed on the surface of the intermediate shaft or the outer joint member preferably has a thickness of 40 to 150 ⁇ m. Corrosion resistance will be inferior if the thickness is less than 40 ⁇ m, whereas the powder coating will not sufficiently adhere to the face to be coated if the thickness exceeds 150 ⁇ m, the bake-hardening time will increase, and running will tend to occur in the coating film after bake-hardening.
  • the coating film preferably has a coating film hardness of H to 2H in terms of pencil hardness, and the corrosion resistance as determined by a salt water spray test is preferably 120 hr or greater. If the pencil hardness is less than H, then the coating may separate by external contact (stepping stones, etc.), whereas flexibility will decrease if the hardness exceeds 2H.
  • the corrosion resistance is improved to 120 hr or greater over conventional coating films such as water-soluble baked coatings, because a thick coating film can be formed.
  • the treatment time required for coating film formation is decreased, the characteristics of the resulting coating film are exceptional, and a constant velocity universal joint with excellent durability can be manufactured with excellent productivity.
  • (C) A structure which has an outer joint member in which a plurality of straight track grooves are formed in the inner circumferential face, an inner joint member having a structure in which a plurality of straight track grooves that form pairs with the track grooves of the outer joint member are formed in the outer circumferential face, with these track grooves and the track grooves of the outer joint member being inclined with respect to each other at a predetermined angle in the reverse direction with respect to the axis, balls (4, 6, 8, 10) that are interposed at the intersections of the outer joint member track grooves and inner joint member track grooves, and a cage that retains the balls between the outer joint member and inner joint member.
  • the characteristics of the coating film of the outer joint member obtained by the method described above i.e., coating film hardness, corrosion resistance determined by a salt water spray testing, and water resistance and oil resistance determined by immersion methods were evaluated by the evaluation methods described below. Water resistance was also measured for the examples in which a chemical conversion treatment was carried out as a pretreatment and in which alkali cleaning was similarly carried out. The results are shown in Table 1.
  • the pencil hardness was measured according to “Scratch Hardness (Pencil Hardness Method)” as described in JIS K 5600 paragraph 5.4.
  • the outer joint member on which the coating film had been formed was evaluated by a salt water spray testing as described in JIS Z 2371.
  • the salt water spray conditions involved continuous spraying of the coating film face for 120 hr with a 5-mass % NaCl aqueous solution having a pH of 6.5 to 7.2 during the salt water spray test maintaining 35° C. The presence of rust was then evaluated visually.

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