WO2013043054A1 - Brazing pre-flux coating with improved corrosion performance - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K1/00—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
- B23K1/0008—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering specially adapted for particular articles or work
- B23K1/0012—Brazing heat exchangers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K1/00—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
- B23K1/20—Preliminary treatment of work or areas to be soldered, e.g. in respect of a galvanic coating
- B23K1/203—Fluxing, i.e. applying flux onto surfaces
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K35/00—Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting
- B23K35/22—Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting characterised by the composition or nature of the material
- B23K35/36—Selection of non-metallic compositions, e.g. coatings, fluxes; Selection of soldering or welding materials, conjoint with selection of non-metallic compositions, both selections being of interest
- B23K35/362—Selection of compositions of fluxes
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K35/00—Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting
- B23K35/22—Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting characterised by the composition or nature of the material
- B23K35/36—Selection of non-metallic compositions, e.g. coatings, fluxes; Selection of soldering or welding materials, conjoint with selection of non-metallic compositions, both selections being of interest
- B23K35/365—Selection of non-metallic compositions of coating materials either alone or conjoint with selection of soldering or welding materials
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C21/00—Alloys based on aluminium
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F28F21/00—Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials
- F28F21/08—Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials of metal
- F28F21/081—Heat exchange elements made from metals or metal alloys
- F28F21/084—Heat exchange elements made from metals or metal alloys from aluminium or aluminium alloys
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F28F2275/00—Fastening; Joining
- F28F2275/04—Fastening; Joining by brazing
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- the present invention is related to a pre-flux coating with improved corrosion
- Heat exchangers can either be mechanically assembled or they can be brazed. It is state of the art to braze aluminium heat exchanger in a so-called CAB process which stands for Controlled Atmosphere Brazing. It is called Controlled Atmosphere as the brazing takes place under the protection of inert gas. Typically this gas is nitrogen.
- CAB process which stands for Controlled Atmosphere Brazing. It is called Controlled Atmosphere as the brazing takes place under the protection of inert gas. Typically this gas is nitrogen.
- the known pre-flux coatings are combination of a flux and filler material. Flux is required to clean the surfaces of the aluminium parts from oxides and the filler metal is required for the metallic bonding.
- non-corrosive fluxes are mainly comprised of aluminium fluorides such as potassium aluminium fluoride.
- the required filler metal is usually a low melting aluminium alloy from AA4xxx series (containing silicon).
- aluminium heat exchangers are commonly used for automotive applications. Such heat exchangers are commonly used in air conditioning system, engine cooling system, engine oil cooling system and in automotive engine turbo- charger systems.
- aluminium heat exchangers are now to an increasing extent being used for non-automotive applications such as industrial and residential applications performing similar functions as in automotive applications Brazing heat exchangers using the Controlled Atmosphere Brazing process relies to a large extent on:
- the flux typically potassium aluminium fluoride
- the process parameters are modified depending on the type/size of heat exchanger to be brazed as well as the types of filler metal and flux compounds used.
- New types of braze coating eliminates the requirement of having one of the components made from clad material (AISi material). These types of coating type is called SilfluxTM (made by the company Solvay) and HYBRAZ tm ® (introduced by the applicant).
- the protective layer can in general be of the following two types:
- a sacrificial layer is a layer which is less noble than the core material. It will result in lateral corrosion when exposed to aggressive environment.
- a typical sacrificial layer on aluminium is the application of a zinc layer. This zinc layer can be applied to the aluminium surface by zinc arc spraying.
- Metallic zinc is applied to the the product such as a mult portg tbe (MPE) surface typically in line during the extrusion process. Full corrosion protection occurs after the tube has passed through a brazing cycle and a zinc diffusion gradient is formed into the tube.
- MPE mult portg tbe
- Zn flux is a so called reactive flux from potassium fluorozudie type, generating brazing flux and metallic zinc during the brazing cycle.
- the metallic zinc forms a Zn gradient into the Al tube as a sacrificial layer.
- a passive layer is a coating that is chemically passive (dead) and covers the surface.
- the present invention is based on the principle of providing a ceramic layer which is created during the brazing cycle and which is beneficial for a better corrosion resistance against impact from stationary water.
- the invention is characterized by the features as defined in the attached independent claim 1.
- the inventors have come a step further in their attempt to improve corrosion resistance against impact from varying conditions in industrial applications.
- the inventors got the idea to create and strengthen a post-braze ceramic layer on the substrate (product) to be brazed which is able to withstand better the requirements in HVAC&R applications.
- the idea was not to stop at the stage of a layer from standard post-braze flux residues but maintain the stability of this ceramic layer with additives.
- HYBRAZTM pre-flux coating is based on a mixture including flux particles from one or more fluxes with different properties, as well as Si particles as filler material and suitable oxide or material forming a post braze ceramic layer and further including a solvent and binder.
- the present invention may be composed of fluxes such as potassium aluminum fluoride (K-i -3 AIF 4-6 ), potassium trifluoro zincate (KZnFa), lithium aluminum fluoride U3AIF6, filler material in the form of metallic Si particles, Al-Si particles and/or potassium fluoro silicate K2S1F6, and alumminium oxide and/or other suitable oxide or material forming a post braze ceramic layer, the coating further including solvent and binder containing at least 10% by weight of a synthetic resin which is based, as its main constituent, on methacrylate homopolymer or methacrylate copolymer.
- fluxes such as potassium aluminum fluoride (K-i -3 AIF 4-6 ), potassium trifluoro zincate (KZnFa), lithium aluminum fluoride U3AIF6, filler material in the form of metallic Si particles, Al-Si particles and/or potassium fluoro silicate K2S1F6, and alumminium oxide and/or other suitable oxide or material forming
- the potassium aluminium fluoride (Ki -3 AI F4 -6) as mentioned above can be KAIF4, K 2 AIF 5 and K3AIF6 or a combination of these. This is a product from a real synthesis.
- Potassium trifluoro zincate, KZnF3 can be added for corrosion protection by forming a Zn diffusion gradient into the brazed product.
- the potassium fluoro silicate K2S1F6 reacts with Al and generates Si metal, which forms AISi12 as filler metal.
- lithium aluminium fluoride Li 3 AIFe may as an option be added for limiting water solubility of flux residues and therefore limited attack from stationary water.
- the particles added to form the post braze ceramic layer beyond the aluminium oxide, other suitable oxides such as zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cerium oxide or combination of thes may be added. Further, common pigments used as corrosion protection pigments in lacquers/paints may be added.
- optionally potassium aluminum fluoride (see above) plus cesium aluminium fluoride CsAIF 4 , mechanically blended, may be added.
- the content of solvent may preferably be approximately 30wt % depending on the desired application properties. Further the ratio of particles and binder may vary from 3:1 to 4:1 .
- Additional thickener might be added to the coating material (cellulose), content approx. 14wt% related to acrylic binder.
- the ratio of particles of the different fluxes may vary as is apparent from the table below.
- the coating as applied on an aluminium component may further vary with different total load between 8 g/m 2 and 16 g/m 2 . See as well in this connection the table below.
- the coating is produced by mixing based on the following sequence:
- the coating Upon application of the coating on the components to be brazed, the coating is again subjected to stirring to guarantee a homogenous coating material. During the stirring operation viscosity of the coating is adjusted according to the application process and equipment.
- Drying of coated components may take place in a separate drying process, e.g. using IR light or other heating sources.
- the coating may be blended and applied as a one layer coating or a multi layer coating.
- One layer coating represents the preferred embodiment of the invention and implies that all flux components are mixed with binder and solvent and are applied in one step to the aluminium surface.
- the coating is mixed as separate coatings with binder and solvent and can be applied in 2, 3 or 4 layers as follows:
- potassium aluminum fluoride In a first layer flux, potassium aluminum fluoride, and filler material or filler generating material are applied to the aluminium surface,
- the coating applied either in the first or in the second layer might contain other components such as potassium trifluoro zincate or lithium aluminium fluoride.
- the additive can be applied within each of the coating layers.
- Each layer might con lithium aluminium fluoride.
- Each component is applied as a separate coating layer as with the 3 layer above.
- the pre-flux coating may be provided on an aluminium component
- any technique may be used such as roll coating, dip coating, spray coating or even screen printing.
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