Metal wire heat treatment method using heat treatment jig

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10018420-B2
Application number	US-201715822767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2017
Priority date	Jan 27, 2012
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

The present invention provides a heat treatment jig. A metal wire as a heat treatment target is to be wound around the jig. The jig comprises a cylindrical tubular body whose outer wall surface has a helical groove formed along a circumferential direction to wind the metal wire. A depth of the groove is larger than a length at which the metal wire will isolate from the groove when the metal wire wound along the groove at room temperature is thermally expanded by being heated to a predetermined heat treatment temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A metal wire heat treatment method comprising:
a winding step of winding a silver wire along a groove of a heat treatment jig;
a heating step of installing the heat treatment jig with the silver wire wound in a heat treating furnace and heating the silver wire to a predetermined heat treatment temperature, which is from a recrystallization temperature of silver to a melting point of silver; and
a removing step of removing the silver wire from the heat treatment jig,
wherein the heat treatment jig includes a cylindrical tubular body,
wherein an outer wall surface of the cylindrical tubular body has a helical groove formed along a circumferential direction to wind the silver wire,
wherein a depth of the groove is larger than a length at which the silver wire will isolate from the groove when the silver wire wound along the groove at room temperature is thermally expanded by being heated to the predetermined heat treatment temperature,
wherein the groove has a rectangular cross-sectional shape and includes a pair of side walls, which are parallel with each other, and
wherein a width between the pair of side walls is larger than a diameter of the silver wire.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a cooling step of cooling the heat treatment jig with the silver wire after the heating step and before the removing step.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical tubular body is made of alumina or silica.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the silver wire is 0.5 mm or less.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the depth of the groove to an outer diameter of the cylindrical tubular body is at least 0.02.

Assignees

• Canon Denshi Kk

Inventors

• Sasaki Koji

Classifications

• C21D9/525

  for wire, for rods (C21D9/54 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65H75/025

  specially adapted for winding or storing webs with the confronting layers spaced from each other, e.g. frames for storing nap fabrics · CPC title

• C21D9/0025

  Supports; Baskets; Containers; Covers · CPC title

• C22F1/02

  in inert or controlled atmosphere or vacuum (adjusting the composition of the atmosphere C21D1/76) · CPC title

• C22F1/00

  Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working (apparatus for mechanical working of metal B21, B23, B24) · CPC title