Sintered bearing and manufacturing method for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11351608-B2
Application number	US-201815944271-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2018
Priority date	Mar 13, 2012
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a sintered bearing ( 1 ), including 3 to 12% by mass of aluminum, 0.05 to 0.5% by mass of phosphorus, and the balance including copper as a main component, and inevitable impurities, the sintered bearing ( 1 ) having a structure in which an aluminum-copper alloy is sintered with a sintering aid added to raw material powder, a pore (db, do) in a surface layer portion of the sintered bearing ( 1 ) being formed smaller than an internal pore (di).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method for a sintered bearing comprising 3 to 12% by mass of aluminum, 0.05 to 0.5% by mass of phosphorus, and the balance comprising copper as a main component, and inevitable impurities,
the sintered bearing having a bearing surface on an inner circumference and a radially outer surface,
the sintered bearing having compressed layers on the entire radially outer surface and the entire bearing surface, respectively,
a density ratio ao of the compressed layer on a radially outer surface side being 80% ≤αo≤95%, and a density ratio ab of the compressed layer on a bearing surface side being 80% ≤αb≤95%,
when an average value of depths of the compressed layer on the radially outer surface side is defined as To, an average value of depths of the compressed layer on the bearing surface side is defined as Tb, and ratios of To and Tb to an inner diameter dimension D 1 of the bearing surface are defined as To/D 1 and Tb/D 1 , respectively, To/D 1 is set to 1/100≤To/D 1 ≤ 1/15 and Tb/D 1 is set to 1/100≤Tb/D 1 ≤ 1/15,
the manufacturing method comprising at least:
a green compact forming step of forming a green compact in which a sintering aid is added to raw material powder;
a sintering step of obtaining, from the green compact, a sintered compact having a structure in which an aluminum-copper alloy is sintered; and
a sizing step of subjecting the sintered compact to dimension shaping and forming the compressed layer on the radially outer surface side and the compressed layer on the bearing surface side.

2. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered bearing has added thereto, as the sintering aid, a total of 0.05 to 0.2% by mass of aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride with respect to a total of 100% by mass of the raw material powder comprising aluminum, phosphorus, and the balance comprising copper as a main component, and the inevitable impurities.

3. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the copper in the raw material powder comprises electrolytic copper powder as a main component.

4. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the sintered bearing has added thereto 1 to 5% by mass of graphite with respect to a total of 100% by mass of the raw material powder and the inevitable impurities.

5. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein: a form in the sizing step comprises a die, a pair of punches, and a core; and
the sizing step comprises compressing the sintered compact from both sides in an axial direction and a radially outer side with the punches and the die to shape a radially inner side of the sintered compact with the core.

6. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the sizing step comprises setting a size of a pore on a surface of the sintered compact by adjusting a dimension difference between an inner diameter dimension of a die and an outer diameter dimension of the sintered compact and a dimension difference between an outer diameter dimension of a core and an inner diameter dimension of the sintered compact.

7. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein the sintering step comprises using a mesh-belt continuous furnace.

8. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein a sintering temperature of the sintering step is from 850 to 950° C.

9. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein: a sintering atmosphere of the sintering step comprises a reducing atmosphere;
and a sintering time of the sintering step is from 10 to 60 minutes.

10. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 1 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

11. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 2 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

12. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 3 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

13. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 4 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

14. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 5 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

15. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 6 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

16. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 7 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

17. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 8 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

18. The manufacturing method for a sintered bearing according to claim 9 , wherein
the sintering aid includes aluminum fluoride and calcium fluoride, and
the green compact is sintered in a case.

Assignees

• Ntn Toyo Bearing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jinnou Makoto
• Mori Natsuhiko
• Ito Yoshinori

Classifications

• B22F1/105

  containing inorganic lubricating or binding agents, e.g. metal salts · CPC title

• B22F5/00 Primary

  Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product · CPC title

• C22C1/10

  Alloys containing non-metals (C22C1/05, C22C1/08 take precedence) · CPC title

• B22F3/1003 Primary

  Use of special medium during sintering, e.g. sintering aid · CPC title

• B22F2201/01

  Reducing atmosphere · CPC title