Aluminum alloy brazing sheet, method for producing same and heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018200843-A1
Application number	US-201615744522-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Priority date	Jul 29, 2015
Publication date	Jul 19, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet which maintains high corrosion resistance after brazing treatment and has good brazeability, a method for producing the same, and a heat exchanger.
Disclosed are the aluminum alloy brazing sheet, the method for producing the same, and the heat exchanger, and the aluminum alloy brazing sheet having a core material and a brazing material on at least one face of the core material, in which the core material is made of an Al—Mn-based alloy or an Al—Mn—Cu-based alloy, the brazing material is made of an Al—Si—Zn-based alloy containing Si: 2 to 8% by mass and Zn: 1 to 9% by mass, a liquid phase fraction X (%) at a brazing temperature of the brazing material and a brazing material thickness Y (μm) satisfy the following formulae (1) to (3): (1) 30≤X≤80; (2) Y≥25; and (3) 1000≤X×Y≤24000, and an average length of an α phase remaining in the brazing material on the core material after brazing satisfies at least one of not less than 80% of a thickness of a residual brazing material and not less than 70 μm.

First claim

1 . An aluminum alloy brazing sheet, comprising core material and a brazing material on at least one face of the core material,
wherein the core material comprises an Al—Mn-based alloy or an Al—Mn—Cu-based alloy, the brazing material comprises an Al—Si—Zn-based alloy comprising Si: 2 to 8% by mass and Zn: 1 to 9% by mass, a liquid phase fraction X (%) at a brazing temperature of the brazing material and a brazing material thickness Y (μm) satisfy formulae (1) to (3) below:
30≤X≤80;   (1)

Y≥25; and   (2)

1000≤X×Y≤24000, and   (3)

an average length of an α phase remaining in the brazing material on the core material after brazing satisfies at least one of not less than 80% of a thickness of a residual brazing material and not less than 70 μm.

2 . The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the core material comprises an Al—Mn-based alloy or an Al—Mn—Cu-based alloy and comprises Mn: greater than 0% to 2.0% by mass and at least one of Cu: greater than 0% to less than 2.5% by mass and Si: greater than 0% to 1.7% by mass.

3 . The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the core material comprises an Al—Mn-based alloy or an Al—Mn—Cu-based alloy and comprises Si: greater than 0% to 0.5% by mass.

4 . A method for producing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprising a core material and a brazing material on at least one face of the core material,
wherein a liquid phase fraction X (%) at a brazing temperature of the brazing material and a brazing material thickness Y (μm) satisfy formulae (1) to (3) below:
30≤X≤80;   (1)

Y≥25; and   (2)

1000≤X×Y≤24000, and   (3)

the method comprising: forming a core material by forming a material for the core material with an Al—Mn-based alloy or an Al—Mn—Cu-based alloy; forming a brazing material by forming a material for the brazing material with an Al—Si—Zn-based alloy comprising Si: 2 to 8% by mass and Zn: 1 to 9% by mass; performing a rolling by disposing the material for the brazing material on at least one face of the material for the core material and superposing the material for the core material and the material for the brazing material to pressure-bond these materials by hot-rolling and cold-rolling; and heating by performing heat treatment in at least one stage of a middle stage of the cold rolling and after the cold rolling, at a temperature of not lower than 410° C., and not higher than 570° C. or at a solidus temperature of the brazing material or lower, for not less than 10 minutes and not more than 20 hours.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the core material comprises an Al—Mn-based alloy or an Al—Mn—Cu-based alloy and contains comprises Mn: greater than 0% to 2.0% by mass and at least one of Cu: greater than 0% to less than 2.5% by mass and Si: greater than 0% to 1.7% by mass.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the heat treatment is performed such that Z=Σ(√(D×t)) as an integrated value of a square root of a product of a diffusion coefficient D(m 2 /sec) and a heating time t(sec) satisfies a relational expression of 1E−4≤Z≤1E−2,
wherein the diffusion coefficient D is a function of a temperature T (° C.) of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet and is obtained from a formula below:
D= 3.5/100000×EXP[−124×1000/{8.31×( T+ 273.15)}].

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the heat treatment is performed such that Z=Σ(D×t)) as an integrated value of a square root of a product of a diffusion coefficient D(m 2 /sec) and a heating time t(sec) satisfies a relational expression of 1E−4≤Z≤1E−2,
wherein the diffusion coefficient D is a function of a temperature T (° C.) of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet and is obtained from a formula below:
D= 3.5/100000×EXP[−124×1000/{8.31×( T+ 273.15)}].

8 . A heat exchanger produced by forming the aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , assembling and performing a brazing treatment.

9 . A heat exchanger produced by forming an aluminum alloy brazing sheet obtained by the method for producing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 4 , assembling and performing a brazing treatment.

10 . A heat exchanger produced by forming the aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 2 , assembling and performing a brazing treatment.

11 . A heat exchanger produced by forming the aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 3 , assembling and performing a brazing treatment.

12 . A heat exchanger produced by forming an aluminum alloy brazing sheet obtained by the method for producing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 5 , assembling and performing a brazing treatment.

13 . A heat exchanger produced by forming an aluminum alloy brazing sheet obtained by the method for producing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 6 , assembling and performing a brazing treatment.

14 . A heat exchanger produced by forming an aluminum alloy brazing sheet obtained by the method for producing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 7 , assembling and performing a brazing treatment.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Matsukado Katsuhiro
• Tsuruno Akihiro
• Yamada Shogo
• Teshima Shoei
• Ikeda Tooru
• Nishiyama Kouki

Classifications

• C22C21/00

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title

• B23K35/288 Primary

  with Sn or Zn · CPC title

• F28F21/084

  from aluminium or aluminium alloys · CPC title

• C22C21/02

  with silicon as the next major constituent · CPC title

• B32B15/016

  all layers being formed of aluminium or aluminium alloys · CPC title