Aluminum alloy wire rod, aluminum alloy stranded wire, covered wire, wire harness, and method of manufacturing aluminum alloy wire rod

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9994945-B2
Application number	US-201715599658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2017
Priority date	Dec 5, 2014
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

An aluminum alloy wire rod includes Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities. In a cross section parallel to a wire rod lengthwise direction and including a center line of the wire rod, no void having an area greater than 20 μm 2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 20 μm 2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 μm 2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 μm 2 .

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An aluminum alloy wire rod comprising Mg: 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1 mass % to 1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10 mass % to 1.40 mass %, Ti: 0 mass % to 0.100 mass %, B: 0 mass % to 0.030 mass %, Cu: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Ag: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Au: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Mn: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Cr: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Zr: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Hf: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, V: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Sc: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Co: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Ni: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities,
wherein in a cross section parallel to a wire rod lengthwise direction and including a center line of the wire rod, no void having an area greater than 20 μm 2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 20 μm 2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 μm 2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 μm 2 .

2. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein in the cross section, no void having an area greater than 1 μm 2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 1 μm 2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 μm 2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 μm 2 .

3. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein in the cross section, no Fe-based compound particle having an area of greater than 4 μm 2 is present, or even in a case where at least one Fe-based compound particle having an area of greater than 4 μm 2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one Fe-based compound particles per 1000 μm 2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one particle/1000 μm 2 .

4. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein in the cross section, a presence ratio of at least one Fe-based compound particle having an area of 0.002 to 1 μm 2 is on average in a range of greater than or equal to one particle/1000 μm 2 .

5. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where at least 1000 crystal grains are observed in a metal structure, an average presence probability of at least one crystal grain having a maximum dimension in the diameter direction of the wire rod that is greater than or equal to half of the diameter of the wire rod is less than 0.10%.

6. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein number of cycles of vibration to fracture is greater than or equal to 2,000,000 cycles, number cycles of bending to fracture is greater than or equal to 200,000 cycles and conductivity is greater than or equal to 40% IACS.

7. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy wire rod comprises both of or any one of Ti: 0.001 mass % to 0.100 mass % and B: 0.001 mass % to 0.030 mass %.

8. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy wire rod comprises at least one of Cu: 0.01 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Ag: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Au: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Mn: 0.01 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Cr: 0.01 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Zr: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Hf: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %, V: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Sc: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Co: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass % and Ni: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %.

9. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy wire rod comprises Ni: 0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass %.

10. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein a sum of contents of Fe, Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni is 0.10 mass % to 2.00 mass %.

11. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy wire rod is an aluminum alloy wire having a strand diameter of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.

12. An aluminum alloy stranded wire obtained by stranding a plurality of the aluminum alloy wires as claimed in claim 11 .

13. A covered wire comprising a covering layer at an outer periphery of one of the aluminum alloy wire as claimed in claim 11 .

14. A wire harness comprising:
a covered wire including a covering layer at an outer periphery of one of an aluminum alloy wire rod and an aluminum alloy stranded wire; and
a terminal fitted at an end portion of the covered wire, the covering layer being removed from the end portion,
wherein the aluminum alloy wire rod comprises Mg: 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1 mass % to 1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10 mass % to 1.40 mass %, Ti: 0 mass % to 0.100 mass %, B: 0 mass % to 0.030 mass %, Cu: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Ag: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Au: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Mn: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Cr: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Zr: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Hf: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, V: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Sc: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Co: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Ni: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities,
wherein in a cross section parallel to a wire rod lengthwise direction and including a center line of the wire rod, no void having an area greater than 20 μm 2 is present, or even in a case where at least one void having an area greater than 20 μm 2 is present, a presence ratio of the at least one void per 1000 μm 2 is on average in a range of less than or equal to one void/1000 μm 2 .

15. A method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy wire rod comprising:
forming a drawing stock through hot working subsequent to melting and casting an aluminum alloy material having a composition comprising Mg: 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1 mass % to 1.2 mass %, Fe: 0.10 mass % to 1.40 mass %, Ti: 0 mass % to 0.100 mass %, B: 0 mass % to 0.030 mass %, Cu: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Ag: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Au: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Mn: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Cr: 0 mass % to 1.00 mass %, Zr: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Hf: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, V: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Sc: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Co: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, Ni: 0 mass % to 0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities; and
subsequently, performing steps including at least a wire drawing step, a solution heat treatment and an aging heat treatment,
wherein in the wire drawing step, wire drawing is performed with a maximum line tension of 50 N or less until a wire size of the wire rod reaches a final wire size from a wire size of twice the final wire size to the final wire size;
the solution heat treatment includes heating at a predetermined temperature in a range of 450° C. to 580° C., retaining at the predetermined temperature for a predetermined time, and thereafter cooling at an average cooling rate of greater than or equal to 10° C./s to at least a temperature of 150° C.; and
the aging heat treatment includes heating at a predetermined temperature of 20° C. to 250° C.

16. The method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 15 , wherein an average cooling rate from the molten metal temperature to 400° C. in the casting is 20° C./sec to 50° C./sec; a re-heat treatment is performed after the casting and before the wire drawing process; and the re-heat treatment includes a heating at a predetermined temperature of higher than or equal to 400° C., and a retaining at the predetermined temperature for a period of time of less than or equal to 30 minutes.

17. A covered wire comprising a covering layer at an outer periphery of the aluminum alloy stranded wire as claimed in claim 12 .

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
• Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc

Inventors

• Yoshida Sho
• Sekiya Shigeki
• Mitose Kengo

Classifications

• C22F1/04 Primary

  of aluminium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• H01B1/023

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title

• H01B5/02

  Single bars, rods, wires, or strips · CPC title

• H01B13/0016

  for heat treatment · CPC title

• H01B7/0045

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title