Method of brazing aluminum or aluminum alloy materials and aluminum alloy brazing sheet

• US 20040238605A1
• Filed: 03/24/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation (UACJ Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation (UACJ Corporation)
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Yoshiharu, Nishimura, Shinya, Hirao, Kouji, Miyachi, Haruhiko, Doko, Takeyoshi, Yanagawa, Yutaka
• Granted Patent: US 6,896,977 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 228/264
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 2101/14 Heat exchangers
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 2103/10 Aluminium or alloys thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 35/0238 layered
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 35/286 Al as the principal constituent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 15/016 all layers being formed of aluminium or aluminium alloys
• CPC Class Codes: C22C 21/00 Alloys based on aluminium
• CPC Class Codes: C22C 21/02 with silicon as the next major constituent
• CPC Class Codes: C22C 21/08 with silicon
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 1/0391 a single plate being bent to form one or more conduits
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 1/126 consisting of zig-zag shaped fins F28F1/105 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 3/025 the means being corrugated, plate-like elements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 165/905 Materials of manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/926 Thickness of individual layer specified
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/4935 Heat exchanger or boiler making
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49377 Tube with heat transfer means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49378 Finned tube
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49384 Internally finned
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12639 Adjacent, identical composition, components
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12764 Next to Al-base component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12986 Adjacent functionally defined components

Abstract

A method of brazing an aluminum or aluminum alloy material, containing brazing an aluminum alloy brazing sheet that has an aluminum or aluminum alloy core material and, being clad on one or both surfaces, a filler alloy layer comprised of an Al—Si-based alloy and contains Mg incorporated at least in a constituent layer except the filler alloy layer, thereby to form a hollow structure whose one surface clad with the filler alloy is the inner surface, wherein the brazing is carried out in an inert gas atmosphere without applying any flux; and an aluminum alloy brazing sheet which satisfies the relationship: (X+Y)≦a/60+0.5 and X>Y, wherein a (μm) represents the thickness of the filler alloy layer clad on the core material of the inner side of the hollow structure, and X and Y (mass %) represent the Mg contents of the core material and the brazing material, respectively.

Claims

1. A method of brazing aluminum or aluminum alloy materials, which comprises:

keeping one side of a clad surface of a filler alloy of an aluminum alloy brazing sheet inside a brazing assembly;

forming the brazing sheet to constitute a hollow structure; and

carrying out brazing on the inside of the formed hollow structure without applying flux in an inert gas atmosphere,

wherein said sheet has an aluminum or aluminum alloy core clad with a filler alloy layer composed of an Al—

Si-based alloy on one side or both sides thereof, and contains Mg at least in a layer constituting the brazing sheet other than the filler alloy layer.

2. The method of brazing aluminum or aluminum alloy materials according to claim 1, which further comprises:

brazing in an inert gas atmosphere by using flux, in an opening portion other than the inside of the hollow structure.

3. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet, which is suitable to the brazing method according to claim 1, wherein one side or both sides of the aluminum or aluminum alloy core material is clad with the Al—

Si-based filler alloy, and a cladding thickness a (μ

m) of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure, a Mg content X (mass %) of the core material, and a Mg content Y (mass %) of the filler alloy satisfy relationships of (X+Y)≦

a/60+0.5 and X>

Y.

4. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 3, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

5. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 3, wherein the Mg content of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure is less than 0.2% by mass, and the Mg content of the core material is 0.05 to 1.0% by mass.

6. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 5, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

7. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 3, wherein the cladding thickness a (μ

m) of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure, the Mg content X (mass %) of the core material, and the Mg content Y (mass %) of the filler alloy satisfy relationship of (X+Y)≦

−

a/60+1.5.

8. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 7, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

9. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 5, wherein the cladding thickness a (μ

m) of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure, the Mg content X (mass %) of the core material, and the Mg content Y (mass %) of the filler alloy satisfy relationship of (X+Y)≦

−

a/60+1.5.

10. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 9, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

11. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet, which is suitable to the brazing method according to claim 2, wherein one side or both sides of the aluminum or aluminum alloy core material is clad with the Al—

Si-based filler alloy, and a cladding thickness a (μ

m) of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure, a Mg content X (mass %) of the core material, and a Mg content Y (mass %) of the filler alloy satisfy relationships of (X+Y)≦

a/60+0.5 and X>

Y.

12. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 11, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

13. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 11, wherein the Mg content of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure is less than 0.2% by mass, and the Mg content of the core material is 0.05 to 1.0% by mass.

14. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 13, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

15. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 11, wherein the cladding thickness a (μ

m) of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure, the Mg content X (mass %) of the core material, and the Mg content Y (mass %) of the filler alloy satisfy relationship of (X+Y)≦

−

a/60+1.5.

16. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 15, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

17. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 13, wherein the cladding thickness a (μ

m) of the filler alloy applied on the inside of the hollow structure, the Mg content X (mass %) of the core material, and the Mg content Y (mass %) of the filler alloy satisfy relationship of (X+Y)≦

−

a/60+1.5.

18. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 17, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

19. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet, which is suitable to the brazing method according to claim 1, wherein said sheet has a structure of at least 4 layers claded in the sequence of a filler alloy, a diffusion prevention layer, a core material and a filler alloy, and said core material has a composition containing 0.2 to 1.2% by mass of Si, 0.05 to 2.0% by mass of Fe, 0.1 to 1.2% by mass of Cu, 0.05 to 2.0% by mass of Mn and 0.2 to 1.5% by mass of Mg, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.

20. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 19, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

21. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 19, wherein the filler alloy on the side adjacent to the diffusion prevention layer (hereinafter to be referred to as an outer filler alloy) is an Al—

Si-series filler alloy, and the filler alloy on the side adjacent to the core material (hereinafter to be referred to as an inner filler alloy) contains 7 to 12% by mass of Si, 0.5 to 8.0% by mass of Cu and 0.5 to 6% by mass of Zn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.

22. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 21, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

23. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet, which is suitable to the brazing method according to claim 2, wherein said sheet has a structure of at least 4 layers claded in the sequence of a filler alloy, a diffusion prevention layer, a core material and a filler alloy, and said core material has a composition containing 0.2 to 1.2% by mass of Si, 0.05 to 2.0% by mass of Fe, 0.1 to 1.2% by mass of Cu, 0.05 to 2.0% by mass of Mn and 0.2 to 1.5% by mass of Mg, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.

24. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 23, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

25. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 23, wherein the filler alloy on the side adjacent to the diffusion prevention layer (hereinafter to be referred to as an outer filler alloy) is an Al—

Si-series filler alloy, and the filler alloy on the side adjacent to the core material (hereinafter to be referred to as an inner filler alloy) contains 7 to 12% by mass of Si, 0.5 to 8.0% by mass of Cu and 0.5 to 6% by mass of Zn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.

26. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claims 25, wherein said sheet is a brazing sheet for use in a heat exchanger.

27. A method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy heat exchanger, comprising using the method of brazing aluminum or aluminum alloy materials according to claim 1.

28. A method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy heat exchanger, comprising using the method of brazing aluminum or aluminum alloy materials according to claim 2.