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

• US 9,324,471 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2015
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Furukawa Automotive Systems Incorporated (Furukawa Electric Company Limited), Furukawa Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Furukawa Automotive Systems Incorporated (Furukawa Electric Company Limited), Furukawa Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Sekiya, Shigeki, Yoshida, Sho, Susai, Kyota, Mitose, Kengo
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Timothy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Rhadames J Alonzo
• Application Number:
  US14/681,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20150279499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 384 Days
• Field of Search: 174/72.A, 174/110.R, 174/128.1, 420/544, 420/546, 420/535, 428/544
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: C22C 21/14 with silicon
• CPC Class Codes: C22C 21/16 with magnesium
• CPC Class Codes: C22F 1/00 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 Class Codes: C22F 1/04 of aluminium or alloys based thereon
• CPC Class Codes: C22F 1/05 of alloys of the Al-Si-Mg type, i.e. containing silicon and magnesium in approximately equal proportions
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/02 mainly consisting of metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/023 Alloys based on aluminium
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 5/02 Single bars, rods, wires, or strips
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 7/0045 Cable-harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12 All metal or with adjacent metals

Abstract

An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition consisting of 0.1-1.0 mass % Mg; 0.1-1.0 mass % Si; 0.01-1.40 mass % Fe; 0.000-0.100 mass % Ti; 0.000-0.030 mass % B; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cu; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ag; 0.00-0.50 mass % Au; 0.00-1.00 mass % Mn; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Zr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Hf; 0.00-0.50 mass % V; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sc; 0.00-0.50 mass % Co; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ni; and the balance being Al and incidental impurities, wherein at least one or none of Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni is contained in the composition. A dispersion density of an Mg₂Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 μm to 5.0 μm is less than or equal to 3.0×10⁻³ particles/μm². Each of Si and Mg at a grain boundary between crystal grains of a parent phase has a concentration of less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.

Claims

1. An aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition consisting of 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass % Mg;

0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass % Si;

0.01 mass % to 1.40 mass % Fe;

0.000 mass % to 0.100 mass % Ti;

0.000 mass % to 0.030 mass % B;

0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % Cu;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Ag;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Au;

0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % Mn;

0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % Cr;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Zr;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Hf;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % V;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Sc;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Co;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Ni; and

the balance being Al and incidental impurities,

wherein at least one of Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni is contained in the composition or none of Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni is contained in the composition,

a dispersion density of an Mg₂Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 μ

m to 5.0 μ

m is less than or equal to 3.0×

10<sup>−

3</sup> particles/μ

m², and

each of Si and Mg at a grain boundary between crystal grains of a parent phase has a concentration of less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.

2. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1, wherein the composition contains one or two element(s) selected from a group consisting of 0.001 mass % to 0.100 mass % Ti;

and 0.001 mass % to 0.030 mass % B.

3. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1, wherein the composition contains one or more element(s) selected from a group consisting of 0.01 mass % to 1.00 mass % Cu;

0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass % Ag;

0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass % Au;

0.01 mass % to 1.00 mass % Mn;

0.01 mass % to 1.00 mass % Cr;

0.01 mass % to 0.50 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; and

0.01 mass % to 0.50 mass % Ni.

4. 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 0.01 mass % to 2.00 mass %.

5. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1, wherein an impact absorption energy is greater than or equal to 5 J/mm².

6. The aluminum alloy wire rod according to claim 1, wherein number of cycles to fracture measured in a bending fatigue test is greater than or equal to 200,000 cycles.

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

8. An aluminum alloy stranded wire comprising a plurality of aluminum alloy wire rods as claimed in claim 7 which are stranded together.

9. A coated wire comprising a coating layer at an outer periphery of the aluminum alloy wire rod as claimed in claim 7.

11. A method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy wire rod as claimed in claim 1, the aluminum alloy wire rod being obtained by forming a drawing stock through hot working subsequent to melting and casting, and thereafter carrying out processes including a first wire drawing process, a first heat treatment process, a second wire drawing process, a second heat treatment process and an aging heat treatment process in this order,

wherein the first heat treatment process includes, after heating to a predetermined temperature within a range of 480°

C. to 620°

C., cooling at an average cooling rate of greater than or equal to 10°

C./s at least to a temperature of 150°

C., and

the second heat treatment includes, after heating to a predetermined temperature within a range of higher than or equal to 300°

C. and lower than 480°

C. for less than two minutes, cooling at an average cooling rate of greater than or equal to 9°

C./s at least to a temperature of 150°

C.

12. A coated wire comprising a coating layer at an outer periphery of the aluminum alloy stranded wire as claimed in claim 8.

10. A wire harness comprising:

a coated wire including a coating layer at an outer periphery of one of an aluminum alloy wire rod and an aluminum alloy stranded wire, the aluminum alloy stranded wire comprising a plurality of the aluminum alloy wire rods which are stranded together; and

a terminal fitted at an end portion of the coated wire, the coating layer being removed from the end portion,

the aluminum alloy wire rod having a composition consisting of 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass % Mg, 0.1 mass % to 1.0 mass % Si;

0.01 mass % to 1.40 mass % Fe;

0.000 mass % to 0.100 mass % Ti;

0.000 mass % to 0.030 mass % B;

0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % Cu;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Ag;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Au;

0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % Mn;

0.00 mass % to 1.00 mass % Cr;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Zr;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Hf;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % V;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Sc;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Co;

0.00 mass % to 0.50 mass % Ni; and

the balance being Al and incidental impurities,

wherein at least one of Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni is contained in the composition or none of Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni is contained in the composition,

a dispersion density of an Mg₂Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 μ

m to 5.0 μ

m is less than or equal to 3.0×

10<sup>−

3</sup> particles/μ

m²,

each of Si and Mg at a grain boundary between crystal grains of a parent phase has a concentration of less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.