IP Library Granted Patent US 7,547,365
Granted Patent B2
US 7,547,365 · App. 11/288,710 · Granted Jun 16, 2009

Process for producing, through strip casting, raw alloy for nanocomposite type permanent magnet

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Patent No.
US 7,547,365
App. No.
11/288,710
Granted
Jun 16, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

To make a raw alloy, consisting mostly of amorphous structure, highly productively and at a reduced cost for a nanocomposite magnet, a molten alloy represented by Fe 100-x-y-z R x Q y M z (where R is at least one element selected from Pr, Nd, Dy and Tb; Q is B and/or C; M is at least one element selected from Co, Al, Si, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Ga, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, Pt, Au and Pb; and 1 at %≦x<6 at %, 15 at %≦y≦30 at % and 0 at %≦z≦7 at %) is prepared. This molten alloy is rapidly cooled by a strip casting process in which the alloy is fed onto a chill roller, rotating at a peripheral velocity of 3 m/s to less than 20 m/s, at a feeding rate per unit contact width of 0.2 kg/min/cm to 5.2 kg/min/cm. In this manner, an alloy including at least 60 volume percent of amorphous phase can be obtained.

Claims (4)

1. A method of making a raw alloy for a magnet, the method comprising the steps of:

measuring a coercivity of a solidified alloy prior to annealing the solidified alloy, the solidified alloy being obtained by rapidly cooling a melt of a magnetic alloy;

estimating a percentage of an amorphous phase of the solidified alloy based on the coercivity measured; and

heating and crystallizing the solidified alloy that has been prepared under such a condition that the estimated percentage of the amorphous phase becomes at least equal to a predetermined percentage.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Apr 30, 2008
From: NEOMAX CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 020960/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2006
From: MURAKAMI, RYO; KANEKIYO, HIROKAZU; HIROSAWA, SATOSHI
To: SUMITOMO SPECIAL METALS CO., LTD.; SANTOKU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017123/0517 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 6, 2006
From: SUMITOMO SPECIAL METALS CO., LTD.
To: NEOMAX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017123/0595 →