IP Library Granted Patent US 9,267,217
Granted Patent B2
US 9,267,217 · App. 13/984,943 · Granted Feb 23, 2016

Production method for R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having plating film on surface thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,267,217
App. No.
13/984,943
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a production method for an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having a plating film excellent in adhesiveness on the surface thereof, by conducting a series of processes of acid cleaning and smut removal as pretreatments of an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet, and the subsequent plating treatment effectively without causing trouble. The production method of the present invention includes a series of processes of acid cleaning and smut removal of a magnet as pretreatments, and the subsequent plating treatment is conducted consistently with a state, in which the magnet is placed in a barrel made of synthetic resin. The smut removal is conducted by ultrasonic cleaning of the magnet with rotating the barrel in water in which the dissolved oxygen amount is set to 0.1 ppm to 6 ppm by degassing.

Claims (3)

1. A production method for an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having a plating film on the surface thereof, wherein a series of processes of acid cleaning and smut removal of a magnet as pretreatments of a plating treatment, and the subsequent plating treatment is conducted consistently with a state, in which the magnet is placed in a barrel made of synthetic resin, and wherein the smut removal is conducted by ultrasonic cleaning of the magnet with rotating the barrel in water in which a dissolved oxygen amount is set to 0.1 ppm to 6 ppm by performing a degassing.

2. The production method described in claim 1 , wherein an oscillation frequency of ultrasonic wave in the ultrasonic cleaning is set to 20 kHz to 100 kHz.

3. The production method described in claim 1 , wherein the pH of a plating bath in the plating treatment is 9 or more.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 3, 2024
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 067605/0821 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 27, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066130/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2013
From: KAMACHI, MASANAO; YOSHIMURA, KOSHI; ISOZAKI, TAKAHIRO
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031103/0235 →