IP Library Granted Patent US 10,468,168
Granted Patent B2
US 10,468,168 · App. 15/562,711 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Rare-earth magnet comprising holmium and tungsten

Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata (Fujian, CN); Jianhong Zhang (Fujian, CN)
Assignees: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.; FUJIAN CHANGTING GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD
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Patent No.
US 10,468,168
App. No.
15/562,711
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a Ho and W-containing rare-earth magnet. The rare-earth magnet comprises a R 2 Fe 14 B type principal phase, and comprises the following raw material components: R: 28 wt % to 33 wt %, wherein R is a raw-earth element comprising Nd and Ho, and the content of Ho is 0.3 wt % to 5 wt %; B: 0.8 wt % to 1.3 wt %; W: 0.005 wt % to 0.3 wt %, and the balance of T and inevitable purities, wherein T is an element mainly comprising Fe and/or Co. The rare-earth magnet mainly consists of a W-rich grain boundary phase and a Ho-rich principal phase; crystal grain growth of the Ho-containing magnet in a sintering process is constrained by the trace of W, thereby preventing AGG from occurring on the Ho-containing magnet, and obtaining a magnet with high coercivity and high heat resistance.

Claims (37)

1. A rare-earth magnet comprising a main phase of R 2 Fe 14 B, wherein:

the rare-earth magnet comprises the following raw material components:

R: 28 wt % to 33 wt %, where R is a rare-earth element comprising Nd and Ho, and a content of Ho ranging from 0.3 wt % to 5 wt %;

B: 0.8 wt % to 1.3 wt %;

W: 0.0005 wt % to 0.03 wt %; and

a balance being T and inevitable impurities, where T mainly comprises Fe and further comprises 0 wt % to 18 wt % of Co,

a grain boundary of the rare-earth magnet comprises a W-rich region in which a content of W is greater than or equal to 40 ppm and less than or equal to 3000 ppm, and

the W-rich region occupies at least 50% of a volume of the grain boundary.

2. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein T comprises at least one element with a content less than or equal to 2.0 wt % selected from Sn, Sb, Hf, Bi, V, Zr, Mo, Zn, Ga, Nb, Ni, Ti, Cr, Si, Mn, S, or P; Cu with a content less than or equal to 0.8 wt %; Al with a content less than 0.8 wt %; and a balance being Fe.

3. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 2 , wherein the rare-earth magnet is manufactured by:

preparing an alloy for the rare-earth magnet from a melt of the raw material components of the rare-earth magnet;

performing coarse grinding on the alloy for the rare-earth magnet to manufacture coarse powder;

performing fine grinding on the coarse powder to manufacture fine powder;

subjecting the fine powder to a magnetic field shaping process to obtain a shaped body; and

sintering the shaped body in a vacuum or an inert gas to obtain a sintered rare-earth magnet with an oxygen content less than or equal to 1000 ppm.

4. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 3 , wherein:

the preparing the alloy comprises cooling the melt of the raw material components at a cooling speed greater than or equal to 10 2 ° C./s and less than or equal to 10 4 ° C./s with a strip casting process,

the coarse grinding comprises performing hydrogen decrepitation on the alloy for the rare-earth magnet, and

the fine grinding comprises performing jet milling on the coarse powder.

5. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein the rare-earth magnet is a Nd—Fe—B based sintered magnet.

6. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 5 , wherein T comprises Cu with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt %.

7. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 5 , wherein T comprises Al with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt %.

8. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 5 , wherein T comprises at least one element selected from Sn, Sb, Hf, Bi, V, Zr, Mo, Zn, Ga, Nb, Ni, Ti, Cr, Si, Mn, S, or P, and a total content of the at least one element ranges from 0.1 wt % to 2.0 wt % of the raw material components of the rare-earth magnet.

9. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein the rare-earth magnet comprises at least two phases, wherein the at least two phases are a W-rich grain boundary phase and a Ho-rich major phase, wherein the Ho-rich major phase corresponds to the main phase of R 2 Fe 14 B.

10. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein the content of W ranges from 0.0005 wt % to 0.01 wt %.

11. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 2 , wherein the rare-earth magnet is a Nd—Fe—B based sintered magnet.

12. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 11 , wherein T comprises Cu with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt %.

13. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 11 , wherein T comprises Al with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt %.

14. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 11 , wherein T comprises at least one element selected from Sn, Sb, Hf, Bi, V, Zr, Mo, Zn, Ga, Nb, Ni, Ti, Cr, Si, Mn, S, or P, and a total content of the at least one element ranges from 0.1 wt % to 2.0 wt % of the raw material components of the rare-earth magnet.

15. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein a number of abnormal grain growths in the rare-earth magnet is between 0-2.

16. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein a BH(max) of the rare-earth magnet is at least than 45.

17. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein an oxygen content of the rare-earth magnet is 1000 ppm or less.

18. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein T comprises Cu with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt % and Al with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt %.

19. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 18 , wherein the content of W ranges from 0.0005 wt % to 0.01 wt %.

20. The rare-earth magnet according to claim 1 , wherein:

T comprises at least one of Cu with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt % or Al with a content ranging from 0.1 wt % to 0.8 wt %, and

the content of W ranges from 0.0005 wt % to 0.01 wt %.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: FUJIAN CHANGTING GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD.
To: FUJIAN GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066124/0473 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2022
From: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD; FUJIAN CHANGTING GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD
To: FUJIAN CHANGTING GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059966/0166 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2019
From: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
To: FUJIAN CHANGTING GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048396/0933 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2017
From: NAGATA, HIROSHI; ZHANG, JIANHONG
To: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.,
Reel/Frame 043728/0356 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0153000 · Apr 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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