IP Library Granted Patent US 12,172,241
Granted Patent B2
US 12,172,241 · App. 17/351,436 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Flux core wire for a welding method, welding method using the flux core wire, and method for producing the flux core wire

Inventors: Steffen Barth (Isernhagen, DE); Martin Limmer (Sarstedt, DE)
Assignee: Renk GmbH
B23K35/0266B23K9/173B23K35/302B23K35/406C22C9/02B23K9/04
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Patent No.
US 12,172,241
App. No.
17/351,436
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flux core wire for a welding method, having a tubular wire sheath, a wire core of flux powder, which is surrounded by the tubular wire sheath, wherein the wire sheath and the wire core have a composition such that during the welding a melt of CuSn 12 Ni 2 materialises.

Claims (39)

1. A flux core wire for a welding method to repair or build-up a functional layer of a sliding bearing, comprising:

a wire sheath, which is tubular and having a content of Cu of at least 95% by mass; and

a wire core of flux powder that is surrounded by the wire sheath, which is tubular,

wherein the wire sheath and the wire core have a composition such that a melt of CuSn 12 Ni 2 materialises during welding,

wherein the wire core and thus the flux powder comprises:

a content of Cu of 50 to 80% by mass;

a content of Sn of 19.99 to 40% by mass; and

a content of Ni of 0.01 to 10% by mass,

wherein a total of Cu, Sn, Ni amounts to 100% by mass; and

wherein:

the flux powder of the wire core comprises as one or more trace elements S, and/or Fe, and/or Si, and/or Pb, and/or Zn, and/or Sb, and/or Al, and/or O, and/or Mn, and/or Ag, and/or Bi,

a content of a respective trace element in the flux powder of the wire core as a super addition in each case amounts to maximally 0.5% by mass,

a content of the wire sheath in the flux core wire amounts to 60±20% by mass, and

the content of the wire core in the flux core wire is the remainder thereof.

2. The flux core wire according to claim 1 , wherein the wire sheath comprises:

a remainder as trace element S, and/or Fe, and/or Si, and/or Pb, and/or Zn, and/or Sb, and/or Al, and/or O, and/or Mn, and/or Ag, and/or Bi.

3. The flux core wire according to claim 2 , wherein a content of the respective trace element in the wire sheath amounts to maximally 0.1 by mass.

4. The flux core wire according to claim 2 , wherein the wire sheath comprises at least one of:

the content of Cu at least 96% by mass,

the content of Cu at least 97% by mass, and

the content of Cu at least 99% by mass.

5. The flux core wire according to claim 1 , wherein the wire sheath has:

an outer diameter of 0.8 to 2 mm and

a thickness of 0.05 to 0.7 mm.

6. The flux core wire according to claim 1 , wherein the wire core and thus the flux powder comprises:

a content of Cu of 60 to 73% by mass;

a content of Sn of 25 to 32% by mass; and

a content of Ni of 2 to 8% by mass.

7. The flux core wire according to claim 1 , wherein the flux powder of the wire core has a grain size of up to 250 μm.

8. A welding method comprising:

providing a flux core wire according to claim 1 ,

performing one of a MIG welding method or a MAG welding method for a repair or a building-up of a functional layer or for building up a solid material component as machine element of a CuSn 12 Ni 2 alloy.

9. The welding method according to claim 8 , wherein the functional layer is a sliding bearing layer of a sliding bearing.

10. A method for producing a flux core wire according to claim 1 , having a tubular wire sheath and a wire core of flux powder that is surrounded by the tubular wire sheath, wherein the tubular wire sheath and the wire core have a composition such that a melt of CuSn 12 Ni 2 materialises during welding, comprising:

providing a metal sheet for the wire sheath;

cutting off a blank for the tubular wire sheath;

providing the flux powder for the wire core;

forming the blank for the wire sheath into the tubular wire sheath with a hollow space; and

filling the hollow space of the tubular wire sheath with the flux powder during and/or after the forming of the blank for the wire sheath into the wire sheath forming the wire core.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2026
From: RENK GMBH
To: RENK BEARINGS GMBH
Reel/Frame 074967/0521 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2021
From: BARTH, STEFFEN; LIMMER, MARTIN
To: RENK GMBH
Reel/Frame 056583/0886 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 116 198.0 · Jun 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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