IP Library Granted Patent US 12,264,389
Granted Patent B2
US 12,264,389 · App. 18/410,257 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, production method thereof, iron core, and transformer

Inventors: Hajime Itagaki (Tokyo, JP); Morifumi Kuroki (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Shin Nakajima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
C22C45/008B23K26/362C21D8/1294C22C45/02H01F1/15308H01F27/25H01F27/255H01F30/10H01F30/12
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Patent No.
US 12,264,389
App. No.
18/410,257
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in iron loss, less deformed, and highly productive in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having first and second surfaces, and is provided with continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least the first surface. Each linear laser irradiation mark is formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, and has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a height difference HL×width WA calculated from the height difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon and the width WA which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface is 6.0 to 180 μm 2 .

Claims (10)

1. A production method of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a first surface and a second surface, the production method comprising irradiating at least the first surface of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon with a laser that uses a CW (continuous wave) oscillation method to obtain the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having linear laser irradiation marks, wherein

a laser output energy density of the laser that uses the CW (continuous wave) oscillation method is 5 J/m or more and 35 J/m or less, and

the linear laser irradiation marks are arranged along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon.

2. The production method of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein each linear laser irradiation mark has unevenness on its surface, and a height difference HL×width WA calculated from a height difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon and a width WA, which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface in the casting direction, when the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, is 6.0 to 180 μm 2 .

3. The production method of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein the linear laser irradiation mark reaches from the first surface to the second surface,

a width ratio WB/WA of a width WA, which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface in the casting direction, and a width WB, which is a length of the linear laser irradiation mark on the second surface in the casting direction, is 0.57 or less.

4. The production method of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein a width WA, which is a length of the linear laser irradiation mark on the first surface in the casting direction, is 28 μm or more.

5. The production method of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein each linear laser irradiation mark has unevenness on its surface, and a height difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, when the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, is 0.20 to 2.0 μm.

6. The production method of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein a portion where the linear laser irradiation marks are formed is non-crystalline.

7. The production method of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein a line interval, when the line interval is defined as an interval between mutually adjacent linear laser irradiation marks of the linear laser irradiation marks, is 2 mm to 200 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2025
From: ITAGAKI, HAJIME; KUROKI, MORIFUMI; SASAKI, MAKOTO; NAKAJIMA, SHIN
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 070241/0718 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2019-121525 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
JP 2019-178568 · Sep 30, 2019 · national
JP 2020-024119 · Feb 17, 2020 · national
JP 2020-054544 · Mar 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17620284
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