IP Library Granted Patent US 12,440,929
Granted Patent B2
US 12,440,929 · App. 17/600,725 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Aluminum alloy brazing sheet and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi (Tokyo, JP); Taichi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Hirokazu Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: UACJ CORPORATION
B23K35/286B23K35/0238C22C21/02C22C21/08C22C21/10C22F1/043C22F1/047C22F1/053C23F1/20C23F1/36
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Patent No.
US 12,440,929
App. No.
17/600,725
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux includes an intermediate material and a brazing material cladded onto at least one side surface of a core material in this order from the core material side. An oxide is formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet by brazing heating, the oxide including any one or two or more of Mg, Li, and Ca and having a volume change ratio of 0.990 or less to a surface oxide film formed before brazing heating, and an atomic molar ratio of Mg, Li, and Ca to Al in the oxide formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet before brazing heating is 0.5 or less. The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet having excellent brazability in brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Claims (18)

1. An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, the aluminum alloy brazing sheet comprising:

an intermediate material and a brazing material cladded onto at least one side surface of a core material in this order from the core material side,

the core material being formed of an aluminum alloy core material comprising any one or two or more of Fe of 1.50 mass % or less, Si of 1.50 mass % or less, Cu of 2.00 mass % or less, Mn of 2.00 mass % or less, Zn of 3.00 mass % or less, Cr of 0.30 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, In of 0.10 mass % or less, and Sn of 0.10 mass % or less, and optionally any one or two or more of Mg of 3.00 mass % or less, Li of 3.00 mass % or less, Ca of 3.00 mass % or less, and Bi of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities,

the intermediate material being formed of an aluminum alloy intermediate material comprising any one or two or more of Fe of 1.50 mass % or less, Si of 13.00 mass % or less, Cu of 2.00 mass % or less, Mn of 2.00 mass % or less, Zn of 6.00 mass % or less, Cr of 0.30 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, In of 0.10 mass % or less, and Sn of 0.10 mass % or less, and optionally any one or two or more of Mg of 6.00 mass % or less, Li of 3.00 mass % or less, Ca of 3.00 mass % or less, and Bi of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities,

the brazing material being an aluminum alloy brazing material comprising Si of 4.00 to 13.00 mass %, and any one or two or more of Mg 0.05 mass % or more and 3.00 mass % or less, Li 0.05 mass % or more and 3.00 mass % or less, and Ca 0.05 mass % or more and 3.00 mass % or less, and optionally any one or two or more of Bi of 1.00 mass % or less, Na of 0.05 mass % or less, Sr of 0.05 mass % or less, Sb of 0.05 mass % or less, Zn of 8.00 mass % or less, Cu of 4.00 mass % or less, Fe of 1.00 mass % or less, Mn of 1.00 mass % or less, Cr of 0.30 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, In of 0.10 mass % or less, and Sn of 0.10 mass % or less, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, and

an oxide film formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet, the oxide film including any one or two or more of Mg, Li, and Ca, an atomic molar ratio of Mg, Li, and Ca to Al in the oxide film formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet is 0.50 or less,

wherein

after brazing heating, an oxide is formed, the oxide-including any one or two or more of Mg, Li, and Ca and having a volume change ratio of 0.990 or less to the oxide film formed before brazing heating.

2. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy brazing sheet is a three-layer material in which the brazing material, the intermediate material, and the core material are stacked and cladded in this order.

3. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy brazing sheet is a four-layer material in which the brazing material, the intermediate material, the core material, and the brazing material are stacked and cladded in this order.

4. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy brazing sheet is a four-layer material in which the brazing material, the intermediate material, the core material, and a cladding material are stacked and cladded in this order,

the cladding material is formed of an aluminum alloy cladding material comprising any one or two or more of Fe of 1.50 mass % or less, Si of 5.00 mass % or less, Cu of 2.00 mass % or less, Mn of 2.00 mass % or less, Mg of 3.00 mass % or less, Zn of 6.00 mass % or less, Cr of 0.30 mass % or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, In of 0.10 mass % or less, and Sn of 0.10 mass % or less, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities.

5. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the aluminum alloy brazing sheet is a five-layer material in which the brazing material, the intermediate material, the core material, the intermediate material, and the brazing material are stacked and cladded in this order.

6. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide film formed on a brazing material surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a thickness of 50 nm or less.

7. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the oxide film formed on a brazing material surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a thickness of 50 nm or less.

8. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the oxide film formed on a brazing material surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a thickness of 50 nm or less.

9. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 4 , wherein the oxide film formed on a brazing material surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a thickness of 50 nm or less.

10. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet according to claim 5 , wherein the oxide film formed on a brazing material surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet has a thickness of 50 nm or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: YAMAYOSHI, TOMOKI; SUZUKI, TAICHI; TANAKA, HIROKAZU
To: UACJ CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-071933 · Apr 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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