EP1748865A1

EP1748865A1 - Filler for joint and method for the production thereof

Info

Publication number: EP1748865A1
Application number: EP05743375A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Gerhard Posch; Johann Ziegerhofer; Susanne Baumgartner; Wilhelm Klagges; Herbert Felberbauer
Original assignee: Voestalpine Boehler Welding Austria GmbH
Current assignee: Voestalpine Boehler Welding Austria GmbH
Priority date: 2004-05-27
Filing date: 2005-05-25
Publication date: 2007-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 2025-05-25
Also published as: JP2008500186A; PL1748865T3; US20080014458A1; AT500494A1; ES2330236T3; DE502005007660D1; EP1748865B1; AT500494B1; WO2005115680A1; ATE435716T1; US8704136B2

Abstract

The invention relates to a filler material for a thermal production of a joint or of a material layer metallically connected to the base material of or on objects of light metal and/or zinc alloys with a thermal conductivity of more than 110 W/mK, and to a method for producing the same with means for the preparation thereof in situ and/or storage. To improve the quality of the connection, it is provided according to the invention that the filler material is formed as unwindable filler wire, built up of a sheath optionally provided with a surface layer formed from polymer(s) and graphite and comprising aluminum and/or magnesium and/or zinc or a deformable alloy of these metals with a thermal conductivity of more than 110 W/mK and a core of compacted powder, whereby the core material comprises a metal powder and/or a powder of at least one metal compound and/or a non-metallic compound and/or an agent giving off gas at increased temperature and/or at least one component forming slag. The production is characterized by a filler wire production known per se, but with an optionally coated sheath of a ductile light metal or the like alloy, with a correctly positioned winding on coils and providing the same with a protection against moisture.

Description

Additional material for joint connections and method for its production

The invention relates to a filler material for a thermal production of a joint connection or a metallically associated with the base material material support of or au f objects made of light metal and / or zinc alloys with a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK.

Furthermore, the invention comprises a method for producing a filler material for bonding or application of or on objects made of light metal and / or zinc or an alloy of these metals having a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK with means for providing on site and / or Storage of the same.

Finally, the invention relates to the use of filler material, formed as a filler wire for a thermal production of a joint connection.

A joining is according to DIN 8593 a permanent bringing together of workpieces, the invention has a joining by welding or by soldering to the content. Fitting by welding in accordance with DIN 1910 of the subject invention relates to fusion welding with filler metal and brazing according to DIN 8505 relates to a hard joint brazing.

Joining of parts or objects or application of a material thereto by fusion welding or brazing with filler material has long been state of the art and is widely used in manufacturing technology.

When welding the cohesion is achieved by material combination, the parting line between two workpieces by fusing their materials is done with a filler and can be promoted by auxiliaries, such as gases, welding powder or paste.

In a soldering, the parting line between two workpieces is completely filled by liquid metal and so made a cohesive connection, Löthilfsstoffe or solder usually find use.

For joining parts with desired high quality of the connection by welding or soldering, the materials or their properties are of great importance. In other words: Not all materials or metals have sufficiently good Schweißbzw. Soldering properties.

The quality of a welded joint can be highly adversely affected by a high thermal conductivity and / or a high oxygen activity of the material and / or a surface tension of the liquid metal and / or the vapor pressure of a phase or the like.

It is known to the person skilled in the art that during joining or surfacing of aluminum parts and aluminum alloys with rod or solid wire electrodes, a connection of base material and weld metal often does not reach the edge of the same and in the outer zones of the weld material layer there is a region without a metallic bond arises.

If, in order to reduce this bonding error, the welding energy is increased, the porosity in the weld metal increases or increases, which can lead to a mechanical weakening of the same.

In soldering is often despite soldering aids no sufficient penetration of solder in the gap between the parts or a connection of the same with the solder given. These error phenomena are often associated with the high thermal conductivity of the materials and / or the melting and oxidation behavior of the solder and / or the Lötflächenpassivierung.

In order to overcome connection errors, it is also known to use a pulsating power supply for welding or soldering, but this usually only an energy input regulated, but not the energy distribution at the welding or soldering advantageously be designed such that the weld metal up to whose outer edge has a metallic bond with the base material or the solder is distributed homogeneously in the parting line.

Here, the invention seeks to eliminate the shortcomings of the prior art in a thermal production of a joint or connected to the base material material support of or on objects made of light metal and / or zinc alloys with a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK and sets the goal is to provide a filler which has an improved suitability for welding and brazing of the above materials.

Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a method for producing a quality maintenance of a filler material for a joining of the type mentioned, with which a quality of the material connection can be increased.

Furthermore, the invention aims to indicate a particular use of a new, improved filler material.

The object of the invention is achieved in that the filler material as a rewindable cored wire, constructed of a sheath of aluminum and / or magnesium and / or zinc or a deformable alloy of these metals having a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK and a Kem of compacted Powder is formed, wherein the core material consists of a metal powder and / or a powder of at least one metal compound and / or a non-metal compound and / or a gas at elevated temperature and / or at least one slag-forming component.

The advantages achieved by the invention are essentially in the structure of the filler material and in the vote of the same with the base material or with the material properties.

It has been found that in the case of a flux-cored wire with a coating of light metal or zinc alloys with a conductance of 0.027 to 0.2 μSϊ n, an unexpectedly high current concentration is present at the surface of the electrode, so that in the area of the energy input a cross section is substantially the same or a one in the outer zone increased heat input into the base material takes place. The formed of powder core of the filler wire conducts the electric current with energy input, it has been found, to a much lesser extent even with a high metal content of the core material. Thus, with a flux-cored wire according to the invention, the specific energy input in the heat range of the base material can be distributed and in this way an improved cohesive connection can be achieved with a weld up to the edge of the weld metal.

A distribution of energy or heat input is essentially of the continuous metallic sheathing of the filler wire dependent and can be adjusted.

It has proven to be advantageous, in particular with regard to a desired amount of weld metal, if the sheathing of the filler material has a proportion of 95% to 40% of the electrode volume.

For an optimization of a planar energy input into the hot zone, it may be favorable if the proportion of the sheathing of the cross-sectional area of the cored wire is 95% to 40%.

If, as may further be provided, the filler wire has a filling level with core material of 5% to 52% in parts by weight, this can be advantageous, in particular, for use in joining light metals.

Intensive tests with aluminum and magnesium and alloys with these metals have shown that a filler wire according to the invention, especially if the core material comprises polymers, preferably organic polymers, in particular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), substantially reduces the porosity of the weld metal and / or reduces the pore size.

When, as in a specific embodiment of the invention, the core material of the filler wire comprises alkali metal compounds, for example sodium and / or potassium compounds, in particular fluorides and / or chlorides of alkali metals, a flux or covering agent, such as slag, which acts advantageously for a metal compound can be created even if the individual compounds are not pre-melted.

In a particularly favorable development of the invention it can be provided that the filler material contains graphite. By graphite or carbon, it is possible to further reduce the oxidation potential of the protective gas formed and to promote stability of the arc.

If, as may be provided according to the invention, the outer surface of the filler wire has a layer which is formed from polymers, preferably organic polymers, in particular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and graphite Furthermore, a protective gas cover of the liquid metal is improved and a current transfer into the filler wire can be substantially improved.

The beneficial effect of a graphite additive can be optimized if the volume fraction of graphite in the layer is 15% to 45%.

The quality of a joint connection between aluminum and aluminum alloy parts can be optimized if the cored wire used for this purpose has a core material with a content of 8% by weight to 24% by weight, formed from metal powder and fluoride (e), and the sheath has a surface layer of polymer (s) and graphite.

Particularly well suited to the filler wire has been found as filler for the preparation of a fusion welded joint for the aforementioned materials, as can be advantageously formed protective and / or reaction gases through the core material in the arc on the one hand, on the other hand by ^"a metal powder additive a desired alloy composition of the weld by melting can be formed.

If the cored wire is used as a soldering additive or solder for creating a solder joint, then this agent has the advantage of a central introduction of Löthilfesubstanzen directly into the parting line and can thereby significantly promote the formation of a material connection of the parts.

It may be favorable in view of a high quality of the solder joint, if the shell material of the filler wire has a lower solidus temperature than the (the) base material (s).

The further object of the invention is achieved in a method of the type mentioned above in that a metal strip of aluminum and / or magnesium and / or zinc or a ductile alloy respectively of these metals in a conventional manner bent in the longitudinal direction to a groove, with Filler is applied, formed into a tube and this is brought to a diameter of more than 0.5 mm, but less than 3.5 mm, whereupon the flux cored wire is wound on a bobbin and the wound coil (n ) is provided with a moisture protection and / or provided on site (will). The advantages of the method according to the invention are essentially to be seen in that the cored wire is produced from a sheath material with a non-ferrous base alloy with low strength, achieving a desired core density and a ready for supply to the welding or soldering device to the heat energy input region in the body be created and during a possibly long-term storage substantially no changes in the often hygroscopic flux-cored wire components, which influence the use parameters or the quality of the joint connection done.

With particular advantage for a production and the technology of the compound used in this case can be provided that the filled pipe is brought to a diameter of less than 2.0 mm. In order to achieve a specific and / or targeted release of gas and / or to set a particular solution behavior of the core powder fractions, it may be advantageous if the filler or components thereof before introduction into the Metallrifine at least partially pretreated and / or homogeneously mixed as a powder (be ).

In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that polymers, preferably organic polymers, in particular polytetrafluoroethylene, are added to the filler as a component and / or are applied to the outside of the filler wire. With this method, as surprisingly showed the expert, a pore formation, in particular such a large volume, can be substantially reduced in the weld metal.

As beneficial in producing a joint connection has been shown when »

Sodium and / or potassium and / or magnesium and / or calcium compound (s) is (are) added to the filler as a component (s) for the formation of slag. As a result, the flow properties of the filler material and a cohesive connection of the parts made of base material can be promoted.

In particular for alloying the forming material of the filler metal with respect to modified and desired mechanical properties of the same, it can be provided that the filler is incorporated as component (s) powder of metal and / or metal compounds and / or non-metal compounds. In order to maintain the properties of the components of the filler throughout the manufacturing process unchanged or only with insignificant changes, it has proven to be advantageous if the filler wire is produced under conditions with respect to the air atmosphere reduced oxygen and / or reduced moisture content.

For an advantageous embodiment of the invention, in which the cored wire with a mass of 2 to 10 kg wound on a bobbin and one or more coil (s) in films or in containers airtight, optionally at reduced pressure, can be packed even with a longer Storage and larger stocking the quality of the filler material for a joint connection and the high quality of the cohesive connection itself remain.

In a promotion of the cored wire with increased contact pressure of the conveyor rollers, which can serve to improve contact, it can be provided that the bent to a gutter, acted upon with filler metal strip overlapped to form a tube and this is further processed.

In order to achieve desired high filling levels of the cored wire with powder core material, according to the invention, the metal strip, which has been bent to form a gutter and is charged with filler, can be formed into a tube in the longitudinal direction and processed further.

According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention can be provided that after bending the charged with filler channel to a pipe this pipe outside with a mixture of polymers, preferably organic polymers, especially polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and graphite coated and subsequently to a smaller diameter of less than 2mm is further deformed.

Advantageously, on the one hand favorable conditions in the further deformation of the tube to filler wire with a small diameter created by a lubricating effect of the coating, on the other hand can be promoted by a Graphitanteil a desired current transition into the filler wire.

A targeted and simple in the production process application of the layer can take place when the outer coating of the tube by carrying it through a Mixture of polymer (s) and graphite takes place.

If, according to an embodiment of the invention, the flux-cored wire is partially surface-treated prior to being wound on a bobbin, a desired thickness for welding or brazing can be created over the entire length of the wire.

Ultimately, the purpose of the invention by a use of filler material, formed as a cored wire, optionally with a formed from polymers) and graphite surface layer, constructed of a sheath of aluminum and / or magnesium and / or zinc deformable alloy of these metals with a higher thermal conductivity 110 W / mK and a core of compacted powder, wherein the core material of a metal powder and / or a powder of at least one metal compound and / or a non-metal compound and / or a gas at elevated temperature and / or at least one slag-forming component consists of, for a thermal production of a joint connection or a metallically connected to the base material material support of or on objects made of light metal and / or zinc alloys with a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK met.

Surprisingly enough for a person skilled in the art, excellent quality results were obtained when filler material was used, optionally with a surface layer formed from polymer (s) and graphite, composed of a sheathing of aluminum and / or magnesium and / or zinc-deformable alloy of these metals with one Thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK and a core of compacted powder of at least one metal compound and / or a non-metal compound and / or a gas at elevated temperature emitting agent and / or at least one slag-forming component, for a thermal production of a joint of Parts of ceramic materials or parts of ceramic materials with metallic objects, in particular steel.

In this way, articles made of individual parts with completely different properties in the case of metallic bonding thereof can be economically produced in a simple manner. In the following the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to some results. When

Base material was an alloy AIMg5 used. The welds were done without impulse current technology. When using the same, in particular when the filler material according to the invention further improvements can be achieved.

Show it:

Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 weld metal on a base material, created with electrodes according to the prior art

Fig. 4 to Fig. 6 weld metal on a base material, created with Fülldraht electrodes according to the invention

Fig. 7 weld metal with pores on a base material

Fig. 8 weld metal, made with a cored wire electrode according to the invention

Fig. 9 by means of filler wire electrodes according to the invention welded parts

Fig. 10 flux-cored wire with an overlapping sheath

Fig. 11 filler wire with a shock of the jacket

From Fig. 1, a Schweißgutauflage 1, made with a currently commercially available electrode on a base material 2, can be seen. An overlay welding was carried out with a low electric current strength, wherein at a small melting depth 11 in the base material 2 clear bonding defects 21, 21 'are given between it and the weld material layer 1.

Fig. 2 shows one with an increased current strength, but otherwise similar produced Schweißgutauflage 1. At a significantly increased melting or melting 11 of the welding layer 1 in the base material 2 by an increased energy input are still binding error 21,21 'at the edges of the Given weld metal.

Even with a further increase in the welding energy, as shown in Fig. 3, resulting in binding errors 21, 2V between weld metal 1 and base material. By increasing the heat input, the melting depth is increased and the number and size of the pores 3 are increased. According to the experts, this is due to outgassing of the liquid metal during solidification of the weld 1.

From Fig. 4, a welding layer 1, manufactured with inventive flux-cored wire, can be seen. Despite low electrical energy supply are in the outer binding area no binding errors given.

With an increased proportion of sheathing of the filler wire with increased metal powder in the core material and higher energy input, as shown in FIG. 5, an enlarged Einschmelziefe 11 of the weld overlay 1 at error-free bond between this and the base material 2 is achieved.

From Fig. 6 is a very high binding defect-free melting depth 11 of the weld layer 1 in the base material 2 can be seen.

As illustrated by FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, with a flux cored wire according to the invention by selecting the geometrical parameters thereof and the core material composition, a desired reflow depth 11 in the base material 2 with an intended volume of weld metal 1 can be achieved with adequate electrical power supply, as required getting produced.

In Fig. 7, a welding layer 1 with pores 3 is shown. The pores were formed during the solidification of the liquid welding filler due to the solubility jump for gases therein.

As can be seen from FIG. 8, with a core material according to the invention which comprises PTFE or with a similar outside application, a flux-cored wire can be created which results in a substantial reduction in the proportion of pores 3 in the weld metal.

Fig. 9 shows welded parts 2,4, the connection in the course of>

Development work was produced. A preparation of the two welding layers 1, V (A35.A36) was carried out with Füllwraht electrodes according to the invention, but with different geometric and procedural parameters. Clearly the picture shows a double-sided defect-free fusion welded connection.

In Fig. 10, the cross section of a filler wire is shown with an overlapping sheath.

Fig. 11 illustrates a flux cored wire having a substantially end-to-end impact the sheath.

Claims

claims

1. additional material for a thermal production of a joint connection or a metallically associated with the base material material support of or on objects made of light metal and / or zinc alloys with a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK, characterized in that the filler material as a reusable flux-cored wire, constructed from a sheath of aluminum and / or of magnesium and / or zinc or a deformable alloy of these metals having a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK and a core of compacted powder is formed, wherein the core material of a metal powder and / or a powder of at least a metal compound and / or a non-metal compound and / or a gas at elevated temperature donating agent and / or at least one slag-forming component.

2. filler material according to claim 1, characterized in that the casing has a proportion of 95% to 40% of the electrode volume.

3. filler material according to claim 1, characterized in that of the cross-sectional area of the filler wire, the proportion of the cladding is 95% to 40%.

4. filler material according to claim 1, characterized in that in Gewichtsanteiien the filler wire has a degree of filling with core material of 5% to 52%.

5. filler material according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the core material polymers, preferably organic polymers, in particular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

6. filler according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the core material alkali metal compounds, such as sodium and / or Potassium compounds, in particular fluorides and / or chlorides of alkali metals.

7. filler material according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it contains graphite.

8. filler material according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the outer surface of the filler wire has a layer which is formed from polymers, preferably organic polymers, in particular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and graphite.

9. filler material according to claims 8, characterized in that the volumene content of graphite in the layer is 15% to 45%.

10. filler material according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the filler wire, a core material having a content of 8 wt .-% to 24 wt .-%, formed of metal powder and fluoride (s) has and the sheath of a surface layer Polymers) and graphite.

11. filler material according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the filler wire is used as welding filler for a production of a fusion-welded connection.

12. filler material according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the filler wire is used as a solder additive or solder for creating a solder joint.

13. filler material according to claim 12, characterized in that the sheath material of the filler wire has a lower solidus temperature than the (the) base materials).

14. A method for producing a filler material for a connection or an order of or on objects made of light metal and / or zinc or a Alloy of these metals having a thermal conductivity of more than 110 W / mK with means for providing them on site and / or storage thereof, characterized in that a metal strip of aluminum and / or magnesium and / or zinc or a ductile alloy respectively of these metals in bent in the longitudinal direction to a groove, charged with filler, formed into a tube and this is brought to a diameter of more than 0.5 mm, but less than 3.5 mm, on which the filler wire produced in such a way The bobbin is wound correctly and the wound bobbin (s) are stored with moisture protection and / or provided on site.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that the filled pipe is brought to a diameter of less than 2.0 mm.

16. The method according to any one of claims 14 or 15, characterized in that the filler or components thereof at least partially pretreated prior to introduction into the metal channel and / or is homogeneously mixed as a powder (are).

17. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that polymers, preferably organic polymers, in particular polytetrafluoroethylene added to the filler as a component and / or externally applied to the filler wire.

18. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the sodium and / or potassium and / or magnesium and / or calcium compound (s) is added to the filler as a component (s) for the formation of slag (be).

19. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that the filler as a component (n) powder of metal and / or metal compounds and / or non-metal compounds is buried.

20. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 19, characterized in that the filler wire is produced under conditions with respect to the air atmosphere reduced oxygen and / or reduced moisture content.

21. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 20, characterized in that the cored wire with a mass of 2 to 10kg wound on a bobbin and one or more coil (s) in films or in containers airtight, optionally packaged at reduced pressure.

22. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 21, characterized in that the bent to a gutter, acted upon with filler metal strip overlapped to form a tube and this is further processed.

23. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 22, characterized in that the bent to a gutter, acted upon with filler metal strip is formed with a shock in the longitudinal direction to a tube and this is further processed.

24. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 23, characterized in that after bending the charged with filler channel to a pipe this tube outside with a mixture of polymers, preferably organic polymers, in particular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and graphite coated and in the Result is further reduced to a smaller diameter of less than 2mm.

25. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 24, characterized in that the outer coating of the tube by means of the same carried out by a mixture of polymer (s) and graphite.

26. The method according to any one of claims 14 to 25, characterized in that the filler wire before being wound on a bobbin, the layer is partially finished lifting.

27. Use of filler material, formed as a filler wire, optionally with a surface layer formed of polymer (s) and graphite composed of a shell of aluminum and / or magnesium and / or zinc deformable alloy of these metals having a thermal conductivity of higher 110 W / mK and a core of compacted powder, wherein the core material of a metal powder and / or a powder of at least one metal compound and / or a non-metal compound and / or a gas at elevated temperature donating agent and / or at least one slag-forming component, for a thermal production of a joint or metallically connected to the base material Material coating of or on objects made of light metal and / or zinc alloys with a thermal conductivity of more than 110 W / mK.

28. Use of filler material, formed as flux-cored wire, optionally with a surface layer formed from polymers) and graphite composed of an aluminum sheath and / or magnesium and / or zinc-deformable alloy of these metals with a thermal conductivity of greater than 110 W / mK and a core of compacted powder, wherein the core material consists of a metal powder and / or a powder of at least one metal compound and / or a non-metal compound and / or an elevated temperature gas donating agent and / or at least one slag-forming component, for a thermal Production of a joint of parts made of ceramic materials or of parts made of ceramic materials with metallic objects, in particular steel.