Magnetic wire and method for manufacturing magnetic wire
The magnetic wire with controlled texture addresses eddy current loss and manufacturing complexity in permalloy strips by maintaining thickness and orienting crystal structures along the axial direction, enhancing magnetic properties and reducing manufacturing costs.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2024024674
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-02-21
- Publication Date
- 2025-09-02
AI Technical Summary
Existing permalloy strips used in magnetic cores and yokes face challenges with high eddy current loss and increased manufacturing costs due to thinning from high reduction rates, necessitating multi-layer lamination and complex processes, which are exacerbated by high-frequency applications.
A magnetic wire made of permalloy with controlled texture is produced by wire drawing and heat treatment, maintaining thickness and achieving high magnetic properties through controlled crystal orientation along the axial direction, reducing eddy current loss and simplifying manufacturing.
The magnetic wire achieves high magnetic flux density and permeability without excessive thinning, minimizing eddy current loss and manufacturing complexity, suitable for applications requiring large currents and high-frequency operations.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] The present invention relates to a magnetic wire and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a magnetic wire made of permalloy and having a controlled texture, and a method for manufacturing the same. [Background technology]
[0002] Permalloys, including Permalloy PE, are soft magnetic materials that can achieve high magnetic flux density and high magnetic permeability, and are therefore widely used as materials for the magnetic cores and yokes mounted in various devices such as sensors. In particular, as described in Patent Document 1 and the like, the magnetic properties of the strip material can be improved by controlling the texture. For example, when manufacturing Permalloy PE strips, the strips are cold worked at a rolling reduction of 95% or more, and then heat treated at a temperature of 1000°C or higher, thereby improving the magnetic properties of the strips along the easy axis of magnetization. <100> A recrystallized texture oriented in the rolling direction can be obtained. The resulting Permalloy PE band tends to have a high squareness ratio of 90% or more in the demagnetization curve, making it suitable for use as a core material for saturable transformers in the form of a toroidal wound core or laminated core. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0003] [Patent Document 1] Special Publication No. 7-98975 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] As described above, to impart excellent magnetic properties, such as a squareness ratio of 90% or more, to a permalloy strip, cold working must be performed at a high reduction rate, such as a reduction rate of 95% or more, resulting in a small thickness of the resulting strip. Consequently, to manufacture products requiring a certain thickness, it becomes necessary to stack multiple strips. For example, in response to the recent trend toward higher currents in electric vehicles, the core materials of saturable transformers and current sensors installed in automobiles must be able to pass large magnetic fluxes, and laminated cores made of multiple permalloy strips are used. The more strips are stacked, the more complicated the lamination process becomes, thereby increasing product manufacturing costs. Furthermore, the thinner the permalloy strip, the greater the likelihood of eddy current loss. For example, with the recent spread of wireless power transfer systems, there has been an increasing demand for soft magnetic back yokes placed on the back side of power receiving coils to improve power transfer efficiency, and permalloy strips are also used for this purpose. However, because power supply systems operate at high frequencies such as 85 kHz, eddy current loss in the permalloy strip and the resulting heat generation can be problematic. While processing permalloy strips at high reduction rates improves magnetic properties such as magnetic flux density and squareness ratio, the resulting thinning of the strip necessitates the need for multi-layer lamination and increases eddy current loss. Therefore, there is a need to develop soft magnetic materials that can exhibit high magnetic properties without excessively reducing the thickness of the material.
[0005] The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a soft magnetic material that has excellent magnetic properties such as magnetic flux density without making the thickness of the material extremely thin, and to provide a method for manufacturing such a soft magnetic material. [Means for solving the problem]
[0006] As a soft magnetic material and a method for manufacturing a soft magnetic material for solving the above problems, a magnetic wire and a method for manufacturing a magnetic wire according to the present invention have the following configurations. [1] The magnetic wire according to the present invention is configured as a wire of an alloy containing 40 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less of Ni, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and in a cross section along the axial direction of the wire, <100> The ratio of crystal structures in which the angle difference between the axial direction and the direction is within 10° is 20% or more, and <111> The proportion of crystal structures with an angular difference between directions of 10° or less is less than 20%.
[0007] [2] In the above aspect [1], the magnetic wire may further contain 0.3 mass % or more and 0.7 mass % or less of Mn.
[0008] [3] In the above aspect [1] or [2], the wire diameter of the magnetic wire may be 0.4 mm or less.
[0009] The method for producing a soft magnetic material according to the present invention has the following configuration. [4] The method for manufacturing magnetic wire according to the present invention includes a wiredrawing step in which an alloy material containing 40% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less of Ni, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, is drawn to obtain wire, and a heat treatment step in which the wire obtained in the wiredrawing step is heat-treated, where Red (%) is the area reduction rate in the wiredrawing step and φ (mm) is the wire diameter of the wire after wiredrawing, and the area reduction rate Red is 80% or more and Red·φ is less than 49.
[0010] [5] In the above aspect [4], the alloy material may further contain 0.3 mass % or more and 0.7 mass % or less of Mn.
[0011] [6] In the above aspect [4] or [5], in the wire drawing step, the wire diameter φ of the wire may be set to 0.4 mm or less.
[0012] [7] In any one of the above aspects [4] to [6], the wire may be heated at a temperature of 700° C. or higher in the heat treatment step. [Effects of the Invention]
[0013] The magnetic wire of the present invention having the configuration [1] above has a component composition similar to that of permalloy PE and provides high magnetic flux density and high magnetic permeability. When permalloy material is processed into a wire having a predetermined diameter, it can be processed by wiredrawing, which allows for control of the crystal texture. By converting permalloy material into a wire, texture control can be achieved without excessively reducing dimensions in a specific direction, such as the thickness of a strip. Furthermore, when forming a strip by rolling, the reduction occurs in only one direction, whereas when drawing a wire, the reduction in wire diameter progresses two-dimensionally. Therefore, it is easier to increase the degree of processing with wire than with strip, and texture control through processing and the resulting improvement of magnetic properties such as squareness ratio can be effectively achieved.
[0014] Furthermore, the inventors' research has revealed that when manufacturing a wire by drawing and heat treating a permalloy material having the above-mentioned composition, it is possible to control the crystal orientation along the drawing direction (axial direction) by adjusting the conditions during the wire drawing. In other words, by making the area reduction rate in the wire drawing process sufficiently large and reducing Red·φ, where Red (%) is the area reduction rate and φ (mm) is the wire diameter of the wire after drawing, the crystal orientation along the axial direction, which is the easy axis of magnetization, can be controlled after heat treatment. <100> On the other hand, the hard axis of magnetization is aligned along the axial direction. <111> As a result, the crystalline structure is less likely to be oriented in the axial direction in the cross section of the wire. <100> The proportion of crystal structures with an angle difference between the axial direction and the axial direction of less than 10° is large, at 20% or more. <111> This allows the proportion of crystal structures with an angular difference between directions of 10° or less to be reduced to less than 20%. As a result, when a magnetic field is applied along the axial direction of the magnetic wire, the magnetic wire exhibits high magnetic properties such as high magnetic flux density and high squareness ratio.
[0015] In this way, a permalloy material having a predetermined composition is used as a wire material, and <100> By ensuring a high proportion of the crystalline structure oriented in the axial direction of the wire, it is possible to obtain a soft magnetic material with excellent magnetic properties without excessively reducing the thickness of the material. This magnetic wire can be used as a core material that can handle large currents and a yoke material that reduces eddy current loss, without the need for multi-layer lamination of the material.
[0016] In the above aspect [2], the magnetic wire contains a predetermined amount of Mn. Mn improves the workability of the permalloy material during wire drawing, and by including Mn in the wire in the predetermined amount, it becomes easier to draw the wire at a high area reduction rate while maintaining high magnetic properties.
[0017] In the above embodiment [3], the wire diameter of the magnetic wire is 0.4 mm or less. <100> The proportion of the crystal structure oriented in the axial direction of the wire increases, making it particularly easy to obtain a wire exhibiting excellent magnetic properties.
[0018] The method for producing a soft magnetic material according to the present invention has the following configuration. In the manufacturing method of the magnetic wire rod according to the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration [4], a permalloy alloy material having a predetermined composition is subjected to wire drawing with an area reduction rate Red of 80% or more and Red·φ of less than 49, and then heat treatment is performed. <100> The ratio of crystal structures with an angle difference between the axial direction and the <111> It is possible to efficiently manufacture magnetic wire in which the proportion of crystal structures in which the angle difference between directions is within 10° is less than 20%. The obtained wire does not have extremely small dimensions in a specific direction, unlike a strip material, and has a magnetization easy axis. <100> By ensuring a large proportion of the crystal structure oriented in the axial direction of the wire, high magnetic properties such as high magnetic flux density and high squareness ratio can be achieved.
[0019] In the above aspect [5], the alloy material contains a predetermined amount of Mn, so that the magnetic properties of the obtained wire can be maintained at a high level, and the workability in the wire drawing step can be improved.
[0020] In the above aspect [6], the wire diameter φ of the wire obtained in the wire drawing step is set to 0.4 mm or less. <100> The proportion of the crystal structure oriented in the axial direction of the wire increases, and wire with excellent magnetic properties can be suitably produced.
[0021] In the above aspect [7], the heat treatment step is carried out at a temperature of 700°C or higher. As a result, after recrystallization in the heat treatment step, <100> This makes it easier to manufacture a wire in which the crystal structure with its direction oriented in the axial direction of the wire accounts for a large proportion and which exhibits good soft magnetic properties. [Brief explanation of the drawings]
[0022] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram showing the frequency distribution of crystal orientation for (a) Example 1, (b) Example 2, and (c) Comparative Example 1. FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0023] A magnetic wire according to an embodiment of the present invention and a method for producing the same will be described in detail below.
[0024] [Magnetic wire] First, a magnetic wire according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described. The magnetic wire according to this embodiment is configured as a wire made of permalloy. Specifically, the magnetic wire is configured as a wire made of an alloy having the following composition. The magnetic wire has a composition classified as permalloy PE or a composition close to that.
[0025] The alloy constituting the magnetic wire contains 40% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less of Ni, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Ni provides high magnetic properties, such as high magnetic flux density and high magnetic permeability, to soft magnetic materials. By making the Ni content 40% by mass or more, a significant improvement in magnetic properties can be obtained. It is more preferable that the Ni content be 45% by mass or more.
[0026] On the other hand, if the soft magnetic material contains too much Ni, the magnetic properties may deteriorate. Furthermore, the material cost of the soft magnetic material increases. To maintain high magnetic properties and reduce material costs, the Ni content is set to 50% by mass or less. A Ni content of 48% by mass or less is more preferable.
[0027] The alloy constituting the magnetic wire may further contain 0.3 mass % or more and 0.7 mass % or less of Mn as an optional element. Mn improves the cold workability of the soft magnetic material. If the alloy constituting the magnetic wire has high cold workability, wire drawing can be performed at a high area reduction rate while avoiding cracking in the wire. As will be explained later, wire drawing at a sufficiently high area reduction rate can effectively control the texture. On the other hand, if the Mn content is too high, magnetic properties such as magnetic flux density will be reduced. If the Mn content is within the above range, the magnetic wire can be significantly improved in cold workability while maintaining high magnetic properties such as magnetic permeability and magnetic flux density.
[0028] The magnetic wire of this embodiment has a crystalline structure along the axial direction (longitudinal direction) of the wire. <100> Specifically, in a cross section along the axial direction of the magnetic wire, <100> The degree of orientation is 20% or more. <111> The degree of orientation is less than 20%. <100> The degree of orientation is the degree of orientation in the axial direction. <100> The difference in angle between the directions is within 10°. <100> It also refers to the percentage of the area occupied by the tissue. <111> The degree of orientation is the degree of orientation in the axial direction. <111> The difference in angle between the directions is within 10°. <111> The distribution of crystal orientation in a wire can be evaluated by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). In the results of EBSD measurement of a cross section of a wire cut along its axial direction, the axial direction is used as the reference. <100> Tissues with orientations within 10° <111> All that is required is to estimate the percentage of the area occupied by each tissue that is oriented within 10° of the other.
[0029] In the cubic crystal of Fe-Ni alloy, the easy axis of magnetization is <100> direction, and the hard axis is <111> In the magnetic wire according to this embodiment, the easy axis of magnetization is aligned with the axial direction. <100> The orientation of the hard axis is promoted. <111> Therefore, the magnetic field easily aligns the magnetization in the axial direction, and the magnetic wire has high magnetic properties such as high magnetic flux density and high squareness ratio. As will be described later, by carrying out a wire drawing process when manufacturing the magnetic wire, <111> The degree of orientation tends to be high. <111> Compared to the organization, <100> The structure is more stable in terms of surface energy, and thermodynamically, <100> The organization, <111> Therefore, by appropriately setting the conditions in the wire drawing process and by carrying out heat treatment after wire drawing, it is possible to <100> The degree of orientation can be increased.
[0030] In magnetic wire, <100> If the degree of orientation is increased to 20% or more, the effect of improving magnetic properties due to the axis of easy magnetization being oriented in the axial direction can be fully obtained. <100> The degree of orientation is more preferably 50% or more, and even more preferably 60% or more. <100> The higher the degree of orientation, the greater the effect on improving magnetic properties. <100> There is no particular upper limit to the degree of orientation, but it is practically easy to achieve. <100> The degree of orientation is generally 80% or less. <111> If the degree of orientation is kept below 20%, <100> The effect of improving magnetic properties by orienting the direction in the axial direction is the hard axis of magnetization. <111> The axially oriented regions are less likely to be significantly impaired. <111> The degree of orientation is more preferably less than 15%, and even more preferably less than 10%. <111> The lower the degree of orientation, <100> This reduces the effect on the magnetic properties exhibited by the tissue. <111> There is no particular lower limit to the degree of orientation, but it is practically easy to achieve. <111> The degree of orientation is generally 2% or more. In a cross section along the axial direction of the magnetic wire, <100> The degree of orientation is 20% or more, and <111> An orientation degree of less than 20% means that <100> The degree of orientation is <111> It indicates that the degree of orientation is higher than that. <100> Degree of orientation and <111> The ratio of the degree of orientation is not limited. <100> Enhance the effect of improving magnetic properties through the structure, <111> In order to reduce the influence of tissue on the magnetic properties, <111> for the degree of orientation <100> The larger the ratio of the degree of orientation, the more preferable. <100> The degree of orientation is <111> It is preferable that the degree of orientation is three times or more, further preferably five times or more, or eight times or more.
[0031] The wire diameter of the magnetic wire according to this embodiment is not particularly specified, but is preferably 0.4 mm or less, and more preferably 0.3 mm or less. This allows the magnetic wire to be obtained through wire drawing at a sufficiently high degree of processing, and highly effective control of the crystalline structure by wire drawing can be achieved. Furthermore, the smaller the wire diameter, the larger the specific surface area, and therefore the more stable the wire is in terms of surface energy. <100> Increasing the proportion of tissues that are unstable <111> It becomes easier to reduce the tissue ratio. <100> Promotes tissue generation and <111> From the viewpoint of suppressing the formation of the structure, there is no particular lower limit set for the wire diameter, but from the viewpoint of keeping the wire diameter of the magnetic wire from being excessively small and ensuring sufficient volume of the magnetic wire, it is preferable that the wire diameter be, for example, 0.1 mm or more.
[0032] The magnetic wire according to this embodiment has excellent magnetic properties, such as high magnetic flux density, high magnetic permeability, and high squareness ratio, due to the effects of its component composition and the effect of texture control during processing into wire, and can be suitably used as a material for constituting soft magnetic components such as magnetic cores and yokes. Taking advantage of this, the magnetic wire according to this embodiment can be particularly suitably used in applications where a high magnetic field is generated, such as the core material of a current sensor for large currents. The magnetic wire can be incorporated into various devices, such as sensors, with its axial direction oriented in the direction in which the magnetic field is applied.
[0033] Conventionally, texture control has generally been achieved by forming permalloy into a strip and rolling it at a high reduction rate. However, by forming it into a wire, as in the magnetic wire of this embodiment, texture control through processing can be achieved without extremely reducing the dimension in a specific direction, such as the thickness direction of the strip. While a strip requires a process of stacking multiple pieces to ensure the thickness of the material (core), a wire can ensure the thickness without stacking, thereby reducing the process and cost required for stacking. When a large volume of material needs to be secured, multiple wires can be appropriately bundled together, which is easier to perform than stacking. In addition, since the thickness of the wire is not made extremely thin, eddy current loss and the associated heat generation, which are likely to be a problem in thin strips, are minimized. Therefore, the wire of this embodiment can be suitably used in applications where heat generation due to eddy current loss is likely to be a problem, such as the back yoke of a wireless power transfer system, which is used in high frequencies. In the case of strip material, reduction is performed in one direction during manufacturing, whereas in the case of wire material, the diameter is reduced by applying a force two-dimensionally from the entire outer periphery toward the center during the wire drawing process. This makes it easier to increase the degree of processing compared to strip material, and as a result, it is possible to control the texture through processing, that is, to reduce the diameter in the axial direction. <100> Furthermore, the wire has the advantage that it can be placed in places where a strip cannot be placed, such as inside a pipe.
[0034] [Magnetic wire manufacturing method] Next, a method for manufacturing a magnetic wire according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described. By using the manufacturing method according to this embodiment, the magnetic wire according to the embodiment of the present invention described above can be suitably manufactured. In the manufacturing method according to this embodiment, the magnetic wire is manufactured by carrying out a wire drawing step and a heat treatment step in this order.
[0035] In the wiredrawing process, an alloy material having a predetermined composition is drawn and reduced in diameter to be processed into a wire having a predetermined diameter. The alloy material used in the wiredrawing process has the same composition as the magnetic wire material according to the embodiment of the present disclosure described above. That is, an alloy material containing 40% by mass to 50% by mass of Ni, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, is used. Alternatively, the alloy material may further contain 0.3% by mass to 0.7% by mass of Mn. After producing an alloy material having a predetermined composition through melting and casting, the wiredrawing process can be performed, with hot treatments interposed between them as needed. For example, a wire having a predetermined diameter and area reduction can be produced by repeatedly drawing with an area reduction of 70% or more and heat treatment at 700°C or higher.
[0036] In the wiredrawing process, the processing conditions are defined by the area reduction rate Red (%) and the wire diameter φ (mm) of the wire after wiredrawing. The area reduction rate Red is the reduction in the cross-sectional area of the wire due to wiredrawing, expressed as a ratio based on the cross-sectional area before wiredrawing. In the manufacturing method according to this embodiment, wiredrawing is performed so that the area reduction rate Red is 80% or more and the product Red·φ of the area reduction rate Red and the wire diameter φ after wiredrawing is less than 49. By performing wiredrawing under these conditions, after the next heat treatment process, the following can be achieved: <100> Orientation degree is 20% or more, and <111> This makes it easier to obtain a magnetic material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure with an orientation degree of less than 20%.
[0037] The wire drawing process can orient the crystalline structure in the wire in a certain direction, and the higher the area reduction rate, the more the orientation of the crystalline structure can be improved. By setting the area reduction rate to 80% or more, the orientation of the crystalline structure can be effectively improved. It is more preferable to set the area reduction rate to 90% or more, and even more preferably to 95% or more.
[0038] However, in the case of Fe-Ni alloys, <100> rather than direction <111> Therefore, the reduction in area is preferably made smaller in the magnetic wire obtained. <100> On the other hand, as mentioned above, in terms of surface energy, <111> than the organization <100> The structure is more stable, and the smaller the wire diameter and the larger the specific surface area, <100> In other words, it is better to make the wire diameter smaller after drawing. <100> In this way, due to the two factors, the smaller the product of the area reduction rate and the wire diameter after drawing, Red·φ, the <100> As will be shown in the examples below, if Red·φ is set to less than 49, the following can be obtained in the cross section along the axial direction after heat treatment after wire drawing: <100> The degree of orientation is 20% or more, <111> This method allows for the production of magnetic wire with an orientation degree of less than 20%. Red·φ is preferably less than 30, and even more preferably less than 20. Since a smaller Red·φ is preferable, no upper limit is set, but Red·φ that can be achieved in actual wiredrawing operations is generally 0.1 or more. Wiredrawing can be performed as cold working, such as at room temperature.
[0039] As long as the product of the area reduction rate and the wire diameter after drawing, Red·φ, can be kept below 49, there are no particular limitations on the lower limit of the area reduction rate Red or the range of φ. The area reduction rate should be selected so that Red·φ is kept below 49 in relation to the wire diameter while ensuring 80% or more as described above. As explained above for magnetic wire, the wire diameter is preferably 0.4 mm or less.
[0040] In the heat treatment process, the wire after drawing is subjected to heat treatment (magnetic annealing). The heating conditions in the heat treatment process are not particularly limited. In order to fully achieve the purpose of magnetic annealing, that is, to fully achieve the removal of processing strain and the accompanying improvement of soft magnetic properties including the reduction of coercive force, and also to fully achieve the purpose of magnetic annealing in the wire drawing process, <111> Even if the degree of orientation becomes high, it can be eliminated by recrystallization. <100> The heating conditions may be appropriately determined so as to convert the material into a state with a high degree of orientation. For example, the heating temperature is preferably 700°C or higher, and more preferably 1000°C or higher. The heating temperature is preferably kept at 1200°C or lower. The heating time may be, for example, in the range of 30 minutes to 180 minutes. The atmosphere during the heat treatment may be hydrogen or the like. [Example]
[0041] The present invention will be described in more detail below using examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.
[0042] [Sample preparation] Wires according to Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 to 9 were produced. That is, alloy materials containing the amounts of Ni (and Mn) shown in Table 1, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, were melted and cast. Then, except for Comparative Examples 5 and 6, wire drawing with an area reduction of 70% or more and heat treatment at 700°C or higher were repeated to obtain wires with the wire diameters and area reductions shown in the table. Thereafter, each of the obtained wires was heat treated at 1100°C for 1 hour in a hydrogen atmosphere.
[0043] [Test method] For each sample, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) measurements were performed on cross-sectional samples cut along the axial direction. In the EBSD measurements, the observation range was set so that there were 100 or more crystal grains within the field of view. In the results of the EBSD measurements, for multiple measurement points (electron beam spots), <111> The frequency distribution of the crystal orientation was obtained by measuring the angle between the crystal orientation and the direction, and taking the distribution of the angle. The frequency distribution was then integrated over the angle range from 0° to 10°, and the value obtained was: <111> The degree of orientation was also <100> Orientation and <111> Since the angle between the directions is approximately 55°, the value obtained by integrating the frequency distribution obtained in the area from 45° to 55° is: <100> The degree of orientation was determined.
[0044] [Test Results] Table 1 shows the Ni and Mn contents and wire drawing conditions for Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 to 9, as well as the EBSD data obtained. <100> Orientation and <111> The degree of orientation is shown. Figure 1 also shows the frequency distribution of the crystal orientation for (a) Example 1, (b) Example 2, and (c) Comparative Example 1 as representative examples. Each figure also shows the frequency distribution for the state before heat treatment.
[0045] [Table 1]
[0046] According to the frequency distribution of crystal orientations in Examples 1 and 2 (after heat treatment) in Fig. 1(a) and (b), <111> Areas where the angle difference with the direction is large (generally 40° or more), that is, <100> The proportion of crystal structures is concentrated in the region close to the direction. A peak-like distribution is also seen in the region of an angle of 20° or less, which can be attributed to (100) twins. As shown in Figure 1(c) explained next, <111> No peaks corresponding to tissues were observed. <100> The generation of tissue <111> In the frequency distribution of the figure, the integration of the proportion of the particles in the range of 45° to 55° is shown in Table 1. <100> The degree of orientation is obtained by integrating the proportion of molecules in the range of 0° to 10°. <111> This is a significantly larger value than the degree of orientation.
[0047] On the other hand, according to the frequency distribution of the crystal orientation of Comparative Example 1 (after heat treatment) in FIG. 1(c), <111> In the region where the angle difference with the direction is small, the abundance ratio of the crystalline structure is distributed in a concentrated manner, like a peak that rises sharply from an angle of 0°. <111> The formation of tissue <100> As shown in Table 1, <111> The value of the degree of orientation is <100> It is larger than the degree of orientation.
[0048] Similarly, for each data other than the crystal orientation frequency distribution shown in Figure 1, <100> Orientation and <111> The estimated degree of orientation is shown in Table 1. According to this, among Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 to 6 and 9 in which the Ni content is in the range of 40 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less, in Examples 1 to 6, <100> Orientation degree is 20% or more, and <111> The degree of orientation is less than 20%, <100> It can be seen that the generation of the microstructure is promoted. Examples 1 to 6 were subjected to wire drawing under the conditions that the area reduction rate Red was 80% or more and Red·φ was less than 49.
[0049] On the other hand, in Comparative Examples 1 to 6 and 9, <100> Orientation degree is 20% or more and <111> The degree of orientation is not less than 20%. <100> The degree of orientation is less than 20% and <111> The degree of orientation is 20% or more. <100> The degree of orientation is 20% or more, <111> The degree of orientation is also 20% or more. <111> Although the degree of orientation is kept below 20%, <100> The degree of orientation does not reach 20%. In these Comparative Examples 1 to 6 and 9, the wire was drawn under the conditions that the area reduction rate was less than 80% or Red·φ was 49 or more, or both. In Comparative Examples 1 to 4 and 9, the area reduction rate Red was 80% or more, but Red·φ was 49 or more. In Comparative Examples 5 and 6, Red·φ was less than 49, but the area reduction rate Red was less than 80%.
[0050] These results show that the orientation of the crystalline structure can be controlled by the area reduction rate Red and Red·φ, which is the product of the area reduction rate and the wire diameter after drawing, as conditions during wire drawing. Specifically, by increasing the area reduction rate Red and keeping Red·φ small, the orientation of the crystalline structure can be controlled along the axial direction. <100> Promotes directional alignment, <111> It can be seen that the orientation in the direction can be suppressed. The area reduction rate Red and the wire diameter φ can be individually <111> Orientation degree and <100> There is no significant correlation between the degree of orientation and the crystal orientation.
[0051] Here, in each frequency distribution shown in FIG. 1, when the state before the heat treatment is also looked at, in all of Examples 1 and 2 of (a) and (b) and Comparative Example 1 of (c), before the heat treatment, <111> The proportion of the particles is concentrated in the area where the angle difference with the axial direction is small. <100> Rather than directional orientation, <111> On the other hand, after the heat treatment, the frequency distribution does not change significantly in Comparative Example 1 (c), whereas the frequency distribution changes significantly in Examples 1 and 2 (a) and (b). In other words, as already explained, in (c), <111> The state where the orientation of the direction is high is maintained, whereas in (a) and (b), <100> The orientation of the direction has changed to a higher state. <100> The organization <111> This can be interpreted as being due to the fact that the wire diameter is relatively large at 1.0 mm and the specific surface area is small in Comparative Example 1 (c), <111> The state in which the orientation was dominant was maintained even after heat treatment, whereas in Examples 1 and 2, in which the wire diameters were small at 0.3 mm and 0.1 mm and the specific surface area was large (a) and (b), the thermodynamically stable <100> Therefore, by keeping the product of the area reduction rate and the wire diameter Red·φ small during wire drawing, it is possible to ensure a sufficient area reduction rate Red for orienting the crystal structure, while keeping the wire diameter φ small and increasing the specific surface area of the wire. <100> To be able to fully utilize the change in orientation in the direction, <100> This is effective for obtaining a highly oriented texture.
[0052] Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4 were subjected to wire drawing at a high area reduction rate of 80% or more and heat treatment, respectively. <100> Direction and <111> In Comparative Example 9, the film exhibits high orientation in the direction. <100> Direction and <111> In contrast to these, in Comparative Examples 5 and 6, the area reduction rate during wire drawing is low at 50% or less. In Comparative Examples 5 and 6, unlike Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 to 4 and 9, <100> Orientation and <111> In both cases, the degree of orientation was a small value below 20%. In Comparative Examples 5 and 6, the low degree of processing during wire drawing meant that the texture could not be controlled sufficiently, and it is thought that the orientation of the crystal texture in a specific direction did not occur effectively. As mentioned above, keeping Red·φ small is <100> Although this is effective in obtaining a texture with a high degree of orientation, even if Red·φ is reduced by decreasing the area reduction rate Red, the orientation of the crystal structure itself becomes difficult to occur, as in Comparative Examples 5 and 6. <100> In order to increase the degree of orientation, it is necessary to ensure a high reduction in area Red, such as 80% or more, during wiredrawing, and then keep Red·φ small by reducing the wire diameter φ after wiredrawing.
[0053] In Comparative Examples 7 and 8, the Ni content is outside the range of 40% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less. In Comparative Examples 7 and 8, wire drawing was performed at a sufficiently high reduction in area, but <100> degree of orientation, <111> Both the degree of orientation and the crystal structure are small, less than 20%. In other words, the crystal structure is not effectively oriented in a specific direction. This shows that the alloy's composition also affects the orientation of the crystal structure.
[0054] The embodiments and examples of the present invention have been described above. The present invention is not particularly limited to these embodiments and examples, and various modifications can be made.
Claims
1. The wire is made of an alloy containing 40% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less of Ni, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, A magnetic wire in which, in a cross section along the axial direction of the wire, the proportion of crystalline structures in which the angular difference between the axial direction and the <100> direction is within 10° is 20% or more, and the proportion of crystalline structures in which the angular difference between the axial direction and the <111> direction is within 10° is less than 20%.
2. The magnetic wire according to claim 1 , further containing 0.3 mass % to 0.7 mass % of Mn.
3. 3. The magnetic wire according to claim 1, wherein the wire diameter is 0.4 mm or less.
4. a wiredrawing step of drawing an alloy material containing 40% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less of Ni, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, to obtain a wire; a heat treatment step of performing heat treatment on the wire obtained in the wiredrawing step, A method for manufacturing a magnetic wire, wherein the area reduction rate in the wiredrawing process is Red (%) and the wire diameter of the wire after wiredrawing is φ (mm), and the area reduction rate Red is 80% or more and Red·φ is less than 49.
5. The method for manufacturing a magnetic wire according to claim 4 , wherein the alloy material further contains 0.3 mass % to 0.7 mass % of Mn.
6. 6. The method for producing a magnetic wire according to claim 4, wherein the wire diameter φ of the wire is set to 0.4 mm or less in the wire drawing step.
7. The method for manufacturing a magnetic wire according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the wire is heated at a temperature of 700° C. or higher in the heat treatment step.
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