EP1047803A1 - Aluminium sliding bearing alloy - Google Patents
Aluminium sliding bearing alloyInfo
- Publication number
- EP1047803A1 EP1047803A1 EP98956891A EP98956891A EP1047803A1 EP 1047803 A1 EP1047803 A1 EP 1047803A1 EP 98956891 A EP98956891 A EP 98956891A EP 98956891 A EP98956891 A EP 98956891A EP 1047803 A1 EP1047803 A1 EP 1047803A1
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- lead
- bearing alloy
- plain bearing
- aluminum
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- 239000001996 bearing alloy Substances 0.000 title claims abstract description 21
- 229910052782 aluminium Inorganic materials 0.000 title claims abstract description 18
- XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium Chemical compound [Al] XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title claims abstract description 18
- 239000004411 aluminium Substances 0.000 title 1
- 238000001816 cooling Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 9
- 238000009749 continuous casting Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 6
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- FYYHWMGAXLPEAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Magnesium Chemical compound [Mg] FYYHWMGAXLPEAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 239000010949 copper Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 229910052749 magnesium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 239000011777 magnesium Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 229910052710 silicon Inorganic materials 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 239000010703 silicon Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 229910052725 zinc Inorganic materials 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 230000029142 excretion Effects 0.000 claims description 4
- 229910000838 Al alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000000956 alloy Substances 0.000 abstract description 4
- 229910045601 alloy Inorganic materials 0.000 abstract description 4
- 239000011133 lead Substances 0.000 description 22
- 238000005266 casting Methods 0.000 description 10
- 238000001000 micrograph Methods 0.000 description 4
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Nickel Chemical compound [Ni] PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- ATJFFYVFTNAWJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Tin Chemical compound [Sn] ATJFFYVFTNAWJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000005204 segregation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229910016943 AlZn Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silicon Chemical compound [Si] XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Titanium Chemical compound [Ti] RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 description 1
- 229910052797 bismuth Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- JCXGWMGPZLAOME-UHFFFAOYSA-N bismuth atom Chemical compound [Bi] JCXGWMGPZLAOME-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000002826 coolant Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000498 cooling water Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000005336 cracking Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 1
- 229910052738 indium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- APFVFJFRJDLVQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N indium atom Chemical compound [In] APFVFJFRJDLVQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- WPBNNNQJVZRUHP-UHFFFAOYSA-L manganese(2+);methyl n-[[2-(methoxycarbonylcarbamothioylamino)phenyl]carbamothioyl]carbamate;n-[2-(sulfidocarbothioylamino)ethyl]carbamodithioate Chemical compound [Mn+2].[S-]C(=S)NCCNC([S-])=S.COC(=O)NC(=S)NC1=CC=CC=C1NC(=S)NC(=O)OC WPBNNNQJVZRUHP-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000011159 matrix material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229910052759 nickel Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 238000005191 phase separation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000004886 process control Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000010791 quenching Methods 0.000 description 1
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- 239000010936 titanium Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052719 titanium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
Classifications
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C21/00—Alloys based on aluminium
- C22C21/10—Alloys based on aluminium with zinc as the next major constituent
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
- B22D11/00—Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22C—ALLOYS
- C22C21/00—Alloys based on aluminium
- C22C21/003—Alloys based on aluminium containing at least 2.6% of one or more of the elements: tin, lead, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, and titanium
Definitions
- the invention relates to an aluminum plain bearing alloy with proportions of zinc, copper, magnesium, silicon and lead.
- a plain bearing alloy is, for example, AlZn, ⁇ CuMgSiPb, which the applicant has long been producing under the trade name KS 961.
- This plain bearing alloy is characterized by high resilience.
- a high quality plain bearing material has not yet been produced.
- EP 0 440 275 A1 has proposed an aluminum alloy which contains one or more of the components 1 to 50% by mass of lead, 3 to 50% by mass of bismuth and 15 to 50% by mass of indium, and additionally one or more of the components 0.1 to 20 mass% silicon, 0.1 to 20 mass% tin, 0.1 to 10 mass% zinc, 0.1 to 5 mass% magnesium, 0.1 to 5 mass% copper, Cast from 0.05 to 3% by weight of iron, 0.05 to 3% by weight of manganese, 0.05 to 3% by weight of nickel and 0.01 to 0.3% by weight of titanium, the strand is quenched by direct cooling water at 700 K / s.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object, starting from the aforementioned
- an aluminum plain bearing alloy with 3 to 6 mass% zinc, 0.3 to 2.0 mass% copper, 0.2 to 1.0 mass% magnesium, 0.3 to 2.0 mass% % Silicon and 2 to 4.5 mass% lead, which is obtainable by continuous casting with the smallest dimension, ie Thickness of the strand of more than 20 mm, when solidifying in an exclusively indirectly cooled mold, with a withdrawal speed of 1 to 5 mm / s and with a cooling rate of less than 100 K / s.
- the aluminum plain bearing alloy is preferably cast vertically.
- the cooling rate of less than 100 K / s is achieved in that the alloy or the solidifying strand is cooled not by directly quenching the strand but by applying coolant to the casting mold.
- the cooling rate during continuous casting is preferably 20 to 50 K / s.
- the withdrawal speed of the strand is preferably 1.5 to 2.5 mm / s.
- the slide bearing alloy according to the invention is advantageously characterized in that 90% of the drop-shaped lead deposits have a dimension of less than 10 ⁇ m.
- Figures 1 to 5 show micrographs of various aluminum plain bearing alloys according to the invention.
- Figure 1 shows the Schufflag an AlZn4, 5CuMgSiPbl, 9.
- the casting furnace temperature was 775 ° C, and the manifold temperature of the continuous caster was set to 745 ° C, the mold temperature to 720 ° C.
- the casting or withdrawal speed of the strand was approximately 2 mm / s.
- the result is a perfect structure that does not differ from that of the well-known aluminum plain bearing alloy KS 961.
- the casting furnace temperature was increased slightly to 780 ° C; the manifold temperature and the mold temperature remained unchanged at 745 ° C and 720 ° C, respectively.
- Figure 3 shows the micrograph of a
- Aluminum plain bearing alloy which differs from that according to FIG. 1 in that it contains 3% by mass of lead.
- the casting furnace temperature was 805 ° C, the distributor temperature 765 ° C and the mold temperature 740 ° C. The temperatures were raised because the segregation temperature in the phase gram increases with increasing lead concentration.
- Figure 4 shows the micrograph of a corresponding aluminum plain bearing alloy with 3.7 mass% lead.
- the casting furnace temperature was 815 ° C, the distributor temperature 775 ° C and the mold temperature 750 ° C.
- FIG. 5 shows the micrograph which was obtained after casting the alloy according to FIG. 4, which was alloyed with 0.2% by mass of tin and consequently contains only 3.6% by mass of lead.
- the structure contains a larger proportion of finer lead excretions than FIG. 4.
- the casting parameters corresponded to those according to the above exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 4.
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- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Materials Engineering (AREA)
- Metallurgy (AREA)
- Organic Chemistry (AREA)
- Sliding-Contact Bearings (AREA)
- Continuous Casting (AREA)
Abstract
Description
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE19800433A DE19800433C2 (en) | 1998-01-08 | 1998-01-08 | Continuous casting process for casting an aluminum plain bearing alloy |
| DE19800433 | 1998-01-08 | ||
| PCT/EP1998/006856 WO1999035296A1 (en) | 1998-01-08 | 1998-10-29 | Aluminium sliding bearing alloy |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| EP1047803A1 true EP1047803A1 (en) | 2000-11-02 |
| EP1047803B1 EP1047803B1 (en) | 2001-12-12 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP98956891A Expired - Lifetime EP1047803B1 (en) | 1998-01-08 | 1998-10-29 | Aluminium sliding bearing alloy |
Country Status (8)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US6328823B1 (en) |
| EP (1) | EP1047803B1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JP2002505375A (en) |
| AT (1) | ATE210740T1 (en) |
| BR (1) | BR9813717A (en) |
| DE (2) | DE19800433C2 (en) |
| ES (1) | ES2169563T3 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1999035296A1 (en) |
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| US6401457B1 (en) * | 2001-01-31 | 2002-06-11 | Cummins, Inc. | System for estimating turbocharger compressor outlet temperature |
| DE102005001537B3 (en) * | 2005-01-13 | 2006-05-18 | Ks Gleitlager Gmbh | Friction bearing material for automobile internal combustion engines, comprises steel carrier layer coated with lead-free aluminum alloy comprising zinc supersaturated aluminum mixed crystals in which zinc particles are finely distributed |
| US7846554B2 (en) * | 2007-04-11 | 2010-12-07 | Alcoa Inc. | Functionally graded metal matrix composite sheet |
| US8403027B2 (en) | 2007-04-11 | 2013-03-26 | Alcoa Inc. | Strip casting of immiscible metals |
| DE102007033563A1 (en) * | 2007-07-19 | 2009-01-22 | Ks Gleitlager Gmbh | Plain bearing composite material |
| US8956472B2 (en) | 2008-11-07 | 2015-02-17 | Alcoa Inc. | Corrosion resistant aluminum alloys having high amounts of magnesium and methods of making the same |
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- 1998-01-08 DE DE19800433A patent/DE19800433C2/en not_active Withdrawn - After Issue
- 1998-10-29 JP JP2000527677A patent/JP2002505375A/en active Pending
- 1998-10-29 ES ES98956891T patent/ES2169563T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1998-10-29 DE DE59802478T patent/DE59802478D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-10-29 WO PCT/EP1998/006856 patent/WO1999035296A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1998-10-29 US US09/582,531 patent/US6328823B1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-10-29 AT AT98956891T patent/ATE210740T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1998-10-29 BR BR9813717-4A patent/BR9813717A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1998-10-29 EP EP98956891A patent/EP1047803B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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| ATE210740T1 (en) | 2001-12-15 |
| ES2169563T3 (en) | 2002-07-01 |
| EP1047803B1 (en) | 2001-12-12 |
| DE19800433A1 (en) | 1999-07-22 |
| BR9813717A (en) | 2000-10-10 |
| DE19800433C2 (en) | 2002-03-21 |
| JP2002505375A (en) | 2002-02-19 |
| WO1999035296A1 (en) | 1999-07-15 |
| US6328823B1 (en) | 2001-12-11 |
| DE59802478D1 (en) | 2002-01-24 |
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