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EP1427864A1 - Method for producing a metal strip from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks - Google Patents

Method for producing a metal strip from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks

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EP1427864A1
EP1427864A1 EP02798639A EP02798639A EP1427864A1 EP 1427864 A1 EP1427864 A1 EP 1427864A1 EP 02798639 A EP02798639 A EP 02798639A EP 02798639 A EP02798639 A EP 02798639A EP 1427864 A1 EP1427864 A1 EP 1427864A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J9/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture, installation, removal, maintenance of electric discharge tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereof; Recovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J9/02—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems
    • H01J9/14—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems of non-emitting electrodes
    • H01J9/142—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems of non-emitting electrodes of shadow-masks for colour television tubes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J29/00—Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00
    • H01J29/02—Electrodes; Screens; Mounting, supporting, spacing or insulating thereof
    • H01J29/06—Screens for shielding; Masks interposed in the electron stream
    • H01J29/07—Shadow masks for colour television tubes
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
    • C21D8/02—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
    • C21D8/0205—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips of ferrous alloys
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22C—ALLOYS
    • C22C38/00—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
    • C22C38/18—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium
    • C22C38/40—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel
    • C22C38/44—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with molybdenum or tungsten
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
    • C21D8/02—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips
    • C21D8/0247—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment during manufacturing of plates or strips characterised by the heat treatment
    • C21D8/0273—Final recrystallisation annealing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2229/00—Details of cathode ray tubes or electron beam tubes
    • H01J2229/07—Shadow masks
    • H01J2229/0727—Aperture plate
    • H01J2229/0733—Aperture plate characterised by the material

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing a metal strip from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks, for use in flat monitors and screens.
  • Iron-based alloys with about 36% nickel have been used for shaped shadow masks in monitors and televisions for several years due to their small coefficients of thermal expansion between 20 and 100 ° C.
  • Technical iron-nickel alloys with about 36% nickel have a thermal expansion coefficient between 1, 2 and 1, 8 x 10 "6 / K in the temperature range from 20 to 100 ° C, as they prevail in conventional display tubes, in the soft-annealed state, as described in the steel-iron material sheet (SEW-385, 1991 edition).
  • the shadow mask which is etched from a thin iron-nickel foil with about 36% nickel, is attached to a solid metal frame using a welding process in such a way that it is held under tension and thereby in shape.
  • the composite of frame and shadow mask is subjected to a heat treatment, in which an oxide layer is produced, which is advantageous for the color picture tube.
  • the straps previously used for tensioned Shadow masks are manufactured to the final thickness in a cold rolling process. As a result, the shadow masks made from them have a large magnetic coercive force Hc.
  • the screen tube manufacturer must therefore select the temperature of the heat treatment relatively high, so that the magnetic coercive force Hc is reduced to a relatively small value by approximately 400 A / m and the necessary effect for shielding the electron beams from the disruptive influence of the earth's magnetic field is achieved .
  • the heat treatment when using a temperature which is therefore chosen to be high, which is in the range between approximately 550 and 650 ° C., under the load acting on the tensioned shadow mask leads to a relatively large creep elongation of, for example, approximately 0. 6% comes with a test load of 1 38 MPa. This can result in the shadow mask losing its tension and thus the necessary mechanical stability and shape after it has cooled down following the heat treatment.
  • the area of the shadow mask is also very large in the case of very large screens. It turns out that the magnetic coercive field strength Hc must still be significantly smaller than 400 A / m in the case of very large shadow masks, so that the paths of the electron beams are effectively shielded from interference from the earth's magnetic field.
  • DE-A 199 44 578 describes an iron-nickel alloy which, among other things, contains (in mass%) of Ni from 35 to 38%, Mo from 0.4 to 0.8%, Cr from 0.1 up to 0.3%, C from 0.08 to 0.12% and Mn to max. 1%, Si to max. 1% and Nb to max. 1%.
  • This alloy has a thermal expansion coefficient of about 1.5 x 10 "6 / K between 20 and 100 ° C.
  • This goal is achieved by a process for the production of a band from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks for use in flat monitors and screens, with a chemical composition (in mass%) of 35-38% Ni, 0.4 - 0.8% Mo, 0.1 - 0.3% Cr, 0.08 - 0.1.2% C, max. 1% Mn, max. 1% Si, max. 1% Nb, rest Fe as well as production-related impurities existing strip after cold rolling to final thickness is subjected to continuous or hood annealing in a predeterminable temperature range at which the coercive field strength Hc just takes on the lowest value after its steep drop and when the annealing temperature increases in remains essentially unchanged.
  • the alloy referred to in the prior art according to DE-A 1 99 44 578 is suitable for being processed with the method according to the invention in order to achieve the desired parameters.
  • an alternative production method is provided, with which coercive field strengths ⁇ 100 A / m and a creep elongation ⁇ 0.1% under predefinable test conditions, such as e.g. at 1 h and 460 ° C and a load of 1 38 MPa.
  • the iron-nickel alloy described is melted in an arc furnace and cast in the form of blocks. After the hot rolling processes from block to slab and from slab to hot strip with a thickness of about 4.0 mm, this is produced in several cold rolling processes and heat treatments carried out in between in a continuous process on cold strip of the desired final thickness. Up to this state, the manufacturing process corresponds to the state of the art.
  • the coercive field strength Hc is approximately 600 A / m, which can only be reduced to approximately 400 A / m with a blackening glow on the shadow mask stretched on the frame, without the shadow mask losing its tension during this blackening glow.
  • the manufacturing method according to the invention is based on the cold-rolled state of the iron-nickel alloy strip.
  • the strip of iron-nickel alloy rolled to its final thickness is subjected to a heat treatment either in a continuous furnace or in a hood furnace before the etching process for the shadow mask.
  • the temperature range or the temperature is used at which the coercive field strength Hc just takes on the lowest value after its steep drop and would remain almost unchanged if the annealing temperature were increased.
  • a temperature range of 750-850 ° C. is preferably used.
  • the strip annealed according to the invention of the iron-nickel alloy described achieves a very small creep elongation ⁇ 0 under the test condition 1 h at 460 ° C. with a load of 1 38 MPa, which corresponds to a simulation of sufficient blackening annealing of a shadow mask stretched onto a frame , 1 %.
  • a further process step to improve the flatness, which may be necessary, increases the coercive field strength only slightly, so that a value of less than 200 A / m is maintained.
  • This provides a manufacturing process that enables the production of an iron-nickel alloy tape for tensioned shadow masks that can be used in large format flat screens. It offers the screen tube manufacturers considerable advantages, because with this manufacturing process, a lower coercive field strength and thus a better magnetic behavior is set before the etching process of shadow mask production than was previously not possible due to a special heat treatment in combination of frame and tensioned shadow mask at a higher temperature. On the one hand, this leads to better properties on the technological side, but also to a safe and easier tube production, since no additional heat treatment is required in addition to the usual heat treatments in the further process chain.
  • This manufacturing method for achieving very small magnetic coercive field strengths with improved creep resistance can also be applied to strip material made of iron-nickel alloys for tensioned shadow masks, the chemical compositions of which correspond to the prior art.
  • the person skilled in the art will adapt the appropriate analysis to the application.
  • the desired properties are advantageously achieved when the annealing takes place in the range of the recrystallization temperature.
  • the recrystallization temperature (or better the temperature at which the lowest Hc value is reached) depends on the degree of deformation and the length of stay.
  • the necessary annealing time depends on the annealing temperature or vice versa, i.e. there may be different parameter sets for different materials in order to achieve the goal. In general, a temperature range between 600 and 1100 ° C and a residence time of 10 s to 4 h can be set.
  • a further addition to the manufacturing method according to the invention provides that the strip of the iron-nickel alloy is heat-treated under tension in the continuous furnace or annealed as a coil wound under tension in the hood furnace. This anticipates mechanical creep during the manufacturing process and thus significantly reduces the remaining creep that would be released under load during subsequent heat treatment.
  • the method according to the invention enables mechanical creep to be anticipated already during the production process and thus a reduction in the remaining creep strain that would be released during the subsequent heat treatment under load, by heat-treating the strip of an iron-nickel alloy under tension in a continuous furnace or as being wound under tension Coil is annealed in the hood furnace.

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Abstract

A method for producing iron-nickel alloy strip for tensioned shadow masks for use in flat monitors and screens, includes the steps of forming an alloy having a composition, in mass %, of 35-38% Ni, 0.4-0.8% Mo, 0.1-0.3% Cr, 0.08-0.12% C, up to 1% Mn, up to 1% Si, up to 1% Nb, with the balance to total 100% being Fe and impurities; cold rolling the alloy composition to a predetermined final thickness to form a strip; and annealing the cold-rolled strip at predetermined temperatures over a range wherein a coercive field strength (Hc) of the alloy strip first decreases to a minimum value and then remains substantially constant as annealing temperature is increased; such that the annealed strip has a coercive field strength<100 A/m and a creep strain<0.1% at conditions of 460° C., and a load of 138 mPa, for 1 hour.

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Verfahren zur Hersteilung eines Metallbandes aus einer Eisen-Nickel-Legierung für gespannte SchattenmaskenProcess for producing a metal strip from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Metallbandes aus einer Eisen-Nickel-Legierung für gespannte Schattenmasken, zum Einsatz in flachen Monitoren und Bildschirmen.The invention relates to a method for producing a metal strip from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks, for use in flat monitors and screens.
Eisenbasislegierungen mit etwa 36% Nickel werden aufgrund ihrer kleinen Wärmeausdehnungskoeffizienten zwischen 20 und 100°C bereits seit einigen Jahren für geformte Schattenmasken in Monitoren und Fernsehgeräten verwendet. Technische Eisen-Nickel-Legierungen mit etwa 36% Nickel weisen im Temperaturbereich von 20 bis 100°C, wie sie in herkömmlichen Bildschirmröhren vorherrschen, im weichgeglühten Zustand einen thermischen Ausdehnungskoeffizienten zwischen 1 ,2 und 1 ,8 x 10"6/K auf, wie dies im Stahl-Eisen-Werkstoffblatt (SEW-385, Ausgabe 1991 ) bezeichnet ist.Iron-based alloys with about 36% nickel have been used for shaped shadow masks in monitors and televisions for several years due to their small coefficients of thermal expansion between 20 and 100 ° C. Technical iron-nickel alloys with about 36% nickel have a thermal expansion coefficient between 1, 2 and 1, 8 x 10 "6 / K in the temperature range from 20 to 100 ° C, as they prevail in conventional display tubes, in the soft-annealed state, as described in the steel-iron material sheet (SEW-385, 1991 edition).
Für geformte Schattenmasken sind auch weiterentwickelte Werkstoffe mit etwa 36% Nickel im Einsatz, die kleinere Wärmeausdehnungskoeffizienten im Temperaturbereich von 20 bis 100°C zwischen 0,6 und 1 ,2 x 10'6/K erreichen.For shaped shadow masks, further developed materials with approximately 36% nickel are used, which achieve smaller coefficients of thermal expansion in the temperature range from 20 to 100 ° C between 0.6 and 1.2 x 10'6 / K.
Mit der Entwicklung von immer größeren und besonders flachen Bildschirmen verfolgen Hersteller von Bildschirmröhren neben der Technologie der geformten Schattenmasken auch die der gespannten Schattenmasken. Im letzteren Fall wird die Schattenmaske, die aus einer dünnen Eisen-Nickel-Folie mit etwa 36% Nickel geätzt wird, so auf einen massiven Metallrahmen mit einem Schweißverfahren befestigt, dass diese unter Spannung und hiermit in Form gehalten wird. Der Verbund aus Rahmen und Schattenmaske wird einer Wärmebehandlung unterzogen, bei der eine Oxidschicht erzeugt wird, die für die Farbbildröhre vorteilhaft ist. Die bislang verwendeten Bänder für gespannte Schattenmasken werden in einem Kaltwalzprozeß an die Enddicke gefertigt. Dies hat zur Folge, dass die hieraus gefertigten Schattenmasken eine große magnetische Koerzitivfeldstärke Hc aufweisen. Bei der bisherigen Verfahrensweise muss daher der Bildschirmröhrenhersteller die Temperatur der Wärmebehandlung relativ hoch wählen, damit die magnetische Koerzitivfeldstärke Hc auf einen relativ kleinen Wert um etwa 400 A/m reduziert wird und die notwendige Wirkung zur Schirmung der Elektronenstrahlen gegenüber dem störenden Einfluss des Erdmagnetfeldes erreicht wird. Es zeigt sich nun, dass die Wärmebehandlung bei Verwendung einer deswegen hoch gewählten Temperatur, die im Bereich zwischen etwa 550 und 650°C liegt, unter der Last, die auf die gespannte Schattenmaske wirkt, es zu einer relativ großen Kriechdehnung von z.B. etwa 0,6 % bei einer Prüflast von 1 38 MPa kommt. Dies kann zur Folge haben, dass die Schattenmaske nach ihrer der Wärmebehandlung folgenden Abkühlung die Spannung und somit die notwendige mechanische Stabilität und Form verliert. Außerdem kommt erschwerend hinzu, dass bei sehr großen Bildschirmen die Fläche der Schattenmaske ebenfalls sehr groß ist. Es zeigt sich, dass die magnetische Koerzitivfeldstärke Hc bei sehr großen Schattenmasken noch deutlich kleiner als 400 A/m sein muss, damit die Bahnen der Elektronenstrahlen gegen Störungen durch das Erdmagnetfeld wirksam abgeschirmt werden.With the development of ever larger and especially flat screens, manufacturers of display tubes are pursuing not only the technology of shaped shadow masks but also that of stretched shadow masks. In the latter case, the shadow mask, which is etched from a thin iron-nickel foil with about 36% nickel, is attached to a solid metal frame using a welding process in such a way that it is held under tension and thereby in shape. The composite of frame and shadow mask is subjected to a heat treatment, in which an oxide layer is produced, which is advantageous for the color picture tube. The straps previously used for tensioned Shadow masks are manufactured to the final thickness in a cold rolling process. As a result, the shadow masks made from them have a large magnetic coercive force Hc. With the previous procedure, the screen tube manufacturer must therefore select the temperature of the heat treatment relatively high, so that the magnetic coercive force Hc is reduced to a relatively small value by approximately 400 A / m and the necessary effect for shielding the electron beams from the disruptive influence of the earth's magnetic field is achieved , It can now be seen that the heat treatment when using a temperature which is therefore chosen to be high, which is in the range between approximately 550 and 650 ° C., under the load acting on the tensioned shadow mask leads to a relatively large creep elongation of, for example, approximately 0. 6% comes with a test load of 1 38 MPa. This can result in the shadow mask losing its tension and thus the necessary mechanical stability and shape after it has cooled down following the heat treatment. Another complicating factor is that the area of the shadow mask is also very large in the case of very large screens. It turns out that the magnetic coercive field strength Hc must still be significantly smaller than 400 A / m in the case of very large shadow masks, so that the paths of the electron beams are effectively shielded from interference from the earth's magnetic field.
In der DE-A 199 44 578 ist eine Eisen-Nickel-Legierung beschrieben, die u.a. Gehalte (in Masse-%) an Ni von 35 bis 38 %, Mo von 0,4 bis 0,8 %, Cr von 0, 1 bis 0,3 %, C von 0,08 bis 0,12 % sowie Mn auf max. 1 %, Si auf max. 1 % und Nb auf max. 1 % aufweist. Diese Legierung weist einen thermischen Ausdehnungskoeffizienten von etwa 1 ,5 x 10"6/K zwischen 20 und 100°C auf.DE-A 199 44 578 describes an iron-nickel alloy which, among other things, contains (in mass%) of Ni from 35 to 38%, Mo from 0.4 to 0.8%, Cr from 0.1 up to 0.3%, C from 0.08 to 0.12% and Mn to max. 1%, Si to max. 1% and Nb to max. 1%. This alloy has a thermal expansion coefficient of about 1.5 x 10 "6 / K between 20 and 100 ° C.
Ziel des Erfindungsgegenstandes ist es daher, ein alternatives Verfahren bereitzustellen, mit dem man unter Verwendung einer geeigneten Eisen-Nickel- Legierung ausreichend niedriger Wärmeausdehnung gespannteIt is therefore the object of the subject matter of the invention to provide an alternative method by which a suitable iron-nickel Alloy sufficiently low thermal expansion
Schattenmasken mit sowohl einer deutlich kleineren Koerzitivfeldstärke als auch einer deutlich kleineren Kriechdehnung erreichen kann.Can achieve shadow masks with both a significantly smaller coercive field strength and a significantly smaller creep.
Dieses Ziel wird erreicht durch ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Bandes aus einer Eisen-Nickel-Legierungen für gespannte Schattenmasken zum Einsatz in flachen Monitoren und Bildschirmen, wobei das aus einer chemischen Zusammensetzung (in Masse-%) 35 - 38 % Ni, 0,4 - 0,8 % Mo, 0, 1 - 0,3 % Cr, 0,08 - 0, 1 2 % C, max. 1 % Mn, max. 1 % Si, max. 1 % Nb, Rest Fe sowie herstellungsbedingten Verunreinigungen bestehende Band im Anschluß an eine Kaltwalzung an Enddicke einer Durchlauf- oder Haubengluhung in einem vorgebbaren Temperaturbereich unterzogen wird, bei welchem die Koerzitivfeldstäke Hc nach ihrem steilen Abfall gerade den niedrigsten Wert annimmt und bei Erhöhung der Glühtemperatur im wesentlichen unverändert bleibt.This goal is achieved by a process for the production of a band from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks for use in flat monitors and screens, with a chemical composition (in mass%) of 35-38% Ni, 0.4 - 0.8% Mo, 0.1 - 0.3% Cr, 0.08 - 0.1.2% C, max. 1% Mn, max. 1% Si, max. 1% Nb, rest Fe as well as production-related impurities existing strip after cold rolling to final thickness is subjected to continuous or hood annealing in a predeterminable temperature range at which the coercive field strength Hc just takes on the lowest value after its steep drop and when the annealing temperature increases in remains essentially unchanged.
Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens sind den zugehörigen Unteransprüchen zu entnehmen.Advantageous developments of the method according to the invention can be found in the associated subclaims.
Die im Stand der Technik gemäß DE-A 1 99 44 578 angesprochene Legierung ist geeignet mit dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren verarbeitet zu werden, um die gewünschten Parameter zu erreichen. Gegenüber dem allgemeinen Stand der Technik wird ein alternatives Herstellverfahren bereitgestellt, mit welchem zur Erzeugung gespannter Schattenmasken Koerzitivfeldstärken < 100 A/m und eine Kriechdehnung < 0, 1 % bei vorgebbaren Prüfbedingungen, wie z.B. bei 1 h und 460°C sowie einer Last von 1 38 MPa erreichbar sind.The alloy referred to in the prior art according to DE-A 1 99 44 578 is suitable for being processed with the method according to the invention in order to achieve the desired parameters. Compared to the general state of the art, an alternative production method is provided, with which coercive field strengths <100 A / m and a creep elongation <0.1% under predefinable test conditions, such as e.g. at 1 h and 460 ° C and a load of 1 38 MPa.
Die darüber hinaus für die Anwendung als Band für eine gespannte Schattenmaske erforderlichen technologischen Eigenschaften können insbesondere mit dieser Eisen-Nickel-Legierung mit dem erfindungsgemäßen Herstellungsverfahren erzielt werden.The technological properties also required for use as a band for a tensioned shadow mask can be achieved in particular with this iron-nickel alloy using the production method according to the invention.
Die beschriebene Eisen-Nickel-Legierung wird in einem Lichtbogenofen erschmolzen und in Form von Blöcken gegossen. Nach den Warmwalzprozessen von Block an Bramme sowie von Bramme an Warmband der Dicke von etwa 4,0 mm wird dieses in mehreren Kaltwalzprozessen und dazwischen durchgeführten Wärmebehandlungen im Durchlaufverfahren an Kaltband der gewünschten Enddicke gefertigt. Bis zu diesem Zustand entspricht das Fertigungsverfahren dem Stand der Technik.The iron-nickel alloy described is melted in an arc furnace and cast in the form of blocks. After the hot rolling processes from block to slab and from slab to hot strip with a thickness of about 4.0 mm, this is produced in several cold rolling processes and heat treatments carried out in between in a continuous process on cold strip of the desired final thickness. Up to this state, the manufacturing process corresponds to the state of the art.
In diesem kaltverformten Zustand beträgt die Koerzitivfeldstärke Hc etwa 600 A/m, die an der auf dem Rahmen gespannten Schattenmaske mit einer Schwärzungsglühung nur auf etwa 400 A/m abgesenkt werden kann, ohne dass die Schattenmaske ihre Spannung während dieser Schwärzungsglühung verliert.In this cold-deformed state, the coercive field strength Hc is approximately 600 A / m, which can only be reduced to approximately 400 A / m with a blackening glow on the shadow mask stretched on the frame, without the shadow mask losing its tension during this blackening glow.
Das erfindungsgemäße Fertigungsverfahren setzt am kaltgewalzten Zustand des Bandes der Eisen-Nickel-Legierung an. Das an Enddicke gewalzte Band der Eisen-Nickel-Legierung wird vor dem Ätzverfahren zur Schattenmaske einer Wärmebehandlung entweder im Durchlaufofen oder in einem Haubenofen unterzogen. Hierbei wird der Temperaturbereich bzw. die Temperatur verwendet, bei der die Koerzitivfeldstärke Hc nach ihrem steilen Abfall gerade den niedrigsten Wert annimmt und bei Erhöhung der Glühtemperatur nahezu unverändert bleiben würde. Vorzugsweise kommt ein Temperaturbereich von 750 - 850°C zur Anwendung.The manufacturing method according to the invention is based on the cold-rolled state of the iron-nickel alloy strip. The strip of iron-nickel alloy rolled to its final thickness is subjected to a heat treatment either in a continuous furnace or in a hood furnace before the etching process for the shadow mask. Here, the temperature range or the temperature is used at which the coercive field strength Hc just takes on the lowest value after its steep drop and would remain almost unchanged if the annealing temperature were increased. A temperature range of 750-850 ° C. is preferably used.
Im Fall der beschriebenen Eisen-Nickel-Legierung, aber auch bei anderen Eisen- Nickel-Legierungen im Stande der Technik sind nach einer derartigen Glühbehandlung Koerzitivfeldstärken unterhalb von etwa 1 00 A/m erreichbar. Die optimale Glühtemperatur ist neben der Verweildauer sowohl von der chemischen Zusammensetzung der verwendeten Eisen-Nickel-Legierung als auch von dem vor der Glühbehandlung eingesetzten letzten Kaltumformungsgrad abhängig.In the case of the iron-nickel alloy described, but also in the case of other iron-nickel alloys in the prior art, after such an annealing treatment, coercive field strengths below about 100 A / m can be achieved. The optimal annealing temperature depends not only on the dwell time, but also on the chemical composition of the iron-nickel alloy used and on the last degree of cold forming used before the annealing treatment.
Überraschenderweise erzielt das erfindungsgemäß geglühte Band der beschriebenen Eisen-Nickel-Legierung unter der Prüfbedingung 1 h bei 460°C mit einer Last von 1 38 MPa, welche als Simulation einer ausreichenden Schwärzungsglühung einer auf einen Rahmen gespannten Schattenmaske entspricht, eine sehr kleine Kriechdehnung < 0, 1 %. Ein unter Umständen notwendiger weiterer Prozeßschritt zur Planheitsverbesserung erhöht die Koerzitivfeldstärke nur geringfügig, so dass ein Wert kleiner als 200 A/m beibehalten wird.Surprisingly, the strip annealed according to the invention of the iron-nickel alloy described achieves a very small creep elongation <0 under the test condition 1 h at 460 ° C. with a load of 1 38 MPa, which corresponds to a simulation of sufficient blackening annealing of a shadow mask stretched onto a frame , 1 %. A further process step to improve the flatness, which may be necessary, increases the coercive field strength only slightly, so that a value of less than 200 A / m is maintained.
Hiermit wird ein Fertigungsverfahren bereitgestellt, welches die Herstellung von Band aus einer Eisen-Nickel-Legierung für gespannte Schattenmasken ermöglicht, die in großformatigen Flachbildschirmen eingesetzt werden können. Es bietet den Bildschirmröhrenherstellern erhebliche Vorteile, weil mit diesem Fertigungsverfahren bereits vor dem Ätzprozeß der Schattenmaskenherstellung eine kleinere Koerzitivfeldstärke und somit ein besseres magnetisches Verhalten eingestellt wird, als bisher auch durch eine besondere Wärmebehandlung im Verbund von Rahmen und gespannter Schattenmaske bei höherer Temperatur nicht möglich war. Dies führt einerseits auf der technologischen Seite zu besseren Eigenschaften, aber auch zu einer sicheren und einfacheren Röhrenherstellung, da keine zusätzliche Wärmebehandlung zu den üblichen Wärmebehandlungen in der weiteren Prozeßkette erforderlich ist.This provides a manufacturing process that enables the production of an iron-nickel alloy tape for tensioned shadow masks that can be used in large format flat screens. It offers the screen tube manufacturers considerable advantages, because with this manufacturing process, a lower coercive field strength and thus a better magnetic behavior is set before the etching process of shadow mask production than was previously not possible due to a special heat treatment in combination of frame and tensioned shadow mask at a higher temperature. On the one hand, this leads to better properties on the technological side, but also to a safe and easier tube production, since no additional heat treatment is required in addition to the usual heat treatments in the further process chain.
Eine Eisen-Nickel-Legierung der beispielhaften chemischen Zusammensetzung (in Masse-%) von 0,087% C, 0,0008% S, 0,001 % N, 0,18% Cr, 36,40% Ni, 0, 14% Mn, 0, 10% Si, 0,62% Mo, 0,01 % Ti, 0,05% Nb, 0,01 % Cu, 0,002% P, 0,001 % AI, <0,001 % Mg, 0,01 % Co, Rest Eisen erzielt an Band, welches mit einem Umformungsgrad von 50% an die Dicke 0,10mm gewalzt und im Durchlaufofen mit einer Verweildauer von 45 s bei 800°C geglüht wurde, eine Koerzitivfeldstärke Hc von 72 A/m sowie eine Kriechdehnung von 0,037% bei der Prüfbedingung von 1 h bei 460°C und einer Last von 1 38 MPa.An iron-nickel alloy of exemplary chemical composition (in mass%) of 0.087% C, 0.0008% S, 0.001% N, 0.18% Cr, 36.40% Ni, 0.14% Mn, 0 , 10% Si, 0.62% Mo, 0.01% Ti, 0.05% Nb, 0.01% Cu, 0.002% P, 0.001% Al, <0.001% Mg, 0.01% Co, balance iron achieved on strip, which was rolled with a degree of deformation of 50% to a thickness of 0.10 mm and in a continuous furnace with a residence time of 45 s at 800 ° C annealed, a coercive field strength Hc of 72 A / m and a creep of 0.037% under the test condition of 1 h at 460 ° C and a load of 1 38 MPa.
Dieses Herstellungsverfahren zur Erzielung von sehr kleinen magnetischen Koerzitivfeldstärken bei verbesserter Kriechfestigkeit kann ebenso auf Bandmaterial aus Eisen-Nickel-Legierungen für gespannte Schattenmasken angewendet werden, deren chemische Zusammensetzungen dem Stand der Technik entsprechen. Der Fachmann wird die geeignete Analyse dem Anwendungsfall anpassen.This manufacturing method for achieving very small magnetic coercive field strengths with improved creep resistance can also be applied to strip material made of iron-nickel alloys for tensioned shadow masks, the chemical compositions of which correspond to the prior art. The person skilled in the art will adapt the appropriate analysis to the application.
Die gewünschten Eigenschaften werden vorteilhafterweise dann erreicht, wenn die Glühung im Bereich der Rekristallisationstemperatur erfolgt. Die Rekristallisationstemperatur (ober besser die Temperatur, bei der gerade der niedrigste Hc-Wert erzielt wird) ist hierbei abhängig vom Umformungsgrad und von der Verweildauer. Die notwendige Glühdauer richtet sich nach der Glühtemperatur oder umgekehrt, d.h. es können verschiedene Parametersätze bei unterschiedlichen Werkstoffen gegeben sein, um das Ziel zu erreichen. Im allgemeinen kann ein Temperaturbereich zwischen 600 und 1 100°C sowie eine Verweildauer von 10 s bis 4 h angesetzt werden.The desired properties are advantageously achieved when the annealing takes place in the range of the recrystallization temperature. The recrystallization temperature (or better the temperature at which the lowest Hc value is reached) depends on the degree of deformation and the length of stay. The necessary annealing time depends on the annealing temperature or vice versa, i.e. there may be different parameter sets for different materials in order to achieve the goal. In general, a temperature range between 600 and 1100 ° C and a residence time of 10 s to 4 h can be set.
Eine weitere Ergänzung des erfindungsgemäßen Herstellungsverfahrens sieht vor, dass das Band der Eisen-Nickel-Legierung unter Zug im Durchlaufofen wärmebehandelt oder als unter Zug aufgewickeltes Coil im Haubenofen geglüht wird. Hiermit wird ein mechanisches Kriechen bereits während des Herstellungsverfahrens vorweggenommen und somit die verbleibende Kriechdehnung, die bei der späteren Wärmebehandlung unter Last frei werden würde, deutlich reduziert. Das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren ermöglicht eine Vorwegnahme eines mechanischen Kriechens bereits während des Herstellungsverfahrens und somit Reduzierung der verbleibenden Kriechdehnung, die bei der folgenden Wärmebehandlung unter Last frei werden würde, indem das Band einer Eisen- Nickel-Legierung unter Zug im Durchlaufofen wärmebehandelt oder als unter Zug aufgewickeltem Coil im Haubenofen geglüht wird. A further addition to the manufacturing method according to the invention provides that the strip of the iron-nickel alloy is heat-treated under tension in the continuous furnace or annealed as a coil wound under tension in the hood furnace. This anticipates mechanical creep during the manufacturing process and thus significantly reduces the remaining creep that would be released under load during subsequent heat treatment. The method according to the invention enables mechanical creep to be anticipated already during the production process and thus a reduction in the remaining creep strain that would be released during the subsequent heat treatment under load, by heat-treating the strip of an iron-nickel alloy under tension in a continuous furnace or as being wound under tension Coil is annealed in the hood furnace.

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1 . Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Bandes aus einer Eisen-Nickel- Legierungen für gespannte Schattenmasken zum Einsatz in flachen Monitoren und Bildschirmen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das aus einer chemischen Zusammensetzung (in Masse-%) 35 - 38 % Ni, 0,4 - 0,8 % Mo, 0, 1 - 0,3 % Cr, 0,08 - 0, 1 2 % C, max. 1 % Mn, max. 1 % Si, max. 1 % Nb, Rest Fe sowie herstellungsbedingte Verunreinigungen bestehende Band im Anschluß an eine Kaltwalzung an Enddicke einer Durchlauf- oder Haubengluhung in einem vorgebbaren Temperaturbereich unterzogen wird, bei welchem die Koerzitivfeldstäke Hc nach ihrem steilen Abfall gerade den niedrigsten Wert annimmt und bei Erhöhung der Glühtemperatur im wesentlichen unverändert bleibt.1 . Process for the production of a band from an iron-nickel alloy for tensioned shadow masks for use in flat monitors and screens, characterized in that it consists of a chemical composition (in mass%) 35 - 38% Ni, 0.4 - 0, 8% Mo, 0, 1 - 0.3% Cr, 0.08 - 0, 1 2% C, max. 1% Mn, max. 1% Si, max. 1% Nb, rest Fe as well as production-related impurities existing strip after cold rolling to final thickness is subjected to continuous or hood annealing in a predeterminable temperature range at which the coercive field strength Hc just takes on the lowest value after its steep drop and when the annealing temperature increases in remains essentially unchanged.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 , dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß im Verlauf der Glühbehandlung im Band eine Koerzitivfeldstärke < 100 A/m eingestellt wird.2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a coercive field strength <100 A / m is set in the course of the annealing treatment in the strip.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß im Verlauf der Glühbehandlung im Band eine Kriechdehnung < 0, 1 % unter der Prüfbedingung 1 h bei 460°C und einer Last von etwa 1 38 MPa eingestellt wird.3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in the course of the annealing treatment in the strip an creep <0, 1% is set under the test condition 1 h at 460 ° C and a load of about 1 38 MPa.
4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Band unter Zugspannung einer Durchlaufglühung unterzogen wird.4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the strip is subjected to a continuous annealing under tension.
5. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Band im aufgewickelten Zustand unter Zugspannung im Haubenofen geglüht wird. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Band einer Glühbehandlung innerhalb eines Temperaturbereiches von 600 - 1 100 °C und eines Zeitfensters von 10 s bis 4 h unterzogen wird. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the strip is annealed in the hood furnace in the wound state under tension. Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the strip is subjected to an annealing treatment within a temperature range of 600-1 100 ° C and a time window of 10 s to 4 h.
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