Abstract:
Composite bodies of magnetostrictive materials of the type RE-Fe 2 , where RE is one or more of the rare earth elements, preferably samarium or terbium, can be suitably hot pressed with a matrix metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, copper, iron, magnesium or nickel to form durable and machinable magnetostrictive composites still displaying appreciable magnetostrictive strains.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an alloy rod having giant magnetostriction, which comprises the steps of: supplying a rod-shaped alloy material, comprising at least two rare earth metals including terbium and dysprosium and at least one transition metal, into a crucible moving downwardly at a speed of from 0.2 to 8.5 mm/minute in an inert gas atmosphere kept under a pressure of from 0.2 to 10 atm.; heating the rod-shaped alloy material in the circumferential direction thereof in the crucible by means of an annular high-frequency heating coil having a frequency of from 0.1 to 3 MHz and having an inside diameter of from 1.1 to 1.6 times as large as an outside diameter of the crucible, arranged so as to surround the crucible; continuously moving the heating from the lower end toward the upper end of the alloy material to locally and sequentially melt the alloy material in the axial direction thereof; and then locally and sequentially solidifying the resultant molten section of the alloy material in the crucible, thereby manufacturing an alloy rod having giant magnetostriction comprising a single-crystal structure or a unidirectional-solidification structure consistent with the axial line thereof.
Abstract:
The drive modules (10) of a magnetostrictive transducer are fabricated from interleaved permanent magnet disks (2) (samarium cobalt) and high-strain, low-permeability magnetostrictive lanthanide alloy (Terfenol-D) disks (1) to form a stack (11) of such interleaved materials of substantially uniform magnetic field distribution in the stack. Two such stacks (11) in side-by-side relationship provide a series-aiding magnetic circuit completed through high-permeability flux return pole pieces (4) at their ends thereby providing a substantially uniform magnetic field distribution in the stack (11). Each stack (11) has longitudinally-extending and electrically-insulated planar cuts and each flux return pole piece (4) is a laminate of thin sheets of high-permeability electrically-insulated steel to reduce eddy current losses resulting from the AC field. The steel sheets are constrained by a nonmagnetic end-block (5) into which the steel sheets are inserted and bonded. AC coils (3) surround the stacks (11) to provide the AC field.
Abstract:
Provided is a composition having magnetostrictive properties, which contains a component (P): a compound having a polymerizable group, a component (M): a powdery magnetostrictive material, and a component (R): a radical polymerization initiator.
Abstract:
Provided are a magnetostrictive member having a high magnetostriction constant and a high parallel magnetostriction amount and small variations in the magnetostriction constant and the parallel magnetostriction amount among members and a method for manufacturing such a magnetostrictive member. The magnetostrictive member is formed of a single crystal of an iron-based alloy having magnetostrictive characteristics, is a plate-like body having a long-side direction and a short-side direction, and has a lattice constant of a orientation in the short-side direction larger than a lattice constant of a orientation in the long-side direction.
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a power-generating magnetostrictive element and a magnetostrictive power generation device, which can achieve the same or a greater magnetostrictive power generation amount compared to conventional technology while also employing materials lower in cost compared to conventional materials currently used as magnetostrictive materials for magnetostrictive power-generating elements. The aforementioned problem is solved by providing: a power-generating magnetostrictive element that includes a magnetostrictive part formed from an electromagnetic metal sheet; and a magnetostrictive power generation device that is equipped with a power-generating magnetostrictive element including a magnetostrictive part formed from an electromagnetic metal sheet. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a power-generating magnetostrictive element and a magnetostrictive power generation device, which have high voltage and little variation. The aforementioned problem is solved by providing: a power-generating magnetostrictive element that has a magnetostrictive part formed from a magnetostrictive material, and a stress control part formed from an elastic material, with the respective Young's moduli and thicknesses of the magnetostrictive material and the elastic material simultaneously satisfying specific relationships; and a magnetostrictive power generation device that is equipped with said power-generating magnetostrictive element.
Abstract:
A magnetostrictive member is formed of a crystal of an iron-based alloy having magnetostrictive characteristics and is a plate-like body having a long-side direction and a short-side direction. At least one of a front face and a back face of the plate-like body has a plurality of grooves extending in the long-side direction.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a marker for use in a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, the method comprising the steps of: - providing a magnetomechanical active element formed by planar strip of amorphous magnetostrictive alloy having a composition Fe a M b M o wherein a+b+c = 100, wherein a is in a range of 40-70 weight percent, b is in a range of 10-50 weight percent, and c is in a range of 10-50 weight percent, and where M is the balance of remaining elements; - subjecting the magnetomechanical active element to an annealing process for rearranging of the amorphous material in a short range, microscopic scale.