Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing an RFeB system magnet with high coercivity by preventing a coating material from peeling off the surface of a base material during a grain boundary diffusion treatment. Provided is a method for producing an R L 2 Fe 14 B system magnet which is a sintered magnet or a hot-deformed magnet containing, as the main rare-earth element, a light rare-earth element R L which is at least one of the two elements ofNd and Pr, the method including the steps of: applying, to a surface of a base material M of the R L 2 Fe 14 B system magnet, a coating material 10 prepared by mixing a silicone grease 11 and an R H -containing powder 14 containing a heavy rare-earth element R H composed of at least one element selected from the group of Dy, Tb and Ho; and heating the base material M together with the coating material. The silicone having a siloxane bond prevents the coating material 10 from peeling off the surface of the base material M during the heating process. The improved adhesion of the coating material 10 to the base material M facilitates transfer of R H into the grain boundaries of the base material M, whereby the coercivity is increased.
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a sintered magnet production system using a press-less method capable of minimizing the distortion of a sintered magnet. It is a system including: a filling device 11 for filling a cavity 211 of a container 21 with alloy powder of a material for a sintered magnet; an orienting section 13 for orienting the alloy powder held in the cavity 211 by applying a magnetic field without applying a mechanical pressure to the alloy powder; and a sintering section 15 for sintering the alloy powder oriented by the orienting section 13, by heating the alloy powder without applying a mechanical pressure to the alloy powder. The orienting section includes: an air-core coil 131; and two ferromagnetic members 132 made of a ferromagnetic material to be arranged within the air-core coil 131 at respective open ends of the air-core coil 131 with a space for containing the container 21 in between. The ferromagnetic members 132 adjust the magnetic field within the air-core coil 131 toward a direction parallel to the axis of the air-core coil 131, whereby the distortion of a sintered magnet is minimized.
Abstract:
Provided is a NdFeB system sintered magnet which is produced by the grain boundary diffusion method and yet has a high coercive force and squareness ratio with only a small decrease in the maximum energy product. A NdFeB system sintered magnet according to the present invention is a NdFeB system sintered magnet having a base material produced by orienting powder of a NdFeB system alloy and sintering the powder, with Dy and/or Tb (the "Dy and/or Tb" is hereinafter called R H ) attached to and diffused from a surface of the base material through the grain boundary inside the base material by a grain boundary diffusion treatment, wherein the difference C s -C d3 between the R H content C s (wt%) in the grain boundary reaching the surface to which R H is attached and the R H content C d3 (wt%) in the grain boundary at a depth of 3 mm from the aforementioned attachment surface is equal to or smaller than 20 wt%.
Abstract:
Provided is a NdFeB system sintered magnet which is produced by the grain boundary diffusion method and yet has a high coercive force and squareness ratio with only a small decrease in the maximum energy product. A NdFeB system sintered magnet according to the present invention is a NdFeB system sintered magnet having a base material produced by orienting powder of a NdFeB system alloy and sintering the powder, with Dy and/or Tb (the "Dy and/or Tb" is hereinafter called R H ) attached to and diffused from a surface of the base material through the grain boundary inside the base material by a grain boundary diffusion treatment, wherein the difference C gx -C x between the R H content C gx (wt%) in the grain boundary and the R H content C x (wt%) in main-phase grains which are grains constituting the base material at the same depth within a range from the surface to which R H is attached to a depth of 3 mm is equal to or larger than 3 wt%.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an RFeB system sintered magnet which has a high and uniform level of coercivity over the entirety of the single magnet even if the magnet is comparatively thick. The present invention is an RFeB system sintered magnet in which a heavy rare-earth element R H which is at least one kind of rare-earth element selected from the group of Dy, Tb and Ho is diffused into a base material through the grain boundaries of the same base material made of a sintered compact of an RFeB system magnet containing R L , Fe and B, where R L represents a light rare-earth element which is at least one kind of rare-earth element selected from the group of Nd and Pr, wherein: the size of the RFeB system sintered magnet at a smallest-size portion is greater than 3 mm; the amount of heavy rare-earth element R H contained in the RFeB system sintered magnet divided by the volume of the RFeB system sintered magnet is equal to or greater than 25 mg/cm 3 ; and the difference between a local coercivity at the surface of the smallest-size portion and a local coercivity in the central region of the smallest-size portion is equal to or less than 15 % of the local coercivity at the surface.
Abstract:
The present invention aims at providing an applicator for grain boundary diffusion process capable of, when performing a grain boundary diffusion process in the production of a NdFeB system sintered magnet, uniformly applying an R H powder without excess or deficiency onto a predetermined surface of a sintered compact with a given thickness and in a given pattern, the applicator being easily automated and being capable of performing an application operation to many sintered compacts. The applicator for grain boundary diffusion process according to the present invention is composed of a work loader 10 and a print head 20, which is provided above the work loader 10. The work loader 10 includes: a base 11 which can be laterally moved; a lift 12 which can be vertically moved with respect to the base 11; a frame 13 which is placed so as to be attachable to and detachable from the lift 12; a tray 14 which is placed so as to be attachable to and detachable from the frame 13; a supporter 15 which is provided on the upper surface of the tray 14; and a magnetic clamp 16 which is vertically movable. The print head 20 includes: a screen 21 in which a passage section 211 is provided; and a squeegee 22 and a backward scraper 23 which are movable while maintaining contact with the upper surface of the screen 21.