Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho

Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Kobe Alcoa Transportation Products Ltd.

Jun Takigawa

Tomohiro Nishimura

Masao Takemoto

Hideo Fujimoto

Masaharu Kaifu

Kikuo Toyose

Sunao Fukuda

Kazuo Tanaka

Keizo Takeuchi

Yasuaki Isobe

Mituo Hashiura

Osamu Takezoe

Tadashi Okamoto

Hidetaka Oda

Yagoro Hirose

Junu Hirai

Akio Fukada

An aluminum alloy composite material for brazing has a core member, an Al--Si filler member clad on one surface of the core member and an aluminum alloy cladding member clad on the other side of the core member. The core member is made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.3 to 1.3 wt. % of Si, 0.3 to 1.5 wt. % of Mn, 0.02 to 0.3 wt. % of Ti, and, as required, 0.3 wt. % or less of Cr and 0.2 wt. % or less of Zr, the content of Mg being restricted to 0.2 wt. % or less and the content of the Cu being restricted to 0.2 wt. % or less as an impurity. The cladding member is made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.3 to 3 wt. % of Mg, 5 wt. % or less of Zn, 0.1 to 1.0 wt. % of Si. The thickness of the core member is preferably, 2.5 times or more greater than that of the filler member, falling within a range of 0.1 to 1 mm. With this, it is possible to obtain an aluminum alloy composite material which cannot degraded in brazability and corrosion resistance even when brazed by the brazing method with noncorrosive flux and which has enough high strength to be used for a material of a high-strength heat exchanger, highly improved corrosion resistance and excellent brazability.

Aluminum alloy composite material for brazing

A high strength, corrosion-resistant alloy for brazing is disclosed, which alloy comprises 0.2-1.0 wt % of Cu, 0.1-0.5 wt % of Mg, 0.2-1.0 wt % of Si, and the balance of Al and inevitably present impurities. The weight ratio of Si/Mg is in the range of 1-2.5:1. The alloy may further comprise 0.03-0.5 wt % of Ni and/or one or more of Zr, Cr and Mn each in an amount of 0.05-0.5 wt %.

High strength, corrosion-resistant aluminum alloys for brazing

A high strength, corrosion-resistant alloy for brazing is disclosed, which alloy comprises 0.2-1.0 wt % of Cu 0.1-0.5 wt % of Mg, 0.2-1.0 wt % of Si, and the balance of Al and inevitably present impurities. The weight ratio of Si/Mg is in the range of 1-2.5:1. The alloy may further comprise 0.05-0.5 wt % of Ni and/or one or more of Zr, Cr and Mn each in an amount of 0.05-0.5 wt %.

An aluminum brazing sheet for use in brazing comprises;

Aluminum brazing sheet

A vacuum brazing sheet for use in drawn-cup type heat exchanger made of aluminum with the degree of closure from 0.2 to 4.0 cm.sup.2 /l, wherein a brazing material containing:

Vacuum brazing sheet for use in aluminum heat exchanger

Aluminum alloy composite materials for brazed heat exchangers are described, which comprise an Al core alloy essentially consisting of predetermined amounts of Si, Mg, Cu and at least one element selected from Mn, Cr and Zr, the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and an Al alloy clad layer formed on one side of the core alloy which is in contact with an aqueous heat transfer medium. The clad layer has a thickness 3-20% based on the thickness of the composite material and a less-noble corrosion potential of 20-100 mV than the core alloy. A filler alloy may be formed on the other side of the core alloy.

Aluminum alloy composite materials for brazed heat exchangers

An aluminum-base brazing alloy containing essentially up to 2 wt % of Cu, 0.01 to 0.08 wt % of Ti, and the balance of Al and unavoidable impurities, with or without at least one component selected from the group consisting of 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of Zr, 0.05 to 0.5 wt % of Mn and 0.05 to 0.5 wt % of Cr.

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