The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Kazuhiro Otsuka

Kengo Mitose

Hiroshi Horikawa

Tatsuhiko Ueki

Ya Xu

Teruo Kishi

Dmitrii Victorovich Golberg

Nobuyuki Toyama

Byungkoog Jang

A functional composite material characterized by being molded by solidifying by a resin base material a martensite-phase shape memory alloy wire produced by cold drawing a shape memory alloy which changes between an austenite phase and a martensite phase via a phase transformation temperature. The material enables a smooth motion memorized in the shape memory alloy.

Functional composite material using shape memory alloy and production method therefor

A method of manufacturing a high-temperature shape memory alloy includes the steps of cold-working a high-temperature shape memory alloy, in which a reverse martensite transformation start temperature (As) in a first heating after cold working reaches 350.degree. C. or above. Thereafter, the cold-worked alloy undergoes a first heat treatment for a period of time within the incubation time required for recrystallization or less, and at a temperature higher than a reverse martensite transformation finish temperature (Af). Finally, the resultant alloy is annealed with a second heat treatment, at a temperature which is not less than the plastic strain recovery temperature and not more than the recrystallization temperature. Specifically, the first heat treatment is performed for a period of three minutes or less at a temperature which exceeds 500.degree. C. and which is lower than the melting point of the alloy. The composition of the high-temperature shape memory alloy is Ti.sub.50 Ni.sub.50-x Pd.sub.x (x being 35 to 50 at %), Ti.sub.50-x Ni.sub.50 Zr.sub.x (x being 22 to 30 at %), Ti.sub.50-x Ni.sub.50 Hf.sub.x (x being 20 to 30 at %) or the like.

Method of manufacturing high-temperature shape memory alloys

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Kazuhiro Otsuka