Nkk Corporation

Kiyoshi Tsuru

Tadashi Inoue

Tomoyoshi Okita

Michihito Hiasa

Tetsuo Yamamoto

Shinichi Okimoto

Hirohisa Haiji

Naokazu Yamamura

Hidekazu Yoshizawa

Yoshiaki Shimizu

Naotsugu Yamanouchi

A high-strength thin plate, such as for IC lead frames, of an iron-nickel-cobalt alloy which is able to withstand repeated bending and is corrosion resistance and etchable, the alloy containing 27 to 30 wt. % N:, 5 to 18 wt. % Co, 0.10 to 3.0 wt. % Mn, 0.10 wt. % or less Si, 0.010 to 0.075 wt. % C, 0.001 to 0.014 wt. % N, less than 2.0 ppm H, 0.0040 wt. % or less S, 0.004 wt. % or less P, 0.0050 wt. % or less O, 0.01 to 0.06 wt. % Cr, 0.01 to 1.0 wt. % Mo and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities wherein 63.5 wt. %.ltoreq.2Ni+Co+Mn.ltoreq.65 wt. % for Co&lt;10 wt. % and 69.5 wt. %.ltoreq.2Ni+Co+Mn.ltoreq.74.5 wt. % for Co&gt;10 wt. %.

High-strength thin plate of iron-nickel-cobalt alloy excellent in

A Ni--Fe magnetic alloy consists essentially of: 77 to 80 wt. % Ni, 3.5 to 5 wt. % Mo, 1.5 to 3 wt. % Cu, 0.1 to 1.1 wt. % Mn, 0.1 wt. % or less Cr, 0.003 wt. % or less S, 0.01 wt. % or less P, 0.005 wt. % or less 0, 0.003 wt. % or less N, 0.02 wt. % or less C, 0.001 to 0.05 wt. % Al, 1 wt. % or less Si, 2.6-6 of the weight ratio of Ca to S, (Ca/S), and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfies an equation of 3.2.ltoreq.(2.02.times.�Ni!-11.13.times.�Mo!-1.25.times.�Cu!-5.03.times.�M n!)/(2.13.times.�Fe!).ltoreq.3.8; and has a Mo segregation ratio defined by a seregration equation satisfying 5% or less, the seregration equation being .vertline.(Mo content in a segregation region-Mo average content)/(Mo average content).vertline..times.100%. A method for producing a magnetic Ni--Fe alloy comprises the steps of: a first heating step of heating an alloy ingot to 1200.degree. to 1300.degree. C. for 10 to 30 hrs; slabbing the heated ingot at a finishing temperature of 950.degree. C. or more to produce a slab; a second heating step of heating the slab at 1150.degree. to 1270.degree. C. for 1 to 5 hrs; and hot rolling the heated slab at a finishing temperature 950.degree. C. or more.

Ni-Fe magnetic alloy and method for producing thereof

A method for manufacturing an alloy sheet for a shadow mask is provided which includes: (i) annealing a hot-rolled sheet containing Fe and Ni at a temperature of 910.degree. to 990.degree. C.; (ii) cold-rolling the annealed hot-rolled sheet from step (i) to produce a cold-rolled sheet; (iii) crystallization annealing of the cold-rolled sheet from step (ii); (iv) cold-rolling the annealed cold rolled sheet from step (iii); (v) finish recrystallization annealing step of the cold-rolled sheet of step (iv); (vi) finish cold-rolling of the sheet from step (v) at a cold-rolling reduction ratio R (%) satisfying the following equations: 16.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.75 and 6.38 D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38 D-51.0 wherein D is the average austenite grain size in .mu.m; (vii) softening annealing the sheet from step (vi) at a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C. for 2 to 40 minutes before press-forming and at conditions of temperature T in .degree.C. and time t in minutes which satisfy the following equation :

Method of producing an alloy sheet for a shadow mask

A thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask consists essentially of Ni of 34 to 38 wt. %, Si of 0.05 wt. % or less, B of 0.0005 wt. % or less, O of 0.002 wt. % or less and N of 0.0015% or less, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2% proof stress of 28.5 kgf/mm.sup.2 or less; and a degree of {211} plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16% or less. And further modified similar alloy sheets are also provided. Further, a method for producing a thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask comprises the steps of: (a) hot-rolling of a slab into a hot-rolled alloy strip; (b) hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled strip at 910 to 990.degree. C.; (c) cold-rolling of the annealed hot-rolled strip into a cold-rolled strip; (d) recrystallization annealing of the cold-rolled strip; (e) finish cold-rolling of the recrystallization annealed strip at a finish cold reduction ratio in response to austenite grain size D(D.mu.m) yieleded by the recrystallization annealing, the finish cold reducration ratio(R) being within a region enclosed by a range of R of 16 to 75 and a range of D of 6.38D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38D-51.0 and (f) annealing of the finish cold-rolled strip on conditions of a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C., a time of 2 to 40 min. and T.gtoreq.-53.8 logt+806, where T(.degree.C.) is the temperature of the annealing. And further modified similar methods are also provided.

Thin Fe-Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask

An alloy sheet for making a shadow mask consists essentially of 34 to 38 wt. % Ni, 0.07 wt. % or less Si, 0.002 wt. % or less B, 0.002 wt. % or less O, less than 0.002 wt. % N and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities;

Alloy sheet for shadow mask

An alloy sheet having a pierced hole face and providing a desirable etching performance, comprising {331}, {210}, and {211} planes on the surface; the gathering degree of the {311} plane being 14% or less, the gathering degree of the {210} plane being 14% or less, and the gathering degree of the {211} plane being 14% or less; and the ratio of the gathering degrees expressed by the equation {210}/({331}+{211}) being 0.2 to 1. An alloy sheet having a pierced hole face providing a desirable etching performance, comprising planes of {111}, {100}, {110}, {311}, {331}, {210} and {211}; the gathering degree of the {111} plane, S.sub.1, being 1 to 10%, the gathering degree of the {100} plane, S.sub.2, being 50 to 94%, the gathering degree of the {110} plane, S.sub.3, being 1 to 24%, the gathering degree of the {311} plane, S.sub.4, being 1 to 14%, the gathering degree of the {331} plane, S.sub.5, being 1 to 14%, the gathering degree of the {210} plane, S.sub.6, being 1 to 14%, the gathering degree of the {211} plane, S.sub.7, being 1 to 14%; and the ratio of gathering degrees expressed by the equation (S.sub.2 +S.sub.4 +S.sub.6)/(S.sub.1 +S.sub.3 +S.sub.5 +S.sub.7) being 0.8 to 20.

Alloy sheet having high etching performance

A thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask consists essentially of Ni of 34 to 38 wt. %, Si of 0.05 wt. % or less, B of 0.0005 wt. % or less, O of 0.002 wt. % or less and N of 0.0015 % or less, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2% proof stress of 28.5 kgf/mm.sup.2 or less; and a degree of {211} plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16% or less. And further modified similar alloy sheets are also provided. Further, a method for producing a thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask comprises the steps of: (a) hot-rolling of a slab into a hot-rolled alloy strip; (b) hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled strip at 910.degree. to 990.degree. C.; (c) cold-rolling of the annealed hot-rolled strip into a cold-rolled strip; (d) recrystallization annealing of the cold-rolled strip; (e) finish cold-rolling of the recrystallization annealed strip at a finish cold reduction ratio in response to austenite grain size D(D.mu.m) yieleded by the recrystallization annealing, the finish cold reducration ratio(R) being within a region enclosed by a range of R of 16 to 75 and a range of D of 6.38D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38D-51.0 and (f) annealing of the finish cold-rolled strip on conditions of a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C., a time of 2 to 40 min. and T.gtoreq.-53.8 logt+806, where T(.degree.C.) is the temperature of the annealing. And further modified similar methods are also provided.

Thin Fe-Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask and method for manufacturing

An alloy sheet for making a shadow mask consists essentially of 34 to 38 wt. % Ni, 0.07 wt. % or less Si, 0.001 wt. % or less B, 0.003 wt. % or less O, 0.002 wt. % or less N, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The alloy sheet has an average austenite grain size (Dav) of 10.5 to 15.0 .mu.m, a ratio of a maximum size to the minimum size of austenite grains (Dmax/Dmin) of 1 to 15, a Vickers hardness (Hv) of 165 to 220 and satisfying a relation of

A Ni--Fe magnetic alloy consists essentially of:

A method for manufacturing an alloy sheet comprising the steps of: (a) hot-rolling a slab containing Fe, Ni and Cr into a hot-rolled strip; (b) annealing the hot-rolled strip at a temperature of 810.degree. to 890.degree. C.; (c) cold-rolling the annealed hot-rolled strip at a reduction ratio of 81 to 94% into a cold-rolled sheet; (d) recrystallization annealing of the cold-rolled sheet; (e) finish cold-rolling the cold-rolled sheet subjected to the recrystallization annealing at a reduction ratio of 14 to 29%; (f) stress relief annealing of the cold-rolled sheet subjected to the finish cold-rolling; and (g) annealing, before press-forming. The cold-rolled sheet subjected to the stress relief annealing at a temperature of 740.degree. to 900.degree. C. for 2 to 40 minutes and satisfying the following equation: T.ltoreq.-123 logt+937, where T is a temperature (.degree.C.) and t is a time (minutes) for the annealing.

Method of manufacturing an alloy sheet

A thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask consists essentially of Ni of 34 to 38 wt. %, Si of 0.05 wt. % or less, B of 0.0005 wt. % or less, O of 0.002 wt. % or less and N of 0.0015% or less, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2% proof stress of 28.5 kgf/mm.sup.2 or less; and a degree of {211} plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16% or less. And further modified similar alloy sheets are also provided. Further, a method for producing a thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask comprises the steps of: (a) hot-rolling of a slab into a hot-rolled alloy strip; (b) hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled strip at 910.degree. to 990.degree. C.; (c) cold-rolling of the annealed hot-rolled strip into a cold-rolled strip; (d) recrystallization annealing of the cold-rolled strip; (e) finish cold-rolling of the recrystallization annealed strip at a finish cold reduction ratio in response to austenite grain size D(D.mu.m) yielded by the recrystallization annealing, the finish cold reducration ratio(R) being within a region enclosed by a range of R of 16 to 75 and a range of D of 6.38D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38D-51.0 and (f) annealing of the finish cold-rolled strip on conditions of a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C., a time of 2 to 40 min. and T.gtoreq.-53.8 logt+806, where T(.degree.C.) is the temperature of the annealing. And further modified similar methods are also provided.

Method for manufacturing thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask

A thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask consists essentially of Ni of 34 to 38 wt. %, Si of 0.05 wt. % or less, B of 0.0005 wt. % or less, O of 0.002 wt. % or less and N of 0.0015% or less, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2% proof stress of 28.5 kgf/mm or less; and a degree of {211 } plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16% or less. And further modified similar alloy sheets are also provided. Further, a method for producing a thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask comprises the steps of: (a) hot-rolling of a slab into a hot-rolled alloy strip; (b) hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled strip at 910.degree. to 990.degree. C.; (c) cold-rolling of the annealed hot-rolled strip into a cold-rolled strip; (d) recrystallization annealing of the cold-rolled strip; (e) finish cold-rolling of the recrystallization annealed strip at a finish cold reduction ratio in response to austenite grain size D(D .mu.m) yieleded by the recrystallization annealing, the finish cold reducration ratio(R) being within a region enclosed by a range of R of 16 to 75 and a range of D of 6.38D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38D-51.0 and (f) annealing of the finish cold-rolled strip on conditions of a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C., a time of 2 to 40 min. and T.ltoreq.-53.8 logt+806, where T(.degree.C.) is the temperature of the annealing. And further modified similar methods are also provided.

Method for producing a thin Fe-Ni alloy for shadow mask

A thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask consists essentially of Ni of 34 to 38 wt. %, Si of 0.05 wt. % or less, B of 0.0005 wt. % or less, O of 0.002 wt. % or less and N of 0.0015% or less, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2% proof stress of 28.5 kgf/mm.sup.2 or less; and a degree of {211} plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16% or less. And further modified similar alloy sheets are also provided. Further, a method for producing a thin Fe--Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask comprises the steps of: (a) hot-rolling of a slab into a hot-rolled alloy strip; (b) hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled strip at 910.degree. to 990.degree. C.; (c) cold-rolling of the annealed hot-rolled strip into a cold-rolled strip; (d) recrystallization annealing of the cold-rolled strip; (e) finish cold-rolling of the recrystallization annealed strip at a finish cold reduction ratio in response to austenite grain size D(D .mu.m) yieleded by the recrystallization annealing, the finish cold reducration ratio(R) being within a region enclosed by a range of R of 16 to 75 and a range of D of 6.38D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38D-51.0 and (f) annealing of the finish cold-rolled strip on conditions of a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C., a time of 2 to 40 min. and T.gtoreq.-53.8 logt+806, where T(.degree.C.) is the temperature of the annealing. And further modified similar methods are also provided.

Method for producing a thin Fe-Ni alloy for shadow mask thereof

A Ni-Fe magnetic alloy consists essentially of: 77 to 80 wt. % Ni, 3.5 to 5 wt. % Mo, 1.5 to 3 wt. % Cu, 0.1 to 1.1 wt. % Mn, 0.1 wt. % or less Cr, 0.003 wt. % or less S, 0.01 wt. % or less P, 0.005 wt. % or less 0, 0.003 wt. % or less N, 0.02 wt. % or less C, 0.001 to 0.05 wt. % Al, 1 wt. % or less Si, 2.6-6 of the weight ratio of Ca to S, (Ca/S), and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfies an equation of 3.2.ltoreq.(2.02.times.[Ni]-11.13.times.[Mo]-1.25.times.[Cu]-5.03.times.[M n])/ (2.13.times.[Fe]).ltoreq.3.8; and has a Mo segregation ratio defined by a seregration equation satisfying 5% or less, the seregration equation being .vertline.(Mo content in a segregation region-Mo average content)/ (Mo average content).vertline..times.100%. A method for producing a magnetic Ni-Fe alloy comprises the steps of: a first heating step of heating an alloy ingot to 1200.degree. to 1300.degree. C. for 10 to 30 hrs; slabbing the heated ingot at a finishing temperature of 950.degree. C. or more to produce a slab; a second heating step of heating the slab at 1150.degree. to 1270.degree. C. for 1 to 5 hrs: and hot rolling the heated slab at a finishing temperature 950.degree. C. or more.

NI-FE magnetic alloy and method for producing thereof

A thin Fe-Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask consists essentially of Ni of 34 to 38 wt. %, Si of 0.05 wt. % or less, B of 0.0005 wt. % or less, 0 of 0.002 wt. % or less and N of 0.0015% or less, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; said alloy sheet after annealing before press-forming having 0.2% proof stress of 28.5 kgf/mm.sup.2 or less; and a degree of {211} plane on a surface of said alloy sheet being 16% or less. And further modified similar alloy sheets are also provided. Further, a method for producing a thin Fe-Ni alloy sheet for shadow mask comprises the steps of: (a) hot-rolling of a slab into a hot-rolled alloy strip; (b) hot-rolled sheet annealing of the hot-rolled strip at 910.degree. to 990.degree. C.; (c) cold-rolling of the annealed hot-rolled strip into a cold-rolled strip; (d) recrystallization annealing of the cold-rolled strip; (e) finish cold-rolling of the recrystallization annealed strip at a finish cold reduction ratio in response to austenite grain size D(D .mu.m) yielded by the recrystallization annealing, the finish cold reducration ratio(R) being within a region enclosed by a range of R of 16 to 75 and a range of D of 6.38D-133.9.ltoreq.R.ltoreq.6.38D-51.0 and (f) annealing of the finish cold-rolled strip on conditions of a temperature of 720.degree. to 790.degree. C., a time of 2 to 40 min. and T.gtoreq.-53.8 logt+806, where T(.degree.C.) is the temperature of the annealing. And further modified similar methods are also provided.

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