Patents Assigned to Vacuumschmelze GmbH
  • Patent number: 8887376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a soft magnetic core for generators and generator with a core of this type. To produce a core, a plurality of magnetically activated and/or magnetically activatable textured laminations is produced from a CoFeV alloy. This plurality of laminations is then stacked to form a core assembly. Then the core assembly, if consisting of magnetically activatable laminations, is magnetically activated. Finally, the magnetically activated core assembly is eroded to produce a soft magnetic core. A core of this type is suitable for a generator with a stator and a rotor for high-speed aviation turbines, the laminations in the core assembly being oriented in different texture directions relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Gerster, Witold Pieper, Rudi Ansmann, Michael Koehler, Michael Von Pyschow
  • Patent number: 8823362
    Abstract: A method and an array for measuring a primary current in a primary conductor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary conductor via a ferromagnetic core. In said method, a voltage having a specific amplitude is applied to the secondary conductor such that a secondary current flows for reversing the magnetization of the ferromagnetic core; the secondary current is measured while the magnetization of the ferromagnetic core is reversed in order to obtain a first measured value; the polarity of the voltage is reversed such that a secondary current flows for once again reversing the magnetization of the ferromagnetic core; the secondary current is measured while the magnetization of the core is reversed in order to obtain a second measured value; the primary current is calculated in accordance with the first and the second measured value, the polarity of the voltage being regularly reversed at a certain sensor frequency that is continuously varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KB, Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Koch, Juergen Schoettle, Marcus Bremmer, Jens Doeblitz, Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 8813355
    Abstract: A method for producing a current metering device with current conductor optionally made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, which has a middle section in the form of a bar and two end sections with flattened areas, and is bent between one end section at a time and the middle section, a magnetic module which has a bushing which holds the current conductor, and two copper or copper alloy sleeves which are applied at least to parts of the end sections of the current conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Brunner
  • Publication number: 20140221530
    Abstract: A composition for an adhesive material, comprising at least one epoxide resin mixture and a hardening accelerator, in which the epoxide resin mixture has 25 to 80% by weight of a first epoxide resin—whereby the first epoxide resin is a bifunctional aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic epoxide resin—and 12.5 to 40% by weight of a second epoxide resin—whereby the second epoxide resin is a polyfunctional aliphatic or aromatic epoxide resin—and in which the hardening accelerator is an imidazole derivative, which is not soluble in the epoxide resin mixture at temperatures of below 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Lothar Zapf, Markus Brunner
  • Patent number: 8796382
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a two-component structural adhesive based on organic compounds containing radically polymerizable multiple bonds, in particular substituted acrylates and/or methacrylates, which on account of their lack of acids are particularly suited for adhering rare earth permanent magnets based on neodymium-iron-boron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lothar Zapf
  • Patent number: 8778100
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic strip, wherein the strip has a magnetic easy axis which is axially parallel to a transverse axis of the strip. The strip is cut to length, from strip material made of a semi-hard magnetic crystalline alloy, along a transverse axis of the strip material substantially corresponding to a length (l) of the strip. The strip material has a magnetic easy axis which runs axially parallel to the transverse axis of the strip material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ottmar Roth
  • Publication number: 20140152416
    Abstract: A magnetic core, such as for an interphase transformer, made of a nanocrystalline alloy, which consists of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y-zCuaNbbMcTdSixByZz and up to 1 at. % of impurities, whereby M is one or more of the elements Mo, Ta or Zr; T is one or more of the elements V, Cr, Co or Ni; and Z is one or more of the elements C, P or Ge, and 0 at. %?a<1.5 at. %, 0 at. %?b<4 at. %, 0 at. %?c<4 at. %, 0 at. %?d<5 at. %, 12 at. %<x<18 at. %, 5 at. %<y<12 at. %, and 0 at. %?z<2 at. %, the core having a saturation magnetostriction of <2 ppm and a permeability between 100 and 1,500, wherein the alloy has been exposed to a heat treatment at a temperature between 450 and 750° C. under a tensile stress between 30 and 500 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Giselher HERZER, Christian POLAK, Klaus REICHERT
  • Publication number: 20140104024
    Abstract: An alloy of Fe100-a-b-c-d-x-y-zCuaNbbMcTdSixByZz and up to 1 atomic % impurities; M is one or more of Mo or Ta, T is one or more of V, Cr, Co or Ni and Z is one or more of C, P or Ge, wherein 0.0 atomic % a <1.5 atomic %, 0.0 atomic % b <3.0 atomic %, 0.2 atomic % c 4.0 atomic %, 0.0 atomic % d <5.0 atomic %, 12.0 atomic %<x<18.0 atomic %, 5.0 atomic %<y<12.0 atomic % and 0.0 atomic % z<2.0 atomic %, and wherein 2.0 atomic % (b+c) 4.0 atomic %, produced in the form of a strip and having a nanocrystalline structure in which at least 50% by volume of the grains have an average size of less than 100 nm, a remanence ratio Jr/Js<0.02, Jr being the remanent polarisation and Js being the saturation polarisation, and a coercitive field strength Hc which is less than 1% of the anisotropic field strength Ha and/or less than 10 A/m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Giselher HERZER, Mie Marsilius, Christian Polak
  • Patent number: 8699190
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soft-magnetic metal strip for electromechanical components, wherein the soft-magnetic metal strip has a nanocrystalline or amorphous structure. The metal strip has strip thickness to roughness ratios d/Ra of 5?d/Ra?25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Giselher Herzer
  • Patent number: 8669837
    Abstract: A laminate stack having individual soft magnetic sheets. The individual sheets are involutely curved in the laminate stack. Each individual sheet has a first long side, a second long side opposite the first long side, a first short side and a second short side opposite the first short side. The first long side has a recess, said recess being rectangular and equidistant from the first short side, the second short side and the second long side when the individual sheet is in its uncurved state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Gerster, Herbert Hoehn
  • Publication number: 20130333810
    Abstract: An amorphous, ductile brazing foil is produced with a composition of FeaNibCrcSidBeMofPg with 25?a?50 atomic %; 30?b?45 atomic %; 5<c?15 atomic %; 4?d?15 atomic %; 4?e?15 atomic %; 0?f?5 atomic %; 0?g?6 atomic %; and any impurities, wherein 10?d+e+g?28 atomic % with a+b+c+d+e+f+g=100. Excellent brazing joints can be produced with these brazing foils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas HARTMANN, Dieter Nuetzel
  • Patent number: 8564391
    Abstract: A paint composition, in particular an anti-corrosive paint, for rare earth permanent magnets, has an epoxy resin mixture, a curing accelerator, an epoxy-functional adhesion promoter based on silane and a solvent. Due to the paint compositions, rare earth permanent magnets can be bonded simultaneously to a magnet system in a one method step and can be protected against corrosion. Due to the anti-corrosive paint, magnet systems which have excellent anti-corrosion properties, a satisfactory adhesive strength even at high temperatures and display good electric insulation properties, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lothar Zapf
  • Patent number: 8551210
    Abstract: A composite article (1; 10; 40) comprises a plurality of inclusions (5) of a magnetocalorically active material embedded in a matrix (4) of a magnetocalorically passive material. The inclusions (5) and the matrix (4) have a microstructure characteristic of a compacted powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Werner Reppel, Matthias Katter
  • Publication number: 20130243637
    Abstract: A method for classifying articles comprising magnetocalorically active material according to magnetic transition temperature comprises providing a source of articles to be classified, the source comprising articles comprising magnetocalorically active materials having differing magnetic transition temperatures, sequentially applying a magnetic field at differing temperatures to the source, the magnetic field being sufficient to exert a magnetic force on the source that is greater than the inertia of a fraction of the articles causing the fraction of the articles to move and produce an article fraction, and collecting the article fraction at each temperature to provide a plurality of separate article fractions of differing magnetic transition temperature, thus classifying the articles comprising magnetocalorically active material according to magnetic transition temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias KATTER
  • Patent number: 8518194
    Abstract: A magnetic article comprises, in total, elements in amounts capable of providing at least one (La1-aMa)(Fe1-b-cTbYc)13-dXe phase and less than 0.5 Vol % impurities, wherein 0?a?0.9, 0?b?0.2, 0.05?c?0.2, ?1?d?+1, 0?e?3, M is one or more of the elements Ce, Pr and Nd, T is one or more of the elements Co, Ni, Mn and Cr, Y is one or more of the elements Si, Al, As, Ga, Ge, Sn and Sb and X is one or more of the elements H, B, C, N, Li and Be. The magnetic article comprises a permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Katter, Joachim Gerster, Ottmar Roth
  • Publication number: 20130214893
    Abstract: Magnet core for low-frequency applications and method for producing a magnet core for low-frequency applications A magnet core for low-frequency applications made of a spiral-wound, soft-magnetic, nanocrystalline strip is provided, the strip essentially having the alloy composition FeRestCoaCubNbcSidBeCf, wherein a, b, c, d, e and f are stated in atomic percent and 0?a?1; 0.7?b?1.4; 2.5?c?3.5; 14.5?d?16.5; 5.5?e?8 and 0?f?1, and cobalt may wholly or partially be replaced by nickel, the magnet core having a saturation magnetostriction ?s of ?s<2 ppm, a starting permeability ?1 of ?1>100 000 and a maximum permeability ?max of ?max>400 000, and a sealing metal oxide coating being provided on the surfaces of the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jörg Petzold
  • Publication number: 20130187077
    Abstract: An article for magnetic heat exchange includes a functionally-graded monolithic sintered working component including La1-aRa(Fe1-x-yTyMx)13HzCb with a NaZn13-type structure. M is one or more of the elements from the group consisting of Si and Al, T is one or more of the elements from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Ni, Ti, V and Cr and R is one or more of the elements from the group consisting of Ce, Nd, Y and Pr. A content of the one or more elements T and R, if present, a C content, if present, and a content of M varies in a working direction of the working component and provides a functionally-graded Curie temperature. The functionally-graded Curie temperature monotonically decreases or monotonically increases in the working direction of the working component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Katter, Alexander Barcza, Volker Zellmann
  • Publication number: 20130153088
    Abstract: A method for producing a rare earth-based magnet is provided that comprises providing a precursor sintered R2Fe14B-type magnet where R represents a rare earth element, applying particles comprising a rare earth element R? to a first surface of the precursor sintered magnet, applying particles of further material to the first surface of the precursor magnet and/or a further surface of the precursor magnet and heat treating the precursor sintered magnet. The heat treating is carried out at a temperature T for a time t selected to allow diffusion of the rare earth element R? into the precursor sintered magnet to produce a magnet. The further material remains solid and particulate after the heat treating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20130146184
    Abstract: An amorphous, ductile brazing foil is produced with a composition of FeaNibCrcSidBeMofPg with 25?a?50 atomic %; 30?b?45 atomic %; 5<c?15 atomic %; 4?d?15 atomic %; 4?e?15 atomic %; 0?f?5 atomic %; 0?g?6 atomic %; and any impurities, wherein 10?d+e+g?28 atomic % with a+b+c+d+e+f+g=100. Excellent brazing joints can be produced with these brazing foils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas HARTMANN, Dieter Nuetzel
  • Publication number: 20130088401
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna core, an antenna comprising an antenna core, and to methods for producing an antenna core and an antenna. The antenna core used in each case consists of a continuous soft-magnetic strip having a plurality of layers which are stacked one on top of the other and each of which is formed by a section of the strip. The layers are connected to one another by curved sections of the strip at end regions of the antenna core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Vacuumschmelze GmbH & CO KG
    Inventors: Johannes Binkofski, Markus Brunner, Klemens Trabold, Ralf Koch