Patents Assigned to XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 10971289
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a composite R—Fe—B based rare-earth sintered magnet comprising Pr and W, wherein the rare-earth sintered magnet comprises an R2Fe14B type main phase, and R is a rare-earth element comprising at least Pr, wherein the raw material components therein comprise more than or equal to 2 wt % of Pr and 0.0005 wt %-0.03 wt % of W; and the rare-earth sintered magnet is made through a process comprising the following steps: preparing molten liquid of the raw material components into a rapidly quenched alloy; grinding the rapidly quenched alloy into fine powder; obtaining a shaped body from the fine powder by using a magnetic field; and sintering the shaped body. By adding a trace amount of W into the rare-earth sintered magnet, the heat resistance and thermal demagnetization performance of the Pr-containing magnet are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 10717131
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing, powder making device for rare earth magnet alloy powder, and a rare earth magnet. The method comprises a process of fine grinding at least one kind of rare earth magnet alloy or at least one kind of rare earth magnet alloy coarse powder in inert jet stream with an oxygen content below 1000 ppm to obtain powder that has a grain size smaller than 50 ?m. Low oxygen content ultra-fine powder having a grain size smaller than 1 ?m is not separated from the pulverizer, and the oxygen content of the atmosphere is reduced to below 1000 ppm in the pulverizer when crushing the powder. Therefore, abnormal grain growth (AGG) rarely happens in the sintering process. A low oxygen content sintered magnet is obtained and the advantages of a simplified process and reduced manufacturing cost are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., FUJIAN CHANGTING GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Chonghu Wu
  • Patent number: 10614938
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a W-containing R—Fe—B—Cu serial sintered magnet and quenching alloy. The sintered magnet contains an R2Fe14B-type main phase, the R being at least one rare earth element comprising Nd or Pr; the crystal grain boundary of the rare earth magnet contains a W-rich area above 0.004 at % and below 0.26 at %, and the W-rich area accounts for 2.0 vol %˜11.0 vol % of the sintered magnet. The sintered magnet uses a minor amount of W pinning crystal to segregate the migration of the pinned grain boundary in the crystal grain boundary to effectively prevent abnormal grain growth and obtain significant improvement. The crystal grain boundary of the quenching alloy contains a W-rich area above 0.004 at % and below 0.26 at %, and the W-rich area accounts for at least 50 vol % of the crystal grain boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Rong Yu, Qin Lan
  • Patent number: 10468168
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Ho and W-containing rare-earth magnet. The rare-earth magnet comprises a R2Fe14B type principal phase, and comprises the following raw material components: R: 28 wt % to 33 wt %, wherein R is a raw-earth element comprising Nd and Ho, and the content of Ho is 0.3 wt % to 5 wt %; B: 0.8 wt % to 1.3 wt %; W: 0.005 wt % to 0.3 wt %, and the balance of T and inevitable purities, wherein T is an element mainly comprising Fe and/or Co. The rare-earth magnet mainly consists of a W-rich grain boundary phase and a Ho-rich principal phase; crystal grain growth of the Ho-containing magnet in a sintering process is constrained by the trace of W, thereby preventing AGG from occurring on the Ho-containing magnet, and obtaining a magnet with high coercivity and high heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD., FUJIAN CHANGTING GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Jianhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10381139
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a W-containing R—Fe—B—Cu serial sintered magnet and quenching alloy. The sintered magnet contains an R2Fe14B-type main phase, the R being at least one rare earth element comprising Nd or Pr; the crystal grain boundary of the rare earth magnet contains a W-rich area above 0.004 at % and below 0.26 at %, and the W-rich area accounts for 5.0 vol %˜11.0 vol % of the sintered magnet. The sintered magnet uses a minor amount of W pinning crystal to segregate the migration of the pinned grain boundary in the crystal grain boundary to effectively prevent abnormal grain growth and obtain significant improvement. The crystal grain boundary of the quenching alloy contains a W-rich area above 0.004 at % and below 0.26 at %, and the W-rich area accounts for at least 50 vol % of the crystal grain boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd., Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Rong Yu, Qin Lan
  • Patent number: 10381141
    Abstract: The present invention discloses manufacturing methods of a powder for compacting rare earth magnet powder and rare earth magnet that omit jet milling process, which comprises the steps as follows: 1) casting: casting the molten alloy of rare earth magnet raw material by strip casting method to obtain a quenched alloy with average thickness in a range of 0.2˜0.4 mm; 2) hydrogen decrepitation: decrepitating the quenched alloy and a plurality of rigid balls into a rotating hydrogen decrepitation container simultaneously, the quenched alloy is crushed under a hydrogen pressure between 0.01˜1 MPa, cooling the alloy and the balls, then screening the mixture to remove the rigid balls and obtain the powder. As the jet milling process is omitted, the oxygenation during the process of the jet milling may be avoided, therefore the process may be non-oxide, and the mass production of magnet with super high property may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd., Fujian Changting Golden Dragon Rare-Earth Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Chonghu Wu
  • Patent number: 10243203
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a hydrogen storing alloy and a production method thereof. The hydrogen storing alloy has a chemical composition of a general formula R(1-x)MgxNiy, wherein R is one or more elements selected from rare earth elements comprising Y, x satisfies 0.05?x?0.3, and y satisfies 2.8?y?3.8. The ratio of the maximal peak intensity present in a range of 2?=31°-33° to the maximal peak intensity present in a range of 2?=41°-44° is 0.1 or less (including 0), as measured by X-ray diffraction in which a Cu—K? ray is set as an X-ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: GS Yuasa International Ltd., XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Okuda, Manabu Kanemoto, Tadashi Kakeya, Mitsuhiro Kodama, Peng Zhang, Zhen Lin, Jinhong Yang, Wenlian Qian, Long Jiang
  • Patent number: 10242778
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of rare earth magnet based on heat treatment of fine powder includes the following: an alloy for the rare earth magnet is firstly coarsely crushed and then finely crushed by jet milling to obtain a fine powder; the fine powder is heated in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 100° C.˜1000° C. for 6 minutes to 24 hours; then the fine powder is compacted under a magnet field and is sintered in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C.˜1140° C. to obtain a sintered magnet; and machining the sintered magnet to obtain a magnet; then the magnet performs a RH grain boundary diffusion at a temperature of 700° C.˜1020° C. An oxidation film forms on the surface of all of the powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Chonghu Wu
  • Patent number: 10242779
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an alloy powder for rare earth magnet and the rare earth magnet based on heat treatment includes the following: an alloy of the rare earth magnet is firstly coarsely crushed and then finely crushed by jet milling to obtain a fine powder; the fine powder is obtained by being heated in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 100° C.˜1000° C. for 6 minutes to 24 hours. The heat treatment of fine powder is performed after the process of finely crushed jet milling before the process of compacting under a magnetic field, so that the sintering property of the powder is changed drastically, and it obtains a magnet with a high coercivity, a high squareness and a high heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Chonghu Wu
  • Patent number: 10115507
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a low-B rare earth magnet. The rare earth magnet contains a main phase of R2T14B and comprises the following raw material components: 13.5 at %˜4.5 at % of R, 5.2 at %˜5.8 at % of B, 0.3 at %˜0.8 at % of Cu, 0.3 at %˜3 at % of Co, and the balance being T and inevitable impurities, the R being at least one rare earth element comprising Nd, and the T being an element mainly comprising Fe. 0.3˜0.8 at % of Cu and an appropriate amount of Co are co-added into the rare earth magnet, so that three Cu-rich phases formed in the grain boundary, and the magnetic effect of the three Cu-rich phases existing in the grain boundary and the solution of the problem of insufficient B in the grain boundary can obviously improve the squareness and heat-resistance of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Rong Yu
  • Patent number: 10096413
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a quenched alloy for rare earth magnet and a manufacturing method of rare earth magnet. It comprises an R2T14B main phase, wherein R is selected from at least one rare earth element including Nd. The average grain diameter of the main phase in the brachyaxis direction is in a range of 10˜15 ?m and the average interval of the Nd rich phase is in a range of 1.0˜3.5 ?m. In the fine powder of the above-mentioned quenched alloy, the number of magnet domains of a single grain decreases. Thus, it is easier for external magnetic field orientation to obtain high performance magnet, and the squareness, coercivity and the thermal resistance of the magnet are sufficiently improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 10062503
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of green compacts of rare earth alloy magnetic powder and a manufacturing method of rare earth magnet, it is a manufacturing method that pressing the rare earth alloy magnetic powder added with organic additive in a closed space filled with inert gases to manufacture the green compacts, wherein the rare earth alloy magnetic powder is compacted under magnetic field in a temperature atmosphere of 25° C.-50° C. and a relative humidity atmosphere of 10%-40%. This method is to set the temperature of the inert atmosphere in a fully closed space, inhibiting bad forming phenomenon of the magnet with low oxygen content (broken, corner-breakage, crack) after sintering, and increasing the degree of orientation, Br and (BH)max.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Chonghu Wu
  • Publication number: 20160300648
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a W-containing R—Fe—B—Cu serial sintered magnet and quenching alloy. The sintered magnet contains an R2Fe14B-type main phase, the R being at least one rare earth element comprising Nd or Pr; the crystal grain boundary of the rare earth magnet contains a W-rich area above 0.004 at % and below 0.26 at %, and the W-rich area accounts for 5.0 vol %˜11.0 vol % of the sintered magnet. The sintered magnet uses a minor amount of W pinning crystal to segregate the migration of the pinned grain boundary in the crystal grain boundary to effectively prevent abnormal grain growth and obtain significant improvement. The crystal grain boundary of the quenching alloy contains a W-rich area above 0.004 at % and below 0.26 at %, and the W-rich area accounts for at least 50 vol % of the crystal grain boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Rong Yu, Qin Lan
  • Publication number: 20160268025
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a low-B rare earth magnet. The rare earth magnet contains a main phase of R2T14B and comprises the following raw material components: 13.5 at %˜4.5 at % of R, 5.2 at %˜5.8 at % of B, 0.3 at %˜0.8 at % of Cu, 0.3 at %˜3 at % of Co, and the balance being T and inevitable impurities, the R being at least one rare earth element comprising Nd, and the T being an element mainly comprising Fe. 0.3˜0.8 at % of Cu and an appropriate amount of Co are co-added into the rare earth magnet, so that three Cu-rich phases formed in the grain boundary, and the magnetic effect of the three Cu-rich phases existing in the grain boundary and the solution of the problem of insufficient B in the grain boundary can obviously improve the squareness and heat-resistance of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Rong Yu
  • Publication number: 20150364234
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of rare earth magnet based on heat treatment of fine powder includes the following: an alloy for the rare earth magnet is firstly coarsely crushed and then finely crushed by jet milling to obtain a fine powder; the fine powder is heated in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 100° C.˜1000° C. for 6 minutes to 24 hours; then the fine powder is compacted under a magnet field and is sintered in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C.˜1140° C. to obtain a sintered magnet; and machining the sintered magnet to obtain a magnet; then the magnet performs a RH grain boundary diffusion at a temperature of 700° C.˜1020° C. An oxidation film forms on the surface of all of the powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Chonghu WU
  • Publication number: 20150357119
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a powder for rare earth magnet and the rare earth magnet based on evaporation treatment, includes the steps of: coarsely crushing an alloy for the rare earth magnet and then finely crushing to obtain a fine powder; and evaporating the fine powder and an evaporation material in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere; wherein the weight ratio of the evaporation material evaporated to the fine powder and the fine powder is 10-6˜0.05:1. By adding the process of evaporation treatment of fine powder before the process of compacting under a magnetic field and after the process of fine crushing, the sintering property of the powder is changed drastically; a magnet with a high coercivity, a high squareness and a high heat resistance is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Chonghu WU
  • Publication number: 20150340136
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an alloy powder for rare earth magnet and the rare earth magnet based on heat treatment includes the following: an alloy of the rare earth magnet is firstly coarsely crushed and then finely crushed by jet milling to obtain a fine powder; the fine powder is obtained by being heated in vacuum or in inert gas atmosphere at a temperature of 100° C.˜1000° C. for 6 minutes to 24 hours. The heat treatment of fine powder is performed after the process of finely crushed jet milling before the process of compacting under a magnetic field, so that the sintering property of the powder is changed drastically, and it obtains a magnet with a high coercivity, a high squareness and a high heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Chonghu WU
  • Publication number: 20150302960
    Abstract: The present invention discloses manufacturing methods of a powder for compacting rare earth magnet and rare earth magnet that omit jet milling process, which comprise the steps as follows: 1) casting: casting the molten alloy of rare earth magnet raw material by strip casting method to obtain a quenched alloy with average thickness in a range of 0.2˜0.4 mm; 2) hydrogen decrepitation: decrepitating the quenched alloy hydrogen under a hydrogen pressure between 0.01˜1 MPa for 0.5˜24 h to obtain the powder. The present invention improves the manufacturing processes which are before the process of jet milling for omitting the process of jet milling, thus simplifying the process; which may also acquire a low cost production by efficiently using the precious rare earth resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi NAGATA, Chonghu WU
  • Publication number: 20150287529
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of green compacts of rare earth alloy magnetic powder and a manufacturing method of rare earth magnet, it is a manufacturing method that pressing the rare earth alloy magnetic powder added with organic additive in a closed space filled with inert gases to manufacture the green compacts, wherein the rare earth alloy magnetic powder is compacted under magnetic field in a temperature atmosphere of 25° C.-50° C. and a relative humidity atmosphere of 10%-40%. This method is to set the temperature of the inert atmosphere in a fully closed space, inhibiting bad forming phenomenon of the magnet with low oxygen content (broken, corner-breakage, crack) after sintering, and increasing the degree of orientation, Br and (BH)max.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Chonghu Wu
  • Publication number: 20150279530
    Abstract: The present invention discloses manufacturing methods of a powder for compacting rare earth magnet powder and rare earth magnet that omit jet milling process, which comprises the steps as follows: 1) casting: casting the molten alloy of rare earth magnet raw material by strip casting method to obtain a quenched alloy with average thickness in a range of 0.2˜0.4 mm; 2) hydrogen decrepitation: decrepitating the quenched alloy and a plurality of rigid balls into a rotating hydrogen decrepitation container simultaneously, the quenched alloy is crushed under a hydrogen pressure between 0.01˜1 MPa, cooling the alloy and the balls, then screening the mixture to remove the rigid balls and obtain the powder. As the jet milling process is omitted, the oxygenation during the process of the jet milling may be avoided, therefore the process may be non-oxide, and the mass production of magnet with super high property may be possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: XIAMEN TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nagata, Chonghu Wu