Metal treatment – Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical... – Magnetic materials
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-20
2007-02-20
Sheehan, John P. (Department: 1742)
Metal treatment
Process of modifying or maintaining internal physical...
Magnetic materials
C148S122000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10687894
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method for preparing a soft magnetic material which meets demands for low iron loss, high density, high strength and high productivity. The method comprises a surface oxidation step of forming oxide films on the surfaces of a soft magnetic powder, a step of preparing a molding compound of the soft magnetic powder by mixing a soft magnetic powder and a binder with a predetermined blending ratio, a press molding step of press-molding the molding compound of the soft magnetic powder into a predetermined shape, and a sintering step of sintering the press-molded soft magnetic powder to produce a soft magnetic material, wherein a millimeter wave sintering apparatus or a discharge plasma sintering apparatus is used as a heating means in the surface oxidation step or in the sintering step. Thereby, energy of millimeter waves or discharge plasma acts locally on oxidized surface portions having a large electric resistance of the soft magnetic powder, the surfaces of the soft magnetic powder are locally heated at a temperature near the melting point, and oxidation of the surfaces of the soft magnetic powder (formation of an oxide film) and sintering (diffusional joining between oxide films) are promoted.
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Machine translation of Japanese Patent Document No. 05-036514.
Japanese Office Action dated Jul. 4, 2006 in corresponding Japanese application No. 2003-312303.
Makino Yukio
Miyake Shoji
Nishijima Yoshiaki
Nomura Yurio
Satoh Teppei
Denso Corporation
Harness Dickey & Pierce PLC
Sheehan John P.
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