US3666568A - Method of improving punchability of steel sheets - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method of improving the punchability of electrical steel sheets and the like, by applying a first layer on the steel sheets, which contains one or more of chromic acid, chrom'ates, and bichromates, and a second layer consisting of varnish on the first layer.
- This invention relates to a method of coating electrical steel sheets, inclusive of silicon steel sheets, and more particularly to a method of coating steel sheets for materially improving its punchability.
- the electrical sheets are punched in a desired shape, and a plurality of sheets thus punched are assembled by lamination. -If the punching causes too high burrs, the burrs may electrically connect adjacent sheets thus laminated,
- the improvement of the punchability may be acomplished by improving the operating life of a punching die, or the number of punching operations which can be performed without re-grinding.
- the critical allowable height of such burr in the case of punching electrical core sheets, has empirically considered to be 40 to 80 microns, and a commonly used steel die will cause such critical burrs after 30,000 to 70,000 times of punching operation.
- the operative life of the punching die has recently been improved to 300,000 to 700,000 punching operations, or ten times of that of conventional steel dies, by using tungsten carbide alloys, such as WC-Co alloys.
- varnish or enamel on steel sheets and baking the sheets with varnish or enamel thus applied thereto, for instance, as disclosed in A181 Proceedings, July 1968.
- varnish may double the number of satisfactory punching operations, for instance to 60,000 to 150,000 times without any re-grinding.
- varnish consists of organic substance, and can stand only comparatively low temperatures, 300 C. at the highest, so that it cannot withstand high temepartures necessary for heat treatment of the iron and steel sheets, such as stress relief annealing (e.g., at about 800 C.).
- Japanese Patent No. 527,632 which was applied on Feb. 24, 1964 and published with publication No. 7,850/68 on Mar. 26, 1968, discloses the use of water-soluble inorganic coating, consisting of a main ingredient of chromic anhydride and other ingredients such as magnesium oxide and adipic acid.
- water-soluble inorganic coating consisting of a main ingredient of chromic anhydride and other ingredients such as magnesium oxide and adipic acid.
- the last mentioned coating mainly consisting of chromic anhydride, a chromate, or a bichromate has shortcoming in that it causes extraordinary abrasion of the tungsten carbide alloy punching dies, so as to reduce the operative life of the punching dies to 200,000 to 500,000 punching operations. More particularly, when a tungsten carbide alloy punching die is used for processing steel sheets with the aforesaid inorganic varnish, the service life of the die is reduced toa level equivalent to one half or one fifth of that for processing uncoated steel sheets or steel sheets coated with a known phosphate film. Accordingly, such inorganic varnish of the last mentioned Japanese patent cannot be used with any tungsten carbide punching die.
- a composite coating consisting of a first thin layer of chromic acid compounds and a second thin layer of varnish, acts to effectively suppress such burrs while making up for the inevitable dispersion of the punch-to-die clearance of the punching die, or the increase of such clearance during punching operation.
- the service life of a punching die can be improved to 80,000 punching operations for steel dies, or to 5,000,000 punching operations for tungsten carbide alloy dies, simply by applying a composite coating on steel sheets, which composite coating consists of a first thin layer of chromic acid compounds and a second thin layer of varnish.
- the punching die can be used in conventional fashion, for punching steel sheets with the composite coating of the invention applied thereto, and the punching die does not require any special arrangement.
- the method of the present invention can be applied to electrical core sheets containing 4% or less of Si.
- the composite coating applied to such electrical core sheets has excellent properties as an insulating coating of the electrical core sheets in various aspects; Le, a high space factor, a high corrosion-resistivity, a high adhesivity, a high interlaminar resistance, and a high heat resistivity .to ensure satisfactory welding and stress relief annealing.
- the present invention is to improve the punchability of steel sheets by using a composite coating on each of the steel sheets, which composite coating is formed by applying a first layer at 0.5 to 2.5 micron thickness, preferably 0.8 to 1.5 micron thickness, consisting of at least one compound selected from the group of chromic acid, chromates, and bichromates, and applying a second layer of 0.1 to 2.5 micron thickness, preferably 0.2 to 1.5 micron thickness, on the first layer, which second layer consists of varnish, and halting the coating.
- the first layer of the composite coating according to the present invention is reddish brown, because the first layer contains six valent chromium (CH Such reddish brown colour of the first layer is maintained even if the layer contains a reducing agent of the chromic acid.
- CH valent chromium
- the second layer is overlaid on the first layer by applying a varnish thereon and baking, the reddish brown colour of the first layer, peculiar to six valent chromium, tends to be faded.
- the finish composite coating presents greenish brown colour. If a steel sheet having the composite coating thus applied thereto is bent for separating the composite coating, both the first and the second layers of the composite coating fiake oif simultaneously as an integral coating.
- the first layer of chromic acid compounds may chemically react with the second varnish layer, so that at least a small part of the six valent chromium (Cr+ may be reduced into three valent chromium
- the chromic acid compounds of the first layer and the varnish of the second layer of the composite coating of the invention are firmly bonded together not only by physical adhesion but also by possible chemical bondage therebetween.
- the inventors assumed the possible presence of such chemical bondage based on the fact that a microscopic photograph of a cross section of the composite coating showed no boundary line between the first and second layers.
- a suitable amount of a reducing agent is added thereto and fairly thorough baking is made, so as to reduce the hygroscopicity of the coating.
- the need for such additional reducing agent is completely eliminated in applying the first layer of chromic acid compounds.
- Even a reducing agent should be added in special cases, its amount can be very small.
- the heating of the first layer of the invention is for drying, and ac cordingly, it is heated at a low temperature for a short period of time. Thus, the first layer of the composite coating of the present invention need not be baked.
- the amount of a reducing agent to be added in the first layer and the heating conditions thereof are determined, based on the time interval from the formation of the first layer to the application of the second layer of varnish. For instance, if the first and the second layers 4' r r are applied continuously, mere drying of the first layer is sufiicient. 1
- the compounds for the first layer of the composite coating of the invention can be any water-soluble compounds of chromic acid, chromates, and 'bichromates.
- chromic acid compounds to be used in the present invention are as follows.
- Zinc bichromate or a mixture of zinc bichromate and chromic acid.
- One or more of the following inexpensive organic polyhydric alcohols may satisfactorily be used as a reducing agent of the chromic acid compounds, if it should be necessary: namely, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, glycerine, saccharose, grape sugar, etc.
- the first layer is thinner than 0.5 micron, the desired improvement of the punchability of the steel sheets cannot be achieved, whichever thickness of the second layer may be chosen.
- the inventors have found that if the first layer is thicker than 2.5 microns, the adhesion of the resultant composite coating to steel sheets is weakened. With the adhesion thus weakened, the composite coating tends to flake off from the steel sheets and the inter-laminar resistance of electrical sheets tends to be reduced beyond allowable level. Furthermore, the flakes of such composite coating separated from the peripheries of steel sheets may pile on the surface of the die, to adversely afiect the accuracy of the punching.
- the most favourable range of the thickness of the first layer has been found to be 0.8 micron to 1.5 microns.
- synthetic resin varnishes are more preferable than natural resin varnish.
- Some of the synthetic resin varnishes to be used in the present invention are as follows.
- Phenol resin varnishes Amino resin varnishes Epoxide resin varnishes Silicon resin varnishes Polyamide resin varnishes Acrylic resin varnishes Melamine resin varnishes Polyester resin varnishes Vinyl resin varnishes Cumarone resin varnishes A number of tests have been made on the above listed insulating varnishes to prove the satisfactory fulfillment of the object of the present invention.
- the insulating varnish is usually dried at a temperature between room temperature and C. If the varnish is excessively dried at an extra high temperature, pyrolysis is caused in the varnish to make the varnish layer fragile, so as to deteriorate adhesion of the varnish layer to the steel sheet and reduce the insulating strength of the varnish layer.
- enameled wires and the like are dried at a comparatively high temperature, e.g., about 350 C., after applying enamel on bare conductors, for several tens of seconds, so as to improve the efliciency of the drying process.
- both the drying temperature and the duration of such heating treatment at an elevated temperature should be carefully controlled, for preventing the deterioration of flexibility and other mechanical properties caused by any excessive baking.
- the baking should be done at a comparatively high temperature of 250 C. to 600 0., preferably 280 C. to 400 C., which temperature range has heretofore been avoided in the art of varnishing.
- the baking temperature is below 250 (1., the desired improvement of the punchability and the accompanying high lubricating effects cannot be achieved, although acceptable adhesion of the coating can be obtained.
- the baking time must be extremely short, and the control of such very short baking time is hard to make in actual installations.
- the quick baking of the second varnish layer of the composite coating at such a high temperature affects not only the baking of the varnish layer but also the baking of the first layer of chromic acid compounds.
- the heat treatment of the first layer, prior to the application of the second layer thereon, can be very short.
- the second layer of varnish should be at least 0.1 micron thick. Varnish layers thinner than 0.1 micron do not have satisfactory lubricating efiects, which effects is of critical importance in the improvement of the punchability. On the other hand, if the thickness of the varnish layer exceeds 2.5 microns, its adhesion to the steel sheets is reduced to such an extent that its edges flake off during the punchingoperation, and the varnish layer edge portions thus flaked 01f pile up on the surface of the lower die, resulting in deformation of the steel or iron sheets being punched. Such excessively thick varnish layers are also prone to blowholes during TIG welding, because the varnish consists of organic compounds.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are graphs, illustrating the improvement of punchability, according to the present invention.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic sectional views, illustrating the wear of a punching die assembly.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate the essential portion of a punching device, which was used in the following examples for testing the punchability of various steel strips or sheets.
- the punching device comprises a punch 1 secured to a movable die set 3 by bolts 5 and a female die 2 secured to a stationary die set 4 by bolts 6.
- knock pin holes 7 and 7a are bored therethrough, respectively.
- Aknock pin 8 is hammered into the knock pin holes 7 and 7a after the latter holes are properly aligned, so as to firmly hold the punch 1 relative to the movable die set 3 during the repeated punching operations.
- knook pin holes 9 and 9a are bored through the stationary die set 4 and the female die 2, respectively, and another knock pin 10 is hammered in the knock pin holes after the later holes are properly aligned.
- Each of the steel sheets to be tested is placed on the top surface of the female die 2, which has a cavity R operatively engageable with the punch 1. As the punch 1 is lowered across the top plane of the female die 2, the steel sheet placed on the top of the female die 2 is punched by the coacting punching edges P and Q of the punch 1 and the female die 2.
- EXAMPLE 1 Steel strips treated; Test steel strips (containing 0.018% of carbon, 0.30% of silicon, 0.029% of manganese, and 0.01% of phosphorus) of 0.5 mm. thickness with Hv (Vickers hardness) of 128 were cleansed.
- a solution was prepared by adding 1.5 litres of ethylene glycol in 100 litres of a 17% solution of calcium bichromate, and the solution thus prepared was uniformly applied to the aforesaid test steel strips by a pair of grooved rubber rolls.
- a first layer of 1.2 micron thickness was formed by heating each of the steel strips at 200 C. for 60 seconds in an electric furnace, and the steel strip was air cooled to room temperature.
- a phenol resin varnish was diluted by adding a suitable thinner, until its viscosity as measured by Ford Cup No. 4 became 15 seconds.
- the diluted varnish was applied on the first layer of the steel strips by a reverse type roll coater in the thickness of 0.5 micron, and then the varnish layer was baked at 350 C. for seconds in a hot air furnace.
- a solution was prepared by adding 2.0 litres of ethylene glycol in litres of 17% solution of calcium bichromate. Coatings of 1.2 micron thickness were made by uniformly applying the solution thus prepared on the aforesaid test steel strip by a pair of grooved rubber rolls, and baking at 300 C. for 100 seconds in an electric furnace.
- a phenol resin varnish was diluted by adding a suitable thinner, until its viscosity as measured by Ford Cup No. 4 became 40 seconds.
- the diluted varnish was uniformly applied on the aforesaid test steel strips, and then baked at 350 C. for 80 seconds in a hot air furnace, so as to form a varnish layer of 3.5 micron thickness.
- Punching tests were made by using a steel die (made of SKD-l steel) with a punch-to-die clearance of 10 microns per side and a tungsten carbide die (made of WC-Co alloy with 16 wt. percent of Co) with a punch-to-die clearance of 15 microns per side. Disks of 20 mm. dia. were punched, While using a light oil lubricant. Three specimens were taken for every 10,000 disks thus punched, and the height of burrs was measured at four locations of each specimen by a dial gauge, and the mean value of the maximum burr heights of the three specimens was determined.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the punchability of steel sheets with the aforesaid coating (A), (B), or (C), by using the steel die
- FIG. 2 illustrates similar punchability by using the tungsten carbide die.
- the tungsten carbide die can punch 1,200,000 times with the conventional varnish coating, but only 120,000 times with the conventional chromic acid compound coating, provided that the burr height should be less than 50 microns. -On the other hand, with the coating of the present invention, the burr height did not exceed 20 microns even after 2,400,000 times of punching, by using the same test sheets and the same coating materials.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate the conditions of the male and female die edges P, Q before and after repeated punching operations with the aforesaid coatings (A) and (B), respectively.
- the tungsten carbide die was worn to a considerable extent by 200,000 punchings; namely a wear of about 0.015 mm. in the horizontal direction, as shown by X and X in FIG. 4, and about 0.05 mm. in the vertical direction, as shown by Y and Y in FIG. 4.
- the coating of the present invention only slight wear of ordinarily experienced arcuate shape was noticed after 2,400,000 punchings.
- test results with the steel die prove that the lubricating effects of the coating of the present invention is superior to that of the conventional coating of chromic acid compounds and the coating of varnish alone.
- the test results with the tungsten carbide die show that the second layer of varnish covering the first layer of chromic acid compounds, in the coating of the present invention, acts to prevent the die from directly contacting the first layer.
- EXAMPLE 2 A solution was prepared by adding 1.2 litres of glycerine and 0.7 kg. of chromic anhydride in 100 litres of a 115% solution of magnesium chromate. A first layer of 1.8 micron thickness was formed by uniformly applying the solution thus prepared by a pair of grooved rubber rolls on the test steel sheets of Example 1, and drying the solution at 220 C. for 50 seconds in an electric furnace. The first layer was then cooled.
- An amino resin varnish was diluted by a suitable thinner, until its viscosity as measured by Ford Cup No. 4 became 12 seconds.
- the diluted varnish was applied on the first layer by a reverse type roll coater in a thickness of 0.3 micron, and then baked at 320 C. for 70 seconds in a hot air furnace.
- test steel sheets with the coating thus formed were punched by a steel die with a 15 micron punch-to-die clearance, so as to produce disks of mm. dia.
- the burr height was 50 microns after 950,000 times of punching.
- EXAMPLE 3 A solution, which consisted of 100 litres of 20% solution of zinc bichromate and 1.5 litres of glycerine, was uniformly applied to the test steel sheets of Example 1 by a pair of grooved rubber rolls, and then dried at 300 C. for 30 seconds in an electric furnace, to produce a first layer of 1.1 micron thickness. The first layer was cooled.
- a terephthalate resin varnish was diluted by adding a suitable thinner, until its viscosity as measured by Ford Cup No. 4 became 20 seconds.
- the diluted varnish was applied to the first layer in a thickness of 0.8 micron by a pair of grooved rubber rolls, and then baked at 400 C. for 60 seconds in a hot air furnace.
- test steel sheets with such coating of the invention were punched by a tungsten carbide die with a punch-todie clearance of 12.5 microns.
- the burr height was microns after 2,800,000 times of punching.
- the coating of the present invention provides special lubricating etfects to greatly improve the punchability of electrical core sheets. Furthermore, the coating presents excellent insulation.
- the interlaminar resistance of the electrical core sheets of the invention as determined by the second method of 118-02550 (Japanese Industrial Standard) proved to be to 60 ohm-cmF/layer, which was comparable with the corresponding resistance of conventional electrical core sheets.
- the laminated edge was welded by the T IG welding. Excellent weld beads free from blowholes were obtained.
- the steel sheets thus welded were annealed at 750 C. for
- the excellent heat-resistivity of the coating of the present invention seems to be due to the fact that the first layer of chromic acid compounds is thicker than the second layer of varnish, and the very thin second layer of varnish acts to prevent the eifects of heat decomposition of varnish from spreading beyond the thin layer itself, while maintaining the first and the second layers as an integral coating.
- the present invention there is provided a method for improving the punchability of steel sheets, especially electrical core sheets, while ensuring the necessary mechanical and electromagnetic characteristics.
- the coating of the present invention also has outstanding heat-resistivity to withstand welding and various other heat treatments.
- the coating of the invention reduces the wear and tear of punching tools, so as to improve the service life of such tools. It is also an important deature of the invention that such improvement of the punchability can be achieved independent of the inevitable dispersion of the punch-to-die clearance or the increase of the clearance. Thus, the invention does not require any extra care for mounting the punching tools.
- the present invention contributes greatly to the improvement of punchability of steel sheets and the etficiency of the punching operation.
- a method of improving the punchability of electrical steel sheets by applying a coating on each steel sheet comprising the steps of forming a first layer of 0.5 micron to 2.5 micron thickness on the steel sheet by applying a solution containing atleast one compound selected from the group consisting of chromic, acid, chromates, and bichromates, overlaying a second layer of 0.1 micron to 2.5 micron thickness on the first layer, said second layer consisting of varnish, and baking the layers at 250 C. to 600 C. so as to reduce at least a part of six valent chromium ions in the first layer to thereby suppress the anti-punching properties of the six valent ions.
- said first layer contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of magnesium chromate, magnesium bichromate, zinc chromate, zinc bichromate, calcium chromate, calcium bichromate, and chromic acid.
- said first layer further contains a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, glycerine, saccharose, and grape sugar.
- a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, glycerine, saccharose, and grape sugar.
- said second layer consists of varnish containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of phenol resins, amino resins, epoxide resins, silicon resins, polyamide resins, acrylic resins, melamine resins, polyester resins, vinyl resins, and cumarone resins.
- a method of making punched electrical steel core elements comprising the steps of forming a first layer of 0.5 micron to 2.5 micron thickness on a steel sheet by applying a solution containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of chromic acid, chro- References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,777,785 1/1957 Schuster -1486.2
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