WO2003102256A1 - Fil extremement fin en alliage a memoire de forme, materiau composite destine a la fabrication de ce fil et procede de production associe - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an ultrafine shape memory alloy wire, a composite material using the same, and a method for producing the same.
- CFRP carbon fiber reinforced plastic
- GFRP glass fiber reinforced plastic
- A1 aluminum
- the present invention relates to a wire made of a shape memory alloy of a martensite phase, in which an austenite phase and a martensite phase appear through a phase transformation temperature, at about 180 ° C. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wire which can be formed into a resin at a high molding temperature, and to provide a composite material made of a resin containing the wire and a method for producing the same.
- the present inventors have conducted intensive studies in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.
- the ultrafine wire having a diameter of 60 ⁇ m or less formed by cold drawing the wire of the shape memory alloy has a temperature of 180 ° C. or more. It has been found that the resin can be easily compounded even at a high molding temperature, and the present invention has been completed based on this finding.
- a shape memory alloy wire a composite material
- a method for producing a composite material described below is provided.
- a shape memory alloy wire having a diameter of 60 ⁇ or less and a reverse transformation end temperature of at least 250 ° C.
- a composite material comprising a fibrous substance and a resin, wherein the fibrous substance comprises the shape memory alloy wire according to any one of (1) to (3).
- the fibrous substance is selected from the group consisting of the shape memory alloy wire according to any one of the above (1) to (3), glass fiber and carbon fiber.
- a composite material comprising at least one selected fiber
- thermosetting resin precured product (8) The composite material according to the above (4) or (5), wherein the resin is a thermosetting resin of a thermosetting resin.
- thermosetting resin is made of an epoxy resin.
- the shape memory alloy wire is shrunk by heating to a temperature equal to or higher than the reverse transformation end temperature.
- a composite material that generates force is shrunk by heating to a temperature equal to or higher than the reverse transformation end temperature.
- thermosetting resin containing the shape memory alloy wire according to any one of the above (1) to (3) or a precured product thereof is inverted at a temperature equal to or higher than the reverse transformation start temperature of the shape memory alloy wire.
- a method for producing a composite material comprising: after thermosetting at a temperature lower than the transformation end temperature, heating at least a part of the shape memory alloy wire to the inverse transformation end temperature or higher.
- thermosetting resin or a precured product thereof contains at least one fiber selected from glass fibers and carbon fibers.
- the shape memory alloy (hereinafter, also simply referred to as an alloy) used in the present invention is an alloy of a martensite phase in which an austenite phase and a martensite phase appear through a phase transformation temperature.
- Such alloys include Ti Ni alloys. In this TiNi alloy, its Ni content is 49 to 52 atomic% (at%).
- the shape memory alloy wire of the present invention is an ultrafine alloy wire having a diameter of 60 ⁇ m or less formed by cold drawing the alloy wire, and the reverse transformation end temperature is at least 250 ° C. It is characterized by the following.
- the diameter (thickness) is usually 60 / m or less, preferably 50 ⁇ m or less, and the lower limit is not particularly limited, but is usually about 5 m.
- the reverse transformation start temperature (A s) of the alloy wire is usually 130 ° C. or more, preferably 132 ° C. or more, and the upper limit is usually about 140 ° C.
- the reverse transformation end temperature (A f) of the alloy wire is usually at least 250 ° C, preferably at least 260 ° C, and its upper limit is usually about 300 ° C.
- the alloy wire of the present invention has been subjected to cold drawing.
- the cold drawing in this case means that the alloy wire is drawn at a temperature of 0 to 30 ° C, preferably 0 to 20 ° C.
- the cold-drawing ratio in the present specification means a cross-sectional area reduction ratio of a drawn wire obtained by cold drawing an alloy wire, and is defined by the following equation.
- the cold drawing ratio is at least 20%, preferably 30% or more, and more preferably 35% or more.
- the upper limit is usually around 50%.
- As and Af of the alloy wire of the present invention can be controlled by the cold-drawing ratio, and as the cold-drawing ratio increases, As and Af also increase.
- Alloy wires that have been cold drawn according to the present invention retain a substantial amount of shrinkage strain (prestrain).
- This shrinkage strain is 2% or more, preferably 2.5% or more, and more preferably 3.5% or more, and its upper limit is usually about 4%.
- This shrinkage strain can be controlled by the drawing ratio when cold drawing the alloy wire.
- the alloy wire of the present invention Since the alloy wire of the present invention has been cold-drawn, In the phase state, its yield stress is very large. Therefore, a resin Z alloy wire composite material having increased strength and rigidity at low temperatures is provided.
- the martensite phase alloy wire of the present invention does not substantially shrink when heated at a temperature lower than the reverse transformation start temperature (A s), but does not substantially shrink when heated at a temperature higher than the reverse transformation end temperature (A f). Heating causes a phase change and turns into an austenitic alloy wire, causing shrinkage. Then, the alloy wire of the austenitic phase changes into a re- martensite phase when cooled to a low temperature.
- the As 'and Af' in the alloy wire converted to the low-temperature martensite phase are substantially the same as As and Af in the alloy wire before cold drawing.
- the temperature difference between As and Af is wide, the temperature difference is at least 130 ° C, preferably at least 150 ° C, and the upper limit is: Usually, it is about 200 ° C.
- the temperature difference is at least 130 ° C, preferably at least 150 ° C, and the upper limit is: Usually, it is about 200 ° C.
- the molding temperature is used as the molding temperature (compositing temperature).
- a molding temperature of about 30 to 100 ° C., preferably about 40 to 80 ° C., more preferably about 50 to 60 ° C. higher than the As temperature is used. It is advantageous to adopt it.
- Such a forming temperature is lower than the A f temperature of the alloy wire, and since the alloy wire is in a state between the martensite phase and the austenite phase, its shrinkage is low. is there. Therefore, the deformation ratio of the composite in which the alloy wire is composited with the resin is very small, and does not particularly hinder the usability of the composite.
- FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are graphs showing the measurement results of the change in shrinkage strain due to the reverse transformation of the d-i-50at% Ni wire with a cold drawing rate of 35%.
- Figure 1 50 ⁇ m diameter wire
- Figure 3 shows the measurement results of the change in shrinkage strain due to reverse transformation of a 35% cold drawn i-50 at% Ni wire (diameter 50 m) heat-treated at 130 ° C for 2 hours.
- Fig. 4 shows the measurement results of the change in shrinkage strain due to the reverse transformation of a 35% Ti—50at% Ni wire (diameter 5.0m), which was heat-treated at 180 at room temperature for 2 hours.
- Figures 5 and 6 show the experimental results of the crack suppression effect detected when the alloy wire disposed in the composite material was heated by energization.
- Figure 5 shows the change in shrinkage strain on the sample surface when a current is applied
- Figure 6 shows the temperature change on the sample surface when a current is applied.
- a s The temperature at which the reverse transformation from the martensite phase to the austenite phase occurs when the alloy wire is heated in the direction of arrow a.
- a f The temperature at which the reverse transformation from the martensite phase to the austenite phase occurs when the alloy wire is heated in the direction of arrow a.
- M s Transformation start temperature from austenite phase to martensite phase which occurs when alloy wire is cooled in the direction of arrow a
- M f Temperature at which transformation from austenite to martensite occurs when alloy wire is cooled in the direction of arrow a
- a s' The temperature at which the reverse transformation from the martensite phase to the austenite phase occurs when the alloy wire is heated in the direction of arrow b.
- a f ' The temperature at which the reverse transformation from the martensite phase to the austenite phase occurs when the alloy wire is heated in the direction of arrow b.
- its shrinkage strain is 3.5%, 3 is 133 £ €, and £ is 267 (Figure 1) ).
- the shrinkage strain is about 2.5%, and the reverse transformation temperature range is 197 ° C to 271 ° C. Four) . From this result, in the alloy wire-resin composite material formed at 180 ° C, the ultrafine wire still has a shrinkage strain of 2.5%. This is considered to provide a recovery stress of 25 OMPa or more.
- alloy wire of the present invention various alloy wire-resin composite materials can be obtained.
- the resin includes a thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin.
- Thermosetting examples of the resin include an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, a polyimide resin, a burester resin, an unsaturated polyester resin, a polyurethane resin, and a thermosetting prepolymer of a thermosetting resin (thermosetting prepolymer).
- the thermoplastic resin include a polyolefin resin, a fluorine-containing resin, a polyamide resin, a thermoplastic polyimide resin, a polyester resin, and a polycarbonate resin.
- the alloy wire used in the composite material of the present invention can be used in combination with a conventionally known fibrous substance, for example, glass fiber or carbon fiber.
- the composite material of the present invention can be an alloy wire, a thermosetting resin or a pre-cured product thereof (prepolymer), and a thermosetting resin material (Pre—impregnatnatiomnatearia1).
- the composite material can be in various shapes such as a sheet, a thread, a column, a rope, a block, and the like.
- thermosetting composite material is cured by heating it at a temperature lower than the A f of the alloy wire contained therein, usually at a temperature of less than 185 ° C, to cure the resin.
- a composite material containing an alloy wire therein can be obtained.
- the heating temperature is lower than the A f of the alloy wire, no large shrinkage of the alloy wire occurs. Therefore, when the alloy wire of the present invention is used, the use of the both-end fixing device which has been used for maintaining the pre-strain of the conventional alloy wire is not actually required.
- At least a part of the alloy wire is heated to a temperature higher than A f to thereby move the alloy wire from the martensite phase to the austenite.
- the phase can be changed into a phase to develop a contraction force.
- the composite material of the present invention can be a material formed by embedding an alloy wire in a thermosetting resin, heating the alloy wire at a temperature lower than A f, and curing the resin.
- the resin can be in a liquid or powder form.
- the resin may contain a fibrous substance such as glass fiber or carbon fiber.
- the composite material of the present invention heat-melts a thermoplastic resin that melts at a temperature lower than A f of the alloy wire, It can be a material formed by disposing an alloy wire and then cooling and solidifying it.
- the alloy wire of the martensite phase which has been subjected to cold drawing and contained in the composite material of the present invention does not return its As and Af to normal unless it is once transformed back into the austenitic phase. Therefore, in order to obtain the shape recovery force of the composite material, it is necessary to heat the alloy wire in the composite material once to a temperature equal to or higher than A f.
- the heating of the alloy wire contained in the composite material can be advantageously performed by passing a current for a short time through a part or all of the alloy wire and then interrupting the current supply.
- the energizing time is set to 1 to 60 seconds, preferably about 1 to 20 seconds.
- a 50% T i 50 at% Ni wire (diameter 50 / zm) with a cold-drawing rate of 35% produced by drawing at a temperature of 15 ° C is kept at 180 ° C for 2 hours.
- CFRE epoxy resin
- the molding condition of CFRE is 2 hours at 180 ° C, so the cold-drawn alloy wire is kept at 180 ° C for 2 hours, and the resulting wire is shrunk.
- the changes of strain and reverse transformation temperature range were measured.
- Figure 4 shows the results. From Fig. 4, it was found that the cold-drawn wire retained 2.5% shrinkage strain even after heat treatment at 180 ° C for 2 hours. According to this 2.5% shrinkage strain, a shape recovery stress of 25 OMPa or more can be obtained.
- Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 show the experimental results of the crack suppression effect detected when conducting electric current to the alloy wire in the fabricated composite material. Figure 5 shows the change in shrinkage and strain on the sample surface when a current is applied, and Figure 6 shows the temperature change on the sample surface when a current is applied.
- a shape memory alloy wire which is advantageously applied to a resin having a high molding temperature of about 180 ° C., particularly, a glass fiber reinforced resin or a carbon fiber reinforced resin.
- a resin having a high molding temperature of about 180 ° C. particularly, a glass fiber reinforced resin or a carbon fiber reinforced resin.
- an alloy wire / resin composite material can be easily obtained without using a wire-end fixing device for maintaining prestrain. Since the alloy wire of the present invention has an extremely small diameter of 60 ⁇ or less, it can be handled in the same manner as conventional carbon fibers and glass fibers. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a pre-preda composite material in which an alloy wire is contained in a thermosetting resin.
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| US10/516,617 US20060099418A1 (en) | 2002-06-04 | 2003-06-04 | Extremely fine shape memory alloy wire, composite material thereof and process for producing the same |
| EP03736030A EP1516936A4 (en) | 2002-06-04 | 2003-06-04 | A VERY FINE WIRE OF MOLDED ALLOY ALLOY, COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING IT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME |
| AU2003242038A AU2003242038A1 (en) | 2002-06-04 | 2003-06-04 | Extremely fine shape memory alloy wire, composite material thereof and process for producing the same |
| JP2004510490A JP4168151B2 (ja) | 2002-06-04 | 2003-06-04 | 極細形状記憶合金ワイヤ、それを用いた複合材料とその製造方法 |
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