Abstract:
A tungsten-copper alloy part manufacturing method which minimizes residual pores existing in the alloy, obtains a very homogeneous structure of tungsten and copper, and improves thermal conductivity, ductility, tensile strength and fatigue strength by applying a tungsten-copper composite powder coated with fine tungsten particles to a powder injection process, thereby manufacturing a tungsten-copper alloy, and a heat sink, an electrode for discharge, an electric contact, and a liner for shaped charge warhead manufactured by the same are provided. A manufacturing method of a tungsten-copper alloy part comprises the steps of: milling a mixture of tungsten oxide(WO3 or WO2.9) powder and copper oxide(CuO or Cu2O) powder, holding the milled powder mixture in a temperature range of 200 to 400 deg.C under a reductive atmosphere for 1 minute to 5 hours, increasing temperature of the powder mixture again and holding the powder mixture in a temperature range of 500 to 700 deg.C for 1 minute to 5 hours, and increasing temperature of the powder mixture again and subjecting the powder mixture to reduction heat treatment in a temperature range of 750 to 1080 deg.C for 1 minute to 5 hours to prepare a tungsten-copper composite powder with a structure in which tungsten covers copper powder; mixing 30 to 70 vol.% of a binder with the prepared tungsten-copper composite powder as a raw material to manufacture an injection moldable mixture; injection molding the mixture into a molded body by a mold with a desired shape such as a heat sink or a liner for shaped charge warhead; dissolving the binder mixed with the injection molded body using a solvent and heating the dissolved binder to burn the binder, or directly heating the injection molded body to remove the binder mixed with the molded body; sintering the binder removed molded body at 1100 to 1400 deg.C in a hydrogen atmosphere or a hydrogen-containing reductive atmosphere to densify the density of a sintered body as much as 95% or more as compared with a theoretic density; and hot isostatic pressing the densified sintered body at 500 to 1400 deg.C and 5 to 200 MPa for 1 minute to 10 hours to remove pores in the sintered body.
Abstract:
본 발명은 텅스텐-구리 복합재료의 치밀화 공정에 관한 것으로, 특히 구리의 스며나옴 현상을 억제하면서 텅스텐-구리 복합재료를 소결하는 방법에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 따른 소결법은 텅스텐-구리 복합분말 성형체를 구리의 고상 온도 또는 융점 직상의 온도에서 일정시간 유지하여 거의 완전한 치밀화를 유도하고, 구리의 액상형성온도에서 짧은 시간 소결하는 것을 포함한다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A tungsten-copper composite powder without production of intermediate such as CuWO4, a manufacturing method of tungsten coated tungsten-copper composite powder by introducing three-step reduction heat treatment, and an application of the tungsten coated tungsten-copper composite powder as powder injection molding purposes are provided. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises the steps of mixing and pulverizing tungsten oxide (WO3 or WO2.9) powder and cooper oxide (CuO or Cu2O) powder by tubular mixing or ball milling; and reducing the mixed and pulverized oxide powder in a hydrogen atmosphere or hydrogen contained reduction gas atmosphere, wherein tungsten and copper are mixed in a weight ratio of 10:90 to 90:10 in the tungsten-copper composite powder, wherein the tubular mixing or ball milling is performed for 1 minute to 50 hours, and wherein the reduction heat treatment step comprises the process of cooling the resulting oxide powder after holding the mixed and pulverized oxide powder in the temperature range of 200 to 400 deg.C for 1 minute to 5 hours, increasing temperature of the oxide powder so that the oxide powder is held in the temperature range of 500 to 700 deg.C for 1 minute to 5 hours, and again increasing temperature of the oxide powder so that the oxide powder is held in the temperature range of 750 to 1,080 deg.C for 1 minute to 5 hours.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for producing a copper liner having homogeneous ultrafine particles is provided to homogeneously and minutely produce ultrafine particles having 20-30 micrometers using a new forging process. CONSTITUTION: A method for producing a copper liner having homogeneous ultrafine particles is as follows. An extrusion material is produced by extruding a copper billet. A forged material is produced by cold-forging the extrusion material. The forged material is re-crystallized.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A penetrator material is provided, which can promote self sharpening of the penetrator capable of improving penetrating capability of a tungsten heavy alloy material by carrying out existing processes of sintering, heat treatment and cold rolling, and then adding second cold rolling process after resintering and reheating the cold rolled material, thereby making shapes of tungsten particles irregular. CONSTITUTION: The method for manufacturing a penetrator of tungsten heavy alloy in which penetrating capability is improved comprises the steps of resintering the cold rolled material at a temperature of 1400 to 1500 deg.C for 30 minutes to 8 hours after forming, sintering, heat treating and cold rolling tungsten heavy alloy powder; reheating step of water cooling the heated material after heating the resintered material at a temperature of 1000 to 1300 deg.C for 2 to 10 hours; second cold rolling the reheated material so that a cross section ratio of the material becomes 5 to 30%; and seasoning the cold rolled material at a temperature of 300 to 600 deg.C for 10 to 100 minutes, wherein the tungsten heavy alloy comprises 80 to 93 wt.% of tungsten and a balance of a mixture of one or more elements selected from Ni, Fe, Co, and Mn.
Abstract:
A fabrication method for a tungsten heavy alloy includes first fabricating a green compact or a sintered body composed of tungsten and other elements except manganese, then putting manganese thereon, and sintering the tungsten heavy alloy with manganese manganese, whereby the formation of pores, which occurs because manganese is oxidized by the deoxidation of oxides existing on the surface of powders of tungsten, nickel and iron is prevented, and a tungsten heavy alloy having a 100% non-theoretical density of 100% is obtained.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Alloy of tungsten(W) and copper(Cu) having functionally graded material(FGM) layers, metal material having the same and manufacturing method for alloy of W and Cu is provided to alleviate residual heat stress by using tungsten - copper alloy. CONSTITUTION: Tungsten - copper alloy(130) is made of tungsten and copper. A plurality of layers(131,132,133) has a different composition ratio of copper and tungsten. Copper powder coated with tungsten is sintered in which the tungsten is laminated according to the content of tungsten. The content of tungsten diminishes or increases successively.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a tungsten film coating method using tungsten oxide powders including the steps of contacting the tungsten oxide powders with a metal substrate and carrying out thermal reduction treatment thereon at a temperature of at least 650° C. under a hydrogen atmosphere just to coat the tungsten film on the metal substrate. Accordingly, the present invention enables to provide a simple method of coating a tungsten thin film on a metal substrate using the phenomenon of tungsten migration through vapor phase when thermal reduction treatment is carried out on tungsten oxide powders without using previous chemical or physical vapor depositions requiring expensive precision equipments or causing environmental pollution.
Abstract:
A sintering method for a W-Ni-Mn type heavy alloy, including controlling the deoxidization of tungsten and nickel under an inert atmosphere, changing to a hydrogen atmosphere at above a temperature at which manganese is deoxidized and simultaneously deoxidizing tungsten, nickel and manganese, and sintering by raising the temperature, resulting in the fabrication of a sintered heavy alloy having a 100% relative theoretical density.