Patent Publication Number: US-11034133-B2

Title: Metal composite wire

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority of Chinese Application No. 201910449498.2 filed May 28, 2019, the contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this application. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Technical Field 
     The present invention relates to a metal composite wire, and particularly relates to a metal composite wire for a cable conductor and a cable shielding braiding layer. 
     Related Art 
     At present, for a traditional metal composite wire, a copper strip is directly cladded on an aluminum rod or aluminum-magnesium alloy rod used as a core rod, argon arc welding is used to weld copper strip joints, and then, the wire with a required wire diameter is formed through multi-time drawing. It is well known that the mechanical properties of copper and aluminum are quite different, the copper strip and a core wire cannot reach a tight metallurgical bonding degree even after multi-time drawing at an area reduction ratio exceeding 80%. Additionally, in order to smoothly draw for many times, the copper strip needs to have a sufficient thickness. In general, the weight of copper accounts for more than 75% of the composite wire, but in such a way, copper consumption is increased, so that the production cost is increased, and the competitiveness of products is reduced. 
     SUMMARY 
     The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a metal composite wire capable of increasing a tightness degree of copper-aluminum bonding. 
     In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention adopts the technical solution that a metal composite wire includes a metal core rod; continuous spiral grooves are formed in a surface of the core rod; the core rod is cladded with a metal cladding layer with higher electrical conductivity than the core rod; an average depth of the continuous spiral grooves ≤1/10 (10%) of a thickness of the metal cladding layer; and
         by setting the thickness of the metal cladding layer as t 1 , a specific gravity of the metal cladding layer as ρ 1 , a diameter of the core rod as R, the average depth of the continuous spiral grooves as h, and a specific gravity of the core rod as ρ 2 ,       

     
       
         
           
             
               
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     As a preferred scheme, in the metal composite wire, the average depth of the continuous spiral grooves is controlled between 1% to 2/25 (1 to 8%) of the thickness of the metal cladding layer. 
     As a preferred scheme, in the metal composite wire, the core rod is an aluminum alloy rod. Through being metered in percentage by mass, the aluminum alloy rod contains 0.02 to 0.1% of silicon, 1.15 to 1.26% of iron, 0.18 to 0.24% of copper, 0.01 to 0.03% of titanium, ≤0.0025% of magnesium, ≤0.15% of all impurity elements (≤0.01% of each single impurity element), and the balance aluminum. 
     As a preferred scheme, in the metal composite wire, a content of the magnesium in the aluminum alloy rod is between 0.0015 to 0.0025%. 
     As a preferred scheme, in the metal composite wire, the impurity elements include manganese, zinc, nickel, and chromium. 
     As a preferred scheme, in the metal composite wire, through being metered in percentage by mass, a content of a manganese element ≤0.006%, a content of a zinc element ≤0.008%, a content of a nickel element ≤0.006%, and a content of a chromium element ≤0.002%. 
     As a preferred scheme, in the metal composite wire, the metal cladding layer is an oxygen-free copper layer, a low-oxygen copper layer, or a copper alloy layer. 
     The present invention has the beneficial effects that through formation of the continuous spiral grooves in the surface of the core rod and by controlling the relationship between the depth of the continuous spiral grooves and the thickness of the metal cladding layer, the bonding of the metal cladding layer and the aluminum is tighter, and the drawing of the formed composite wire material is smoother. Additionally, when the metal composite wire is drawn to a fine wire diameter, the grooves are negligible, so that the whole wire is round. Meanwhile, through such a microstructure, the finally obtained composite wire is enabled to acquire good high-frequency signal conduction performance and electric power transmission function, and consumption of the metal cladding layer is more proper (controlled between 20 to 70%), so that the cost is reduced. Additionally, the present invention further improves the conduction performance and tensile strength of the finally formed composite wire by using aluminum alloy as the core rod and controlling the contents of trace elements and impurity elements in the core rod. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic sectional structure diagram of a metal composite wire of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     Reference numerals in  FIG. 1  are as follows:  1  denotes an aluminum alloy core rod;  11  denotes a continuous spiral groove; and  2  denotes an oxygen-free copper layer. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     A specific implementation of a metal composite wire of the present invention will be described in detail by taking a copper-clad aluminum alloy as an example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings below. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the metal composite wire of the present invention includes an aluminum alloy core rod  1 . Continuous spiral grooves  11  are formed in a surface of the aluminum alloy core rod  1 . The aluminum alloy core rod  1  is cladded with an oxygen-free copper layer 2 serving as a metal cladding layer with higher electrical conductivity than the aluminum alloy core rod  1 . An average depth of the continuous spiral grooves  11 ≤ 1/10 (10%) of a thickness of the oxygen-free copper layer 2, and is preferably controlled between 1 to8%. 
     By setting the thickness of the oxygen-free copper layer 2 as t 1 , a specific gravity of the oxygen-free copper layer as pi, a diameter of the aluminum alloy core rod  1  as R, the average depth of the continuous spiral grooves  11  as h, and a specific gravity of the aluminum alloy core rod  1  as ρ 2 , 
     
       
         
           
             
               
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     Through being metered in percentage by mass, the aluminum alloy core rod  1  contains 0.02 to 0.1% of silicon, 1.15 to 1.26% of iron, 0.18 to 0.24% of copper, 0.01 to 0.03% of titanium, 0.0015 to 0.0025% of magnesium, ≤0.15% of all impurity elements (≤0.01% of each single impurity element), and the balance aluminum. 
     During practical application, the impurity elements generally include manganese, zinc, nickel and chromium. A content of a manganese element ≤0.006%, a content of a zinc element ≤0.008%, a content of a nickel element ≤0.006%, and a content of a chromium element ≤0.002%. The metal cladding layer further may be a low-oxygen copper layer or a copper alloy layer. 
     The tensile strength, elongation and electrical resistivity of the aluminum alloy core rod  1  are shown in the tables below: 
     
       
         
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
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                 1 
                 8C93002703 
                 1 
                 2166 
                 145 
                 17 
                 29.14 
               
               
                 2 
                 8C93002704 
                 1 
                 2260 
                 145 
                 19 
                 29.31 
               
               
                 3 
                 8C93002705 
                 1 
                 2248 
                 145 
                 19 
                 29.31 
               
               
                 4 
                 8C93002706 
                 1 
                 2270 
                 145 
                 19 
                 29.31 
               
               
                 5 
                 8C93002707 
                 1 
                 2284 
                 143 
                 20 
                 29.30 
               
               
                 6 
                 8C93002708 
                 1 
                 2268 
                 143 
                 20 
                 29.30 
               
               
                 7 
                 8C93002709 
                 1 
                 2124 
                 148 
                 18 
                 29.39 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
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     Through the above tables, the performance of the aluminum alloy core rod  1  completely reaches the requirements for manufacturing the composite wires such as the copper-clad aluminum alloy. 
     The foregoing descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to shapes, structures, features and spirits described in the scope of the claims of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.