MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR RARE-EARTH MAGNET

摘要

Provided is a method for manufacturing a rare-earth magnet capable of manufacturing a rare-earth magnet with high degree of orientation by sufficient plastic deformation while suppressing cracks at the side faces of a compact that is plastic-deformed during the hot deformation processing. The method includes a step of preparing a compact S, preparing a plastic processing mold including a die D in which a cavity Ca is provided, and punches P that are slidable in the cavity Ca, the cavity Ca having a cross section that is larger in cross-sectional dimensions than a cross section of the compact S that is orthogonal to a pressing direction by the punches P; and a step of placing the compact S in the cavity Ca and performing hot deformation processing, thus manufacturing an orientational magnet C. Let that W1 denotes a length of a short side of the cross section of the cavity Ca and t1 denotes a length of a side of the cross section of the compact S that is placed in the cavity Ca, the side corresponding to the short side of the cavity Ca, t1/W1 is within a range of 0.55 to 0.85, and from some stage during the hot deformation processing, a part of the compact S is constrained at a side face of the cavity Ca so that deformation of the compact is suppressed, but another part of the compact is in a non-constraint state.

主权项

1. A method for manufacturing a rare-earth magnet, comprising:
a first step of press-forming powder as a rare-earth magnetic material to form a columnar compact; preparing a plastic processing mold including a die in which a cavity is provided to place the compact therein, and punches that are slidable in the cavity, the cavity having a cross section that is larger in cross-sectional dimensions than a cross section of the compact that is orthogonal to a pressing direction by the punches; and a second step of placing the compact in the cavity and sandwiching the compact with the punches vertically, and performing hot deformation processing to give magnetic anisotropy to the compact while directly pressing an upper face and a lower face of the compact with the punches vertically, thus manufacturing the rare-earth magnet that is an orientational magnet, wherein let that W1 denotes a length of a short side of the cross section of the cavity and t1 denotes a length of a side of the cross section of the compact that is placed in the cavity, the side corresponding to the short side of the cavity, t1/W1 is within a range of 0.55 to 0.85, and from some stage during the hot deformation processing at the second step, a part of the compact is constrained at a side face of the cavity so that deformation of the compact is suppressed, but another part of the compact is away from a side face of the cavity to be in a non-constraint state.