METHOD OF SOLDERING HEAT RESISTING ALLOY HAVING INSULATING OXIDE FILM ON ITS SURFACE, AND PREHEATED TYPE EXHAUST GAS CLEANING METAL SUPPORT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

摘要

This invention aims at manufacturing a metal support capable of activating a catalyst in a short period of time, and, especially, a method of combining an insulating film-carrying heat resisting alloy having an insulating film consisting mainly of alumina with a heat resisting alloy by arranging a forcibly reducing metal capable of thermodynamically reducing alumina and a solder-laminated bond so that the forcibly reducing metal is in contact with the insulating film-carrying heat resisting alloy, and soldering these metals to each other by heating the same in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. Consequently, only the portions that are to form conductive passages in a honeycomb structure can be combined, and heat resisting metals having insulating oxide films on the surfaces thereof firmly so that they have conductivity. A preheated type metal support capable of being heated at a limited surface layer portion on its exhaust gas inlet side and having excellent cleaning performance can be provided by using this soldering method.