The present invention relates to the technical field of wires and cables and particularly relates to a method for making a tinned
copper clad aluminum wire. The method comprises the steps of (1) making a
rare earth aluminum
alloy aluminum rod, melting 99.95% fine aluminum through a double-frequency furnace, adding a
rare earth alloy component, and carrying out pulling to form an aluminum rod with the
diameter of 8.6mm, (2) carrying out
copper belt cladding, cladding the aluminum rod with the
diameter of 8.6mm by a high pure
copper belt with the corresponding thickness and width in the step (1) through a cladding
machine, overmoding and pulling the cladded aluminum rod through a pulling
machine to the
diameter of 2.05mm, (3) carrying out drawing and
tinning, carrying out middle pulling firstly, finally carrying out annealing
tinning, and carrying out hot-dip type overmode
tinning with the accuracy requirement of + / -0.001 of a tinning mold. The method has the
advantage of simple structure, copper and aluminum composite and
rare earth aluminum
alloy materials are employed, the advantages of the
high conductivity of copper and the small density of aluminum are fully played, and the purpose of replacing a pure
copper wire is achieved.