Novelis, Inc.

Cedric Wu

Rahul Vilas Kulkarni

Theresa Elizabeth Macfarlane

Rajeev G Kamat

Samuel Robert Wagstaff

Rodger Brown

Duane E Bendzinski

Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty

Tudor Piroteala

David Leyvraz

Rajasekhar Talla

Stephen Buckingham

Julie Richard

Yudie Yuan

Peter Lloyd Redmond

Julio Malpica

Alp Manavbasi

Liangliang Li

Yi Wang

Kurt Sekinger

Luis Fanor Vega

Michele Edith Berner

Emanuel Beck

Todd Summe

Described herein are methods of processing heat treatable aluminum alloys using an accelerated aging step, along with aluminum alloy products prepared according to the methods. The methods of processing the heat treatable alloys described herein provide a more efficient method for producing aluminum alloy products having the desired strength and formability properties. For example, conventional methods of processing alloys can require 24 hours of aging. The methods described herein, however, substantially reduce the aging time, often requiring eight hours or less of aging time.

Rapidly aged, high strength, heat treatable aluminum alloy products and methods of making the same

Systems and methods of hot forming a metal blank include receiving the metal blank at a heater and positioning the blank adjacent a magnetic rotor of the heater. The systems and methods also include heating the metal blank through the magnetic rotor by rotating the magnetic rotor. Rotating the magnetic rotor induces a magnetic field into the metal blank such that the metal blank is heated.

Rapid heating of sheet metal blanks for stamping

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Cedric Wu