Constellium France

Constellium Issoire

Guillaume Bes

Olivier Ribaud

Robert Rey-Flandrin

Stephane Vernede

Rey-Flandrin Robert

Stéphane Vernede

A casting process for an aluminum alloy containing at least about 0.1% of Mg and/or at least about 0.1% of Li in which a liquid surface of the alloy is put into contact with a dried gas including at least about 2% of oxygen by volume and with a water partial pressure lower than about 150 Pa throughout most of the solidification process is described. The process makes it possible to cast most oxidable aluminum alloys, in particular aluminum alloys containing magnesium and/or lithium, without using additives such as beryllium and/or calcium and without using expensive devices and/or gases, to obtain cast ingots generally free from surface defects and pollution, in complete safety.

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Moirans, France

Guillaume Bes