Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke Ag

Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft

Heinz J Althoff

Heinz Lommel

This invention relates to a wrought aluminum alloy, to its use for making semifinished and finished products and to processes of improving the properties, particularly the strength properties, of semifinished and finished products made of that alloy. A wrought aluminum alloy is proposed which contains 1.15 to 2.0% manganese, more than 1.0 and up to 2.0% silicon, 0.25 to 0.65% magnesium, 0.2 to 1.0% iron, not in excess of 0.3% copper, not in excess of 0.2% zinc, not in excess of 0.1% zirconium, not in excess of 0.1% titanium, balance aluminum and other impurities in a total not in excess of 0.2%. In FIG. 1, the ultimate tensile stresses which can be obtained with three different combinations of cooling rate and subsequent final cold reduction are plotted as a function of the magnesium content, the prior art being represented by magnesium contents of 0.2% and less.

Alloy and process for manufacturing rolled strip from an aluminum alloy

This invention relates to a wrought aluminum alloy, to its use for making semifinished and finished products and to processes of improving the properties, particularly the strength properties, of semifinished and finished products made of that alloy. The efforts to improve the properties of aluminum alloys are often successful but restrict the field of application of the material; this is undesirable in view of the need to save raw materials and energy. For this reason a wrought aluminum alloy is desired which has a very wide field of application and which can be made to have properties in a wide range, possibly as a result of a processing under different conditions. The manufacture and recycling of such alloy should not involve special difficulties and the alloy should require only unproblematic alloying elements which are conventionally used with aluminum. Specifically, the desired alloy should be suitable for the manufacture of cans for beverages (can bodies and covers) and for the manufacture of semifinished products which can be soldered and enameled.

This invention relates to a wrought aluminum alloy, to its use for making semifinished and finished products and to processes of improving the properties, particularly the strength properties, of semifinished and finished products made of that alloy. A wrought aluminum alloy is proposed which contains 1.15 to 2.0% manganese, more than 1.0 and up to 2.0% silicon, 0.25 to 0.65% magnesium, 0.2 to 1.0% iron, not in excess of 0.3% copper, not in excess of 0.2% zinc, not in excess of 0.1% zirconium, not in excess of 0.1% titanium, balance aluminum and other impurities in a total not in excess of 0.2%.

An Al-Mn alloy which can be brazed and enamelled, has a high resistance to corrosion and in a completely recrystallized state has an ultimate tensile stress of at least 150 N/mm.sup.2 ; a process for producing such an Al-Mn alloy by forming a melt comprising 0.8 to 2 weight percent manganese, 1.40 to 3 weight percent silicon, 0.2 to 1 weight percent iron, 0 to 0.2 weight percent copper, 0 to 0.2 weight percent magnesium, balance aluminum and in a total up to 0.2 by weight inevitable impurities which are due to the manufacture, casting said melt to form an ingot, annealing said ingot to 400.degree. to 620.degree. C. for 2 to 20 hours, hot-rolling and cold-rolling said ingot to final dimensions of the semifinished product, and subsequently annealing the semifinished product at a temperature above 450.degree. C.

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Heinz J Althoff