Battelle Memorial Institute

Jens T Darsell

Scott A Whalen

Vineet V Joshi

Glenn J Grant

Curt A Lavender

Md Reza-E-Rabby

Aashish Rohatgi

Saumyadeep Jana

David Catalini

Brandon Scott Taysom

Mageshwari Komarasamy

William E Frazier, Iii

Kenneth Scott Weil

Darrell R Herling

Yeong-Shyung Matt Chou

Jung-Pyung Choi

Tianhao Wang

Xiao Li

Jeffrey W Stevenson

Curtis A Lavender

Nicole R Overman

A process for forming extruded products using a device having a scroll face configured to apply a rotational shearing force and an axial extrusion force to the same preselected location on material wherein a combination of the rotational shearing force and the axial extrusion force upon the same location cause a portion of the material to plasticize, flow and recombine in desired configurations. This process provides for a significant number of advantages and industrial applications, including but not limited to extruding tubes used for vehicle components with 50 to 100 percent greater ductility and energy absorption over conventional extrusion technologies, while dramatically reducing manufacturing costs.

Method for forming hollow profile non-circular extrusions using shear assisted processing and extrusion (ShAPE)

A shear assisted extrusion process for producing cladded materials wherein a cladding material and a material to be cladded are placed in sequence with the cladded material positioned to contact a rotating scroll face first and the material to be cladded second. The two materials are fed through a shear assisted extrusion device at a preselected feed rate and impacted by a rotating scroll face to generate a cladded extrusion product. This process allows for increased through wall strength and decreases the brittleness in formed structures as compared to the prior art.

Functionally graded coatings and claddings

A method for preparing a shear-assisted extruded material from a powder billet is provided, the method comprising providing a billet of material in substantially powder form; applying both axial and rotational pressure to the material to deform at least some of the contacted material; and extruding the material to form an extruded material. A method for preparing shear-assisted extruded material is provided, the method comprising applying both axial and rotational pressure to stock material to form an extruded material at a rate between 2 and 13 m/min. A method for preparing shear-assisted extruded material is provided. The method comprises applying both axial and rotational pressure to stock material to form an extruded material; and aging the extruded material for less than 3 hours. A method for preparing shear-assisted extruded material is provided. The method comprises providing a stock material for shear-assisted extrusion; and applying both axial and rotational force to the stock material to form an extruded material, wherein the axial force does not decrease during the extrusion.

High speed shear-assisted extrusion

Devices and methods for performing shear-assisted extrusion processes for forming extrusions of a desired composition from a feedstock material are provided. The processes can use a device having a scroll face having an inner diameter portion bounded by an outer diameter portion, and a member extending from the inner diameter portion beyond a surface of the outer diameter portion. Extrusion feedstocks and extrusion processes are provided for forming extrusions of a desired composition from a feedstock. The processes can include providing a feedstock having at least two different materials and engaging the materials with one another within a feedstock container. Methods for preparing metal sheets are provided that can include preparing a metal tube via shear assisted processing and extrusion; opening the metal tube to form a sheet having a first thickness; and rolling the sheet to a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.

Devices and methods for performing shear-assisted extrusion, extrusion feedstocks, extrusion processes, and methods for preparing metal sheets

Extrusion processes for forming extrusions of a desired composition from a feedstock

Shear assisted extrusion process

Method for Forming Hollow Profile Non-Circular Extrusions Using Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE)

Reactive coating processes are provided that can include providing a coating material, reacting the coating material to form a shell about the coating material, contacting the shelled coating material with a substrate to be coated, depositing the coating material from within the shelled coating material on the substrate, and removing the shells from the substrate. Coating materials may be deposited upon a substrate to be coated and reacted to form a shell about the coating material. The coating materials can be particles and a shell can be formed about each of the individual particles.

Reactive coating processes

Devices and processes for performing shear-assisted extrusion include a rotatable extrusion die with a scroll face configured to draw plasticized material from an outer edge of a billet generally perpendicularly toward an extrusion orifice while the extrusion die assembly simultaneously applies a rotational shear and axial extrusion force to the billet.

System and process for formation of extrusion products

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West Richland, WA, United States of America

Jens T Darsell