Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC

Michael Philbrook

Jack Franklin

Denise Brandt

Timothy Jackson

Dale Baumgartner

The disclosure relates to an aluminum alloy plate having a final thickness of 3 inch or more, and a method for manufacturing same. In the method, an aluminum alloy with a chemical composition of in weight percent: Mg 4.0 to 5.2, Mn 0.4 to 1.0, Zn≤0.3, Zr≤0.3, Cr≤0.3, Ti≤0.3, Fe<0.50, Si<0.45, Cu<0.25, other elements and unavoidable impurities each <0.05 total <0.20 balance aluminum, is cast, preheated and/or homogenized, hot rolled, cold rolled with a cold rolling reduction of 3 to 10%, and stretched directly after cold rolling with a permanent elongation of 0.7 to 5% in the direction of stretching.

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Ravenswood, WV, United States of America

Michael Philbrook