Aluminum Company of America

Alcoa Inc.

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Arconic Corporation

Shawn J Murtha

Jen C Lin

Rajeev G Kamat

Yasushi Maeda

Masahiro Yanagawa

Narikazu Hashimoto

Kuniaki Matsui

Kwansoo Chung

Daniel J Lege

Shigeo Hattori

John C Brem

Frederic Barlat

Ralph R Sawtell

Roberto J Rioja

John Newman

Gary H Bray

James Daniel Bryant

Shawn Patrick Sullivan

David J McNeish

Darl G Boysel

Gino Norman Iasella

Mario Greco

Brett P Connor

Yasuhiro Hayashida

William D Bennon

Michael V Glazoff

Vadim S Zolotorevsky

Yasuhiro Havashida

Rolf B Erickson

Nicholas A Belov

New magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies generally include 3.0-6.0 wt. % magnesium and 2.5-5.0 wt. % zinc, where at least one of the magnesium and the zinc is the predominate alloying element of the aluminum alloy bodies other than aluminum, and wherein (wt. % Mg)/(wt. % Zn) is from 0.6 to 2.40, and may be produced by preparing the aluminum alloy body for post-solutionizing cold work, cold working by at least 25%, and then thermally treating. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies may realize improved strength and other properties.

Heat treatable aluminum alloys having magnesium and zinc

Heat treatable aluminum alloys having magnesium and zinc and methods for producing the same

A method for producing a heat treated aluminum alloy product in a shortened period of time, the method comprising: (a) providing a heat treatable aluminum alloy; (b) working the heat treatable aluminum alloy at a solutionizing temperature to form a product; (c) first stage cooling the product to a critical temperature at which precipitation of second phase particles of the heat treatable aluminum alloy is negligible, wherein the first stage cooling comprises a first stage cooling rate from about 15&#xb0; F. per second to about 100&#xb0; F. per second; (d) second stage cooling the product to ambient temperature; (e) heating the product to an artificial aging temperature; and (f) artificially aging the product at the artificial aging temperature for a predetermined artificial aging time to form the heat treated aluminum alloy product.

Method for shortening production time of heat treated aluminum alloys

There is claimed an Al&mdash;Ni&mdash;Mn based alloy for die casting, squeeze casting, permanent mold casting, sand casting and/or semi-solid metal forming. The composition of this alloy includes, by weight percent: about 2-6% Ni, about 1-3% Mn, less than about 1% Fe, less than about 1% Si, the balance Al, incidental elements and impurities. It is suitable for aerospace and automotive cast parts.

Al-Ni-Mn casting alloy for automotive and aerospace structural components

An Al&mdash;Mg based alloy sheet product in which the crystallographic texture exhibits a ratio of the volume fraction of grains in the S orientation &lcub;123&rcub;<634> to the volume fraction of grains in the CUBE orientation &lcub;100&rcub;<001> (S/Cube) being 1 or more, and is comprised of grains with a volume fraction of about 10% or less in the GOSS orientation &lcub;110&rcub;<001>, wherein the grain size is in a range of about 20 to 100 &mgr;m demonstrates good formability.

A1-mg based alloy sheets with good press formability

Al-Mg based alloy sheets with good press formability

A process for fabricating an aluminum alloy rolled sheet particularly suitable for use for an automotive body, the process comprising: (a) providing a body of an alloy comprising: about 0.8 to about 1.5 wt. % silicon, about 0.15 to about 0.65 wt. % magnesium, about 0.00 to about 0.1 wt. % copper, about 0.01 to about 0.1 wt. % manganese, about 0.05 to about 0.3 wt. % iron; and the balance being substantially aluminum and incidental elements and impurities; (b) working the body to produce a the sheet; (c) solution heat treating the sheet; and (d) rapidly quenching the sheet. In a preferred embodiment, the solution heat treat is preformed at a temperature greater than 460.degree. C. and the sheet is quenched by a water spray. The resulting sheet has an improved combination of formability, strength and corrosion resistance.

Corrosion resistant aluminum alloy rolled sheet

By careful control of composition and processing, Al--Mg based alloy sheets with preferred grain sizes and crystallographic textures that result in good press formability are disclosed. The Al--Mg alloy preferably contains 2-6 wt % Mg, and at least 0.03 wt % of at least one element selected from Fe, Mn, Cr, Zr, and Cu. The crystallographic texture is comprised of grains with a volume fraction in a range of about 5% to 20% in the CUBE orientation {100} &lt;001&gt;, a volume fraction in a range of about 1% to 5% in the GOSS orientation {110} &lt;001&gt;, a volume fraction in a range of about 1% to 10% in each of the BRASS orientation {110} &lt;112&gt;, S orientation {123} &lt;634&gt;, and COPPER orientation {112} &lt;111&gt;, wherein the grain size is in a range of about 20 to 70 .mu.m.

Al--Mg based alloy sheets with good press formability

A process for fabricating an aluminum alloy rolled sheet particularly suitable for use for an automotive body, the process comprising: (a) providing a body of an alloy comprising about 0.8 to about 1.3 wt. % silicon, about 0.2 to about 0.6 wt. % magnesium, about 0.5 to about 1.8 wt. % copper, about 0.01 to about 0.1 wt. % manganese, about 0.01 to about 0.2 wt. % iron, the balance being substantially aluminum and incidental elements and impurities: (b) working the body to produce a sheet; (c) solution heat treating the sheet; and (d) rapidly quenching the sheet. In a preferred embodiment, the solution heat treat is performed at a temperature greater than 840.degree. F. and the sheet is rapidly quenched. The resulting sheet has an improved combination of excellent formability and good strength.

Highly formable aluminum alloy rolled sheet

A process for fabricating an aluminum alloy rolled sheet particularly suitable for use for an automotive body, the process comprising: (a) providing a body of an alloy comprising: about 0.8 to about 1.5 wt. % silicon, about 0.2 to about 0.65 wt. % magnesium, about 0.02 to about 0.1 wt. % copper, about 0.01 to about 0.1 wt. % manganese, about 0.05 to about 0.2 wt. % iron; and the balance being substantially aluminum and incidental elements and impurities; (b) working the body to produce a the sheet; (c) solution heat treating the sheet; and (d) rapidly quenching the sheet. In a preferred embodiment, the solution heat treat is preformed at a temperature greater than 860.degree. F. and the sheet is quenched by a water spray. The resulting sheet has an improved combination of formability, strength and corrosion resistance.

An improved high strength aluminum alloy product having good combinations of strength, toughness, corrosion resistance and the ability to be subjected in sheet or strip form to roll forming or shaping operations to produce elongate stringer or other aerospace structural reinforcing members. The alloy consists essentially of about 7.6 to 8.4% zinc, about 1.8 to 2.2% magnesium, about 2 to 2.6% copper and at least one element selected from zirconium, vanadium and hafnium present in a total amount not exceeding about 0.5%, preferably about 0.05 to 0.25% zirconium, the balance aluminum and incidental elements and impurities. The improved strip is preferably produced by homogenizing, hot rolling and thermally treating or annealing at about 750.degree. to 850.degree. F., preferably around 800.degree. F., followed by cold rolling to a reduction in thickness of between about 20 and 50 or 60%, preferably in the neighborhood of about 25 to 35% which, in turn, is followed by a two-stage thermal annealing treatment including heating, preferably within about 650.degree. to about 700.degree. F. followed by controlled cooling or ramping down to one or more temperatures within preferably around 425.degree. to 475.degree. F. The sheet or strip so produced can be taper rolled to vary the thickness along the length of the strip which, following such taper rolling, if employed, is preferably solution heat treated and quenched, straightened, roll shaped in a plurality of roll shaping operations to produce a structural shape cross section which is then artificially aged to develop the desired properties for the aerospace application.

Aluminum alloy product having good combinations of mechanical and

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