Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho

Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.

Takehito Kobayashi

Noriyuki Ueno

Yasushi Iwata

Jun Yaokawa

Kaoru Sugita

Hiroaki Iwahori

Yoshio Sugiyama

Norihiro Amano

Chihiro Asai

Kazuhiro Suzuki

Masahiro Yamada

Masayuki Hori

Keisuke Isomura

Ryuuichi Masuda

Shinya Mizuno

Takeshi Fujita

Mikio Kubota

Masayuki Isogawa

Katsuya Yoshida

Hajime Kawabata

A method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy forged material from a mixture containing an aluminum scrap, an aluminum virgin metal, and an additive element includes the following steps: a heating and melting step of heating and melting the mixture, a forging step of forging the mixture after heating and melting, and an aging treatment step of performing aging treatment on a material after the forging step under a condition that an aging temperature and an aging time are as follows: (aging temperature, aging time)=within a range of a region surrounded by (185, 4), (185, 7), (200, 1), and (200, −2/25x+8).

Method of manufacturing aluminum alloy forged material

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, capable of preventing a burning crack from occurring due to processing heat generated during plasticity processing while maintaining a solution-treatment temperature of an aluminum alloy material for ensuring a mechanical strength thereof. A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, includes a step of performing a solution treatment for an aluminum alloy material by heating and maintaining the aluminum alloy material at a solution-treatment temperature, a step of performing plasticity processing for the aluminum alloy material subjected to the solution treatment, and steps of cooling the plastically-processed aluminum alloy material at a time at which the step of the plasticity processing is completed, and aging the cooled aluminum alloy material. The method further includes pre-plasticity-processing cooling step of cooling the aluminum alloy material subjected to the solution treatment.

Method for manufacturing aluminum alloy plastically-processed article

A work is subjected to a heat treatment in a heat-treating furnace. First, the work is carried into the heat-treating furnace. The work in the heat-treating furnace is immersed in a heat source solvent. In the heat-treating furnace, a superheated steam atmosphere is formed. The work is exposed in the heat-treating furnace under the superheated steam atmosphere. Then, the work is carried out of the heat-treating furnace.

Heat treatment method, heat-treating furnace, and heat treatment system

A free casting method according to the present invention includes, a lead-out step for leading out molten metal from a lead-out area (P) provided in a source of supply, e.g. a surface level of the molten metal, to retain the molten metal temporarily by surface films (F) generated on an outer surface, and a forming step for obtaining a formed body by solidifying retained molten metal (MS) led out along a set passage (L) depending on a desired casting shape, wherein the retained molten metal is solidified after being formed into the desired casting shape by applying an external force thereto at positions between an unrestrained root portion of the retained molten metal in vicinity of the surface level of the molten metal and a solidification interface defined as a boundary between the retained molten metal and the formed body in the forming step.

Free casting method, free casting apparatus, and casting

An aluminum alloy billet obtained by continuously casting molten aluminum alloy in the shape of rod is cut into a predetermined length by means of a cutting device. The aluminum alloy billet thus cut is loaded into a product carrier container with an identification mark that has been made. The casting condition and inspection results of the aluminum alloy billet are stored in the storage unit of a production control device in association with the identification mark so as to stabilize the quality and production of the aluminum alloy billet used for machining materials.

Production system and production method of aluminum alloy billet, and aluminum alloy billet

A free casting method according to the present invention includes, a lead-out step for leading out molten metal from a lead-out area provided in a source of supply, e.g. a surface level of the molten metal, to retain the molten metal temporarily by surface films generated on an outer surface, and a forming step for obtaining a formed body by solidifying retained molten metal led out along a set passage depending on a desired casting shape, wherein the retained molten metal is solidified after being formed into the desired casting shape by applying an external force thereto at positions between an unrestrained root portion of the retained molten metal in vicinity of the surface level of the molten metal and a solidification interface defined as a boundary between the retained molten metal and the formed body in the forming step.

A hot-top is disclosed that continuously casts an ingot by pouring molten metal down into a cylindrical space in a continuous casting mold from a molten metal flow-down port. The inner shape of a flow-down port forming part corresponds to the inner shape of a cylindrical space forming part. The hot-top forms an annular groove about the molten metal flow-down port, and has a barrier between the annular groove and the flow-down port.

Hot-top for continuous casting and method of continuous casting

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Miyoshi, Japan

Takehito Kobayashi