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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Fabrice Heymes, Veyre-Monton, FR;
David Godard, Montreuil-Juigne, FR;
Timothy Warner, Voreppe, FR;
Julien Boselli, Grenoble, FR;
Raphaël Muzzolini, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sjoerd Van Der Veen, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Fabrice Heymes, Veyre-Monton, FR;
David Godard, Montreuil-Juigne, FR;
Timothy Warner, Voreppe, FR;
Julien Boselli, Grenoble, FR;
Raphaël Muzzolini, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sjoerd Van Der Veen, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Alcan Rhenalu, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention includes a process for manufacturing metal sheets or plates and a machined metal part as well as machined products, structural components and their uses in various applications. Manufacture of a metal sheet or plate by a process of the present invention comprises casting of a rolling ingot, optionally followed by homogenisation, one or more hot or cold rolling operations, optionally separated by one or more re-heating operations, to obtain a sheet, or plate and optionally one or more sheet or plate cutting or finishing operations. The sheet is pre-machined on one or both sides so as to obtain a pre-machined stock, and subjected to solution heat treatment, quenching treatment, and optionally, one or more of the following steps: controlled stretching, aging treatment, and/or cutting.