ECAE MATERIALS FOR HIGH STRENGTH ALUMINUM ALLOYS

• Main Authors: RUGGIERO, Marc, D, STROTHERS, Susan, D, UNDERWOOD, Patrick, K, MEYER, Wayne, D, ALFORD, Frank, C, FERRASSE, Stephane
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.05.2020
• Subjects: ALLOYS; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKINGWITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS ANDNON-FERROUS ALLOYS; CHEMISTRY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES,OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

Disclosed herein is a method of forming a high strength aluminum alloy. The method comprises heating an aluminum material to a solutionizing temperature for a solutionizing time such that the magnesium and zinc are dispersed throughout the extruded aluminum material to form a solutionized aluminum material. The method includes quenching the solutionized aluminum material to form a quenched aluminum material. The method also includes aging the quenched aluminum material to form an aluminum alloy, then subjecting the aluminum alloy to an ECAE process to form a high strength aluminum alloy.