METHODS OF MAKING HIGHLY-FORMABLE ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS THEREOF

Provided herein are highly-formable aluminum alloys and methods of making such alloys. The method of preparing aluminum alloys described herein can include a low final cold reduction step and/or an optional inter-annealing step to produce randomly distributed crystallographic texture components that...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Mohanty, Rashmi Ranjan, Florey, Guillaume, Das, Sazol Kumar, Son, ChangOok, Heyen, Matthew Josef
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.01.2020
Subjects
ALLOYS
CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS ANDNON-FERROUS ALLOYS
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL
METALLURGY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PUNCHING METAL
ROLLING OF METAL
TRANSPORTING
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Provided herein are highly-formable aluminum alloys and methods of making such alloys. The method of preparing aluminum alloys described herein can include a low final cold reduction step and/or an optional inter-annealing step to produce randomly distributed crystallographic texture components that produce an isotropic aluminum alloy product exhibiting improved formability and deep drawability. The methods described herein result in aluminum alloy microstructures having a balance of alpha fibers and beta fibers that promote improved formability of aluminum alloy sheets. The resulting improvements in quality allow for shaping processes with reduced rates of spoilage.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201916518348