Enhanced aluminum alloy galvanically compatible with magnesium alloy components

    公开(公告)号:US11608547B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17224474

    申请日:2021-04-07

    Abstract: An enhanced aluminum alloy galvanically compatible with a magnesium alloy component is disclosed. The aluminum alloy comprises aluminum, less than 0.2 weight percent copper, less than 0.2 weight percent iron, 6.0 to 9.0 weight percent silicon, 0.6 to 1.5 weight percent magnesium, and greater than 0.8 weight percent manganese. The aluminum alloy further comprises less than 2 weight percent zinc, less than 0.1 weight percent nickel, less than 0.2 weight percent tin, less than 0.05 weight percent titanium; and 0.008 to 0.02 weight percent strontium. Manganese and iron have a weight ratio of at least 30:1. Furthermore, iron and manganese combined content is less than 2.0 weight percent.

    METHODS TO REDUCE COLD FLAKES IN HIGH PRESSURE DIE CASTINGS

    公开(公告)号:US20250079956A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18467159

    申请日:2023-09-14

    Abstract: A die cast part, such as an electric drive unit, a high pressure die casting system, and a method of forming a die cast part. The high pressure die casting system includes a shot sleeve including a pour hole, a launder connected to the pour hole, a furnace connected to the launder, a mold cavity connected to the shot sleeve by a sprue post, and a heating system including at least one proximal channel located under the pour hole under the shot sleeve. The feedstock is melted in the furnace and transferred by a launder into the preheated shot sleeve through a pour hole. The feedstock is injected into a mold cavity, wherein the temperature of the feedstock is above the solidus temperature of the feedstock upon entering the mold cavity.

    HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH WEAR-RESISTANT CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY

    公开(公告)号:US20190300988A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US15938186

    申请日:2018-03-28

    Abstract: Aluminum alloys having improved properties are provided. The alloy includes about 13 to about 17 weight percent silicon, about 0.3 to about 0.6 weight percent magnesium, and at least 75 weight percent aluminum. The alloy may include copper up to about 2.0 weight percent; iron up to about 0.8 weight percent; manganese up to about 1.0 weight percent; nickel up to about 1.0 weight percent; zinc up to about 0.8 weight percent; titanium up to about 0.5 weight percent; zirconium up to about 0.5 weight percent; vanadium up to about 0.5 weight percent; and other trace elements up to about 0.1 weight percent. In addition, the alloy may contain about 50 to about 1000 ppm of strontium and about 10 about 100 ppm phosphorus. Also disclosed is a die cast article, such as transmission clutch housing.

    Method to determine skin-layer thickness in high pressure die castings
    5.
    发明授权
    Method to determine skin-layer thickness in high pressure die castings 有权
    确定高压压铸件中皮层厚度的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09576352B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-21

    申请号:US14253119

    申请日:2014-04-15

    CPC classification number: G06T7/0004 G01N21/88 G06T2207/30136

    Abstract: A quantitative metallographic method to measure skin layer thickness in high pressure die cast aluminum components. Because the faster-cooling skin layer region exhibits a higher volume fraction of eutectic phases than that of a slower-cooling inner region, measurements showing such higher eutectic phases can be used to quantify such layer thickness. An image at various thicknesses of a location of interest in a cast component sample is first obtained using an image analyzer, from which eutectic volume fractions within each of the received images may be determined. Comparisons of the determined volume fractions can be made against a known or predicted quantity for a particular alloy composition, and then correlated to the skin layer thickness via differences between the received or measured quantities and those of the known standard.

    Abstract translation: 用于测量高压压铸铝组件中的表层厚度的定量金相法。 因为更快冷却的表皮层区域表现出比较慢冷却的内部区域更高的共晶相体积分数,所以可以使用显示这种更高共晶相的测量来量化这种层厚度。 首先使用图像分析仪获得铸件成分样品中感兴趣位置的各种厚度的图像,从而可以确定每个接收图像内的共晶体积分数。 可以针对特定合金组合物的已知或预测量对所确定的体积分数进行比较,然后通过接收或测量的量与已知标准物质之间的差异与皮肤层厚度相关。

    METHOD OF ELIMINATING MICROSTRUCTURE INHERITANCE OF HYPEREUTECTIC ALUMINUM-SILICON ALLOYS

    公开(公告)号:US20230416876A9

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17529950

    申请日:2021-11-18

    CPC classification number: C22C1/026

    Abstract: A method of eliminating microstructure inheritance of hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloys. The method includes heating a first amount of the Al—Si alloy to a predetermined temperature above a liquidus temperature of the Al—Si alloy to form a first amount melt; holding the first amount melt at the predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; stirring the first amount melt during the predetermined amount of time; heating a second amount of the Al—Si alloy above the liquidus temperature of the Al—Si alloy to form a second amount melt; and mixing the first amount melt and the second amount melt to form a processed Al—Si casting alloy. The predetermined temperature is between about 750° C. to 850° C. The predetermined amount of time is between 0.1 hour to 0.5 hour. The processed Al—Si casting alloy contains about 30 wt % to about 40 wt % of the first amount of the Al—Si alloy.

    Wear-resistant component and system

    公开(公告)号:US11447850B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16394394

    申请日:2019-04-25

    Abstract: A wear-resistant component includes a substrate formed from a metal, defining a bore, and having a bore surface. The substrate includes a first region having a first microstructure adjacent the bore surface and a first average particle size. The substrate also includes a second region having a second microstructure adjacent the first microstructure and a second average particle size. The first average particle size is larger than the second average particle size. A system and a method of forming the wear-resistant coating are also described.

    WEAR-RESISTANT COMPONENT AND SYSTEM
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200340090A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-29

    申请号:US16394394

    申请日:2019-04-25

    Abstract: A wear-resistant component includes a substrate formed from a metal, defining a bore, and having a bore surface. The substrate includes a first region having a first microstructure adjacent the bore surface and a first average particle size. The substrate also includes a second region having a second microstructure adjacent the first microstructure and a second average particle size. The first average particle size is larger than the second average particle size. A system and a method of forming the wear-resistant coating are also described.

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