Aluminium alloy blanks with local flash annealing

    公开(公告)号:US11939655B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US16316660

    申请日:2017-07-07

    IPC分类号: C22F1/05 C22C21/08

    CPC分类号: C22F1/05 C22C21/08

    摘要: The invention concerns a method for improving aluminium alloy blank tensile yield stress and formability comprising the successive steps of: providing a 6xxx series aluminium alloy slab; optionally homogenizing the slab; hot rolling and optionally cold rolling the slab to obtain a sheet; solution heat treating and quenching the sheet; cold rolling the sheet with at least 20% cold work reduction; cutting the sheet into blanks; flash annealing a portion of the flange of the blanks at a temperature between 360° C. and 480° C. for a time sufficient to obtain recrystallization of the portion of the flange and cool to a temperature of less than 100° C. The improved blanks and the stamped product and painted stamped products obtained by the method of the invention are particularly useful for automotive applications because of their high strength.

    Aluminium alloy strip or sheet for no-flux or reduced-flux soldering

    公开(公告)号:US11833619B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US17787185

    申请日:2020-12-14

    IPC分类号: B23K35/28 B23K35/02 C22C21/04

    摘要: Brazing strip or sheet comprising:



    a core layer made of aluminum alloy;
    a brazing layer made of aluminum alloy, clad on at least one face of the core layer;
    optionally an intermediate layer made of aluminum alloy, clad on at least one face either between the core layer and the brazing layer or the core layer without any other layer on top; characterized in that the brazing layer alloy comprises, in mass percentages:

    from 7 to 13% Si, at most 0.8% Fe, at most 0.45% Cu, at most 0.20% Mn, at most 0.15% Mg, at most 0.20% Zn, at most 0.20% Ti, at most 0.04% Bi, from 0.01 to 0.10% Y, from 0.01 to 0.10% Sn, remainder aluminum and impurities.

    ALUMINIUM ALLOY STRIP OR SHEET FOR NO-FLUX OR REDUCED-FLUX SOLDERING

    公开(公告)号:US20230032540A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17787185

    申请日:2020-12-14

    IPC分类号: B23K35/02 B23K35/28 C22C21/04

    摘要: Brazing strip or sheet comprising: a core layer made of aluminum alloy; a brazing layer made of aluminum alloy, clad on at least one face of the core layer; optionally an intermediate layer made of aluminum alloy, clad on at least one face either between the core layer and the brazing layer or the core layer without any other layer on top; characterized in that the brazing layer alloy comprises, in mass percentages: from 7 to 13% Si, at most 0.8% Fe, at most 0.45% Cu, at most 0.20% Mn, at most 0.15% Mg, at most 0.20% Zn, at most 0.20% Ti, at most 0.04% Bi, from 0.01 to 0.10% Y, from 0.01 to 0.10% Sn, remainder aluminum and impurities.

    IMPROVED METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE COMPONENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20230008838A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17781682

    申请日:2020-12-15

    摘要: A method for manufacturing a rolled product for automobile bodywork or body structure with an alloy containing Si: 0.75-1.10, Fe: max 0.4, Cu: 0.5-0.8, Mn: 0.1-0.4, Mg: 0.75-1, Ti: max 0.15, Cr: max 0.1 and V: max 0.1 is disclosed with several process steps from casting the ingot to forming and painting a car body part. The various possibilities of pre aging of the sheet as well as of the heat treatment of the part offer advantageous material properties in forming, material strength and low sensitivity to the bake hardening process which can vary depending in the part location in the car body.