Abstract:
AA 7000 series alloys having high mechanical strength and a process for obtaining them. The alloys contain, by weight, 7 to 13.5% Zn, 1 to 3.8% Mg, 0.6 to 2.7% Cu, 0 to 0.5% Mn, 0 to 0.4% Cr, 0 to 0.2% Zr, others up to 0.05% each and 0.15% total, and remainder Al. Either wrought or cast alloys can be obtained, and the specific energy associated with the DEA melting signal of the product is lower than 3 J/g.
Abstract:
A mold for plastics made of a rolled, extruded or forged AlZnMgCu aluminum alloy product >60 mm thick, and having a composition including, in weight %: 5.7 Cu, other elements
Abstract:
A rolled, forged or extruded AlZnMgCu alloy product, used to manufacture structural elements for aircraft, particularly wing spars. The product is greater than 60 mm thick, and has a composition (% by weight):5.7 Cu,other elements 400 MPa in the L and TL directions,b) toughness under plane strain in the S-L direction>26 MPa.sqroot.m and in the L-T direction >74-0.08e-0.07R.sub.0.2L MPa.sqroot.m (e=thickness in mm), andc) a stress corrosion threshold>240 MPa.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an aluminum alloy sheet heat treated by natural aging, quenching and possibly tempering so as to obtain a yield strength greater than 320 MPa, for use in mechanical, naval, aircraft, or spacecraft construction, with a composition (by weight) of: Si: 6.5 to 11% Mg: 0.5 to 1.0% Cu:
Abstract:
A planar sheet of structurally hardened aluminum alloy, having, after quenching and aging, mechanical strength which varies continuously in a particularly defined direction of the planar sheet. The planar sheet is produced in a process comprising quenching and final aging, where the final aging comprises heating for a defined period of time a first portion of the plate or sheet including a first edge to a first temperature T and a second portion of the plate or sheet including an opposite edge to a second temperature t
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a hollow pressure vessel, in which a billet is cast from an alloy with a composition in % by weight, Zn=6.25-8.0, Mg=1.2-2.2, Cu=1.7-2.8, Fe
Abstract:
An improvement to a process for treating an aluminum alloy for the series AA 2000 or AA 6000 comprising solution heat treating, quenching and natural or artificial aging, in which conventional heat solution heat treating is defined as solution heat treating the alloy at a temperature which is 5.degree. to 10.degree. C. below a known eutectics melting temperature for the alloy. The improvement comprises solution heat treating at a temperature which is 10.degree. to 100.degree. C. below the conventional solution heat treating temperature in order to desensitize the alloy to intercrystalline corrosion.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for final heat treatment tempering at Al alloys containing Li and at least one other major element selected from the group Cu, Mg and Zn, as well as possible minor elements such as Zr, Mn, Cr, Ni, Hf, Ti and Be, in addition to inevitable impurities such as Fe and Si. The treatment involves a principal tempering operation which takes place at a time and temperature in an area defined by a parallelogram on a temperature log-time diagram, whose corners have the following coordinates: (A) 270.degree. C.--3 min; (B) 270.degree. C.--48 min; (C) 225.degree. C.--9 hrs 30 min; (D) 225.degree. C.--35 min. The heat treatment makes it possible to produce a satisfactory array of mechanical characteristics such as mechanical strength, ductility, or toughness and resistance to corrosion, which are higher than those achieved by means of conventional treatments of type T6 or by under-ageing operations.