Abstract:
During edgewise bending that is carried out on an aluminum alloy bus bar made of an aluminum alloy rectangular wire, an edgewise bending portion is heated to a temperature between 100 and 250° C. inclusive, and within 5 minutes after the heating, edgewise bending is carried out. In the aluminum alloy bus bar, the ratio A/B of Vickers hardness A in a heated portion to Vickers hardness B in a non-heated portion is at least 0.8. If necessary, flatwise bending is further carried out on the aluminum alloy bus bar, forming the bus bar into a predetermined shape.
Abstract:
A structural aluminum alloy plate includes 7.0% to 12.0% by mass of Zn, 1.5% to 4.5% by mass of Mg, 1.0% to 3.0% by mass of Cu, 0.05% to 0.30% by mass of Zr, 0.005% to 0.5% by mass of Ti, 0.5% or less by mass of Si, 0.5% or less by mass of Fe, 0.3% or less by mass of Mn, 0.3% or less by mass of Cr, and the balance that includes aluminum and inevitable impurities. A method of producing the structural aluminum alloy plate is also provided.
Abstract:
An aluminum-alloy sheet for a bus bar has a chemical composition containing Mg: 0.3%-0.9% (mass %, likewise below), Si: 0.2%-1.2%, Cu: 0.2% or less, and Fe: 0.5% or less, the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities. In addition, acicular particles containing Mg and Si are present in the Al matrix at 900-4,000 particles/μm2. In addition, Fe-based particles present in the above-mentioned Al matrix have an average circle-equivalent diameter of 5 μm or less, and the number of particles having a circle-equivalent diameter of more than 2 μm is 10,000 particles/mm2 or less.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding, the method including: a step of performing homogenization treatment of an ingot including an aluminum alloy with predetermined composition; a step of cooling the aluminum alloy after the homogenization treatment so that an average cooling rate in an ingot thickness of ¼ part from 500° C. to 320° C. is 30° C./h to 2000° C./h; and a step of starting hot rolling at 370° C. to 440° C. and winding the hot-rolled aluminum alloy at 310 to 380° C., in which the method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding further includes a step of retaining the aluminum alloy after the cooling step for 0.17 hours or more at a heating temperature before rolling set within a range of 370° C. to 440° C. before the hot rolling.
Abstract:
An aluminum alloy plate includes peritectic elements and Mg. Wherein plate thickness of the plate is represented as t (mm), a range within ±0.01×t from t/2 is represented as a central portion, a range within ±0.01×t from t/4 is represented as a quarter portion, and a range within 0.02×t from a top surface in the plate thickness direction is represented as a superficial portion, concentration of the peritectic elements is such that a concentration difference between in the central portion and in the quarter portion, and a concentration difference between in the central portion and in the superficial portion are 0.04% (mass %) or less. In addition, concentration of the Mg is such that a concentration difference between in the central portion and in the quarter portion, and a concentration difference between in the central portion and in the superficial portion of the plate thickness are 0.4% or less.
Abstract:
An anodized aluminum alloy sheet exhibits excellent surface quality without showing a band-like streak pattern and is formed from a 5000 series aluminum alloy sheet that includes 1.0 to 6.0 mass % of Mg, wherein the concentration of Mg in a solid-solution state that is present in an outermost surface area of the aluminum alloy sheet varies in the widthwise direction of the aluminum alloy sheet in the form of a band having a width of 0.05 mm or more, and the difference in the concentration of Mg between adjacent bands is 0.20 mass % or less.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding, the method including: a step of performing homogenization treatment of an ingot including an aluminum alloy with predetermined composition; a step of cooling the aluminum alloy after the homogenization treatment so that an average cooling rate in an ingot thickness of 1/4 part from 500° C. to 320° C. is 30° C./h to 2000° C./h; and a step of starting hot rolling at 370° C. to 440° C. and winding the hot-rolled aluminum alloy at 310 to 380° C., in which the method for producing an aluminum alloy rolled material for deformation molding further includes a step of retaining the aluminum alloy after the cooling step for 0.17 hours or more at a heating temperature before rolling set within a range of 370° C. to 440° C. before the hot rolling.
Abstract:
A structural aluminum alloy plate includes 7.0% to 12.0% by mass of Zn, 1.5% to 4.5% by mass of Mg, 1.0% to 3.0% by mass of Cu, 0.05% to 0.30% by mass of Zr, 0.005% to 0.5% by mass of Ti, 0.5% or less by mass of Si, 0.5% or less by mass of Fe, 0.3% or less by mass of Mn, 0.3% or less by mass of Cr, and the balance that includes aluminum and inevitable impurities. A method of producing the structural aluminum alloy plate is also provided.
Abstract:
A plate-like electric conductor for a busbar having excellent electric conductivity, strength and bendability, and a busbar formed therefrom.The electric conductor formed from an aluminum alloy plate having a thickness of 0.5-12 mm is obtained by subjecting an aluminum alloy consisting essentially of Fe: 0.05-2.0%; Si: 0.05-0.6%; Cu: 0.01-0.35%; by mass, and the balance comprising Al and inevitable impurities to a hot rolling process. The electric conductor has the electric conductivity of 55-60% IACS, tensile strength not lower than 170 MPa and yield strength not lower than 155 MPa, in the as-rolled state at the room temperature, and does not suffer from cracking upon bending by 90° with an inner bending radius equal to its thickness, while having the electric conductivity of 55-60% IACS, tensile strength not lower than 160 MPa, and yield strength not lower than 145 MPa, after a heat treatment at 140-160° C. for not longer than 1,000 hours.
Abstract:
An aluminum alloy member including a sheet-like aluminum alloy member having ends joined by friction stir welding, and forming an anodic oxidation coating on a weld front surface or a weld back surface, the aluminum alloy member including 0.3 to 1.5 mass % of Mg, 0.2 to 1.2 mass % of Si, 0.5 mass % or less of Cu, and 0.2 mass % or less of Fe, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, Fe-containing second phase particles having a particle size (circle equivalent diameter) of more than 1 μm, among second phase particles dispersed in a matrix of the aluminum alloy member, having an average particle size of 5 μm or less.