The tensile and bending response of AA3003/AA6111 sheet produced by direct chill casting has been investigated. It is shown that the interface strength of the clad sheet has a minimum value of 175 MPa, and failure does not occur in the interface. The yield strength of the clad sheet obeys the rule of mixtures, and up to a cladding thickness of 100 lm-which was the thickest investigated-the work hardening behavior and tensile response are essentially unaffected by the presence of the cladding. The bending response of the sheet is improved greatly by the presence of ductile cladding, which was the case for prestrained and aged sheet. Under bending, failure is initiated in the lower bendability core and then eventually propagates through the more ductile cladding, which yields the final bend failure.

Novelis Inc. recently released its first new innovative technology which opens new opportunities in the clad aluminum product marketplace, where a combination of mechanical and physical properties can be obtained which are superior to the monolithic material alone. Clad aerospace and brazing products are well known commercial products which are provided by commercial roll bonding processes, but which can now be produced with the new Novelis technology. This paper discusses the new technology, e.g., the casting, fabrication, the properties of clad sheet are reported and it is established that the clad-core interface is comprised of a high strength, oxide free zone. This technology enables a new family of clad products with clad/core combinations which cannot be produced by the conventional roll bonding process.

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Fusion casting has been commercially available for over 3 years. Although there are many interesting points to casting, there are several downstream considerations such as scalping, preheat and rolling. Quality rolled clad sheet needs to have a consistent clad thickness. Appropriately varying the geometry of the clad layer during the transient portions of casting results in consistent clad thickness from head to butt. Controlling the edge wipe during rolling off does the same from edge to edge. The severity of edge wipe off can be predicted from relative flow stresses at rolling temperatures and guides the choice of alloy combinations.