The objective of the study was to determine the feasibility of plastic forming by hot rolling of the AA2519 aluminium alloy sheets and cladding these sheets with a layer of the EN AW-1050A alloy. Numerous hot-rolling tests were carried out on the slab ingots to define the parameters of the AA2519 alloy rolling process. It has been established that rolling of the AA2519 alloy should be carried out in the temperature range of 400-440°C. Depending on the required final thickness of the sheet metal, appropriate thickness of the EN AW-1050A alloy sheet, used as a cladding layer, was selected. As a next step, structure and mechanical properties of the resulting AA2519 alloy sheets clad with EN AW-1050A alloy was examined. The thickness of the coating layer was established at 0,3÷0,5mm. studies covered alloy grain size and the core alloy-cladding material bond strength.
Clad aluminium strips are used in the automotive industry to manufacture parts of heat exchangers. They are characterised by favourable strength properties, good corrosion resistance and susceptibility to plastic deformation, and can undergo surface brazing at a temperature of about 600• C. As a result of studies, the properties of alloys for the production of clad strips have been optimised. Optimising covered the alloy chemical composition and selected parameters such as the metal condition, the mechanical properties and anti-corrosion behaviour, including the methods for corrosion potential equalisation and sacrificial protection. The obtained technological results of the clad aluminium strip production were verified under the industrial conditions of Impexmetal Huta Aluminium Konin S.A. In a laboratory of the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals (IMN), the clad strips were tested for the pre-assumed functional properties. Mechanical properties were tested, and the structure and corrosion behaviour were characterised. The reactivity of the clad layer was analysed under different technological conditions. The thermal bond produced by these clad layers was tested by simulation of the heat exchanger manufacturing process. As a result of the conducted research it has been found that all the essential characteristics of the clad strips produced under domestic conditions are in no way different from the properties of imported strips, while modification of the alloy chemical composition has contributed to the effective sacrificial protection of heat exchangers made from these strips. Clad aluminium strips are now successfully produced by the domestic aluminium industry. The improvement of materials used for the heat exchangers can contribute to the reduced overall dimensions of these products and increased efficiency, thus leading to energy savings. The results were obtained within the framework of the Task No. ZPB/38/66716/IT2/10 executed as part of the "IniTech" Project.Keywords: aluminium alloys, clad aluminium strips, brazing, corrosion resistance, automotive industry Aluminiowe taśmy platerowane znajdują zastosowanie w przemyśle motoryzacyjnym do produkcji elementów wymienników ciepła. Charakteryzują się one korzystnymi właściwościami wytrzymałościowymi, dobrą odpornością na korozję i podatnością do odkształcenia plastycznego oraz zdolnością do zgrzewania powierzchniowego w temperaturze około 600• C. W wyniku badań dokonano optymalizacji właściwości stopów przeznaczonych do produkcji taśm platerowanych. Zoptymalizowano skład chemiczny stopów oraz wybrane parametry takie jak stan materiału, właściwości mechaniczne i antykorozyjne z uwzględ-nieniem metody wyrównania potencjałów korozyjnych oraz metody ochrony protektorowej. Efekty technologii platerowanych taśm aluminiowych zostały pozytywnie zweryfikowane w warunkach przemysłowych Impexmetal S.A. Huta Aluminium Konin. W warunkach laboratoryjnych IMN przetestowano wytworzone taśmy pod kątem założonych własności użytkowych. Zbadano własności mechaniczne taśm, scharakte...
The study presents the results of microstructure examinations and phase identification of precipitates in AlMn alloys containing zirconium after heat treatment and rolling. Chemical composition in microareas was determined by Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS) microanalysis performed in Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM-EDS) and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM-EDS) modes. Phase identification was carried out using Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) method. Studies have shown that Al6Mn and α- Al17(Fe3.2Mn0.8)Si2 phases were formed in the melt. Microstructure examined by TEM showed the presence of finely dispersed spherical precipitates of zirconium. In the alloy with an addition of silicon and magnesium, numerous precipitates of an Mg2Si phase were also found.
The casting of ingots from aluminum alloys with a small range of solidification temperatures currently poses no major technical problems. On the other hand, problems do occur when multicomponent alloys containing elements such as Cu, Zn, or Mg are cast. This applies to alloys both wrought and cast. For these alloys, the differences in temperature starting and ending the solidification process reach 160°C. The difficulties are even more pronounced when the diameter of the cast ingot is less than 100 mm. Casting small-diameter ingots requires a very careful selection of parameters, which-for ingots with a diameter of about 70 mm-usually involve very high casting rates of up to 400 mm/min. The formation of a subsurface zone in the ingot along the crystallizer working length of several centimeters is very difficult at such a high casting rate and requires the precise determination of parameters for each alloy, particularly if this is a multicomponent alloy with a wide range of solidification temperatures. To this family of alloys belong multicomponent silumins, with the special case of phosphorus-modified near-eutectic and hypereutectic systems. Below are the results of technological tests as well as structure examinations of ingots cast from silumins with different ranges of solidification temperatures. Ingots of 100-mm diameters were cast in a vertical system. In this arrangement, ingots with a diameter of 70 mm were also cast, using crystallizers normally operating in a horizontal continuous casting line.
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