IP Library Granted Patent US 12,416,068
Granted Patent B2
US 12,416,068 · App. 18/755,223 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

High-strength and high-damping aluminum-zinc bimetal alloy and preparation method thereof

Inventors: Xianna Meng (Guangzhou, CN); Zhipeng Wen (Guangzhou, CN); Yi Wang (Guangzhou, CN); Lixing Ding (Guangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering
C22C1/083C22C18/04C22F1/165B33Y80/00
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Patent No.
US 12,416,068
App. No.
18/755,223
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength and high-damping Al—Zn bimetal alloy and a preparation method thereof are provided in the present application, belonging to the field of bimetal alloy materials. The high-strength and high-damping Al—Zn bimetal is obtained from an Al alloy and a Zn alloy or Zn; the bimetal is structured by an Al alloy skeleton and its embedded Zn alloy; the alloy material has the high strength of an Al alloy and the high damping performance of a Zn alloy.

Claims (12)

1. A Al—Zn alloy prepared using Al alloy and Zn alloy, or prepared using Al alloy and Zn pure metal; wherein

the Al alloy is selected from Al—Zn—Mg alloy, Al—Mg—Si alloy, Al—Cu—Mg alloy or Al—Li—Cu alloy;

the Zn alloy is selected from Zn—Al alloy; and the Zn—Al alloy is selected from Zn-20Al, Zn-27Al, Zn-40Al or Zn-50Al;

a preparation method of the Al—Zn alloy comprises following steps: taking Al alloy foam metal material as a substrate, infiltrating Zn alloy melt or Zn pure metal melt into the substrate by impregnation to obtain a billet, and densifying the billet by hot-rolling or extruding to obtain the Al—Zn alloy;

the Al alloy foam metal material has a pore size of 0.1-2 mm and is prepared by metal 3D printing or metal foaming method; and

in the densifying by hot-rolling, an initial rolling reduction is 5-10%, an intermediate rolling reduction is 40-50%, a final rolling reduction is 10-20%, and a total rolling reduction is 55-80%; an initial rolling temperature is 400-500° C., an intermediate rolling temperature is 300-400° C., and a final rolling temperature is 200-300° C.

2. The Al—Zn alloy according to claim 1 , wherein a method of using the Al alloy foam metal material as the substrate, infiltrating the Zn alloy melt/Zn pure metal melt into the substrate by impregnation to obtain the billet further comprises:

immersing the Al alloy foam metal material in the Zn alloy melt or the Zn pure metal melt, ultrasonicating until the Zn alloy melt or Zn pure metal melt penetrates into the Al alloy foam metal material, and cooling to obtain the billet.

3. The Al—Zn alloy according to claim 1 , wherein a method of densifying the billet by hot-rolling to obtain the Al—Zn alloy further comprises:

heating the billet and holding, followed by hot-rolling process and cooling to obtain the Al—Zn alloy.

4. The Al—Zn alloy according to claim 1 , wherein a preparation method of the Zn alloy melt comprises following steps: heating the Zn alloy to 450-600° C. to completely melt the Zn alloy to prepare the Zn alloy melt.

5. The Al—Zn alloy according to claim 1 , wherein a preparation method of the Zn pure metal melt comprises: heating the Zn pure metal to 450-600° C. to completely melt the Zn pure metal to prepare the Zn pure metal melt.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2024
From: MENG, XIANNA; WEN, ZHIPENG; WANG, YI; DING, LIXING
To: ZHONGKAI UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310995000.9 · Aug 9, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250051881A1 · Feb 13, 2025
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