IP Library Granted Patent US 7,846,277
Granted Patent B2
US 7,846,277 · App. 10/551,563 · Granted Dec 7, 2010

Planar, rolled semi-finished product of aluminum alloys

Assignee: Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,846,277
App. No.
10/551,563
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flat, rolled semi-finished product made of an aluminum alloy and a method of producing the product are disclosed. The aluminum alloys has the following alloy proportions in weight percentages: 2≦Mg≦5, Mn≦0.5, Cr≦0.35, Si≦0.4, Fe≦0.4, Cu≦0.3, Zn≦0.3, Ti≦0.15, other elements totaling no more than 0.15 and separately not exceeding 0.05, and the remainder consists of Al. The semifinished product is rolled from a bar and, during the rolling process, is subjected to at least one intermediate tempering between two cold reduction passes and to a final soft-annealing in a chamber furnace. A semi-finished product of this type does not have any flow lines after shaping or deep-drawing if the degree of reshaping before the first intermediate tempering is equal to at least 50%, the degree of reshaping before the final soft-annealing is no greater than 30%, and the semifinished product is drawn by 0.1 to 0.5% after the final soft-annealing.

Claims (30)

1. A method for the production of a planar, rolled semi-finished product made of aluminum alloys, wherein the aluminum alloys have the following alloy proportions in weight-%:

2≦Mg≦5;

Mn≦0.5;

Cr≦0.35;

Si≦0.4;

Fe≦0.4;

Cu≦0.3;

Zn≦0.3;

Ti≦0.15; and

others at a sum of a maximum of 0.15, individually at a maximum of 0.05, residual Al,

wherein the semi-finished product is rolled off of an ingot, and during the rolling process is subjected to at least one intermediate soft annealing in a batch furnace between two cold roll passes and one final soft annealing in a batch furnace after the two cold roll passes, wherein the degree of deformation before the first intermediate soft annealing is at least 50%, the degree of deformation before the final soft annealing is not more than 30%, and the semi-finished product is stretch-formed by 0.1 to 0.5% after the final soft annealing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method does not include soft annealing in a continuous annealing furnace between the first cold roll pass and the stretch-forming; and

the method does not include quenching between the first cold roll pass and the stretch-forming.

3. A method for the production of a planar, rolled semi-finished product that resists the formation of flow lines upon subsequent deformation or deep-drawing, the method comprising:

providing a strip formed by hot rolling an ingot that comprises at least one aluminum alloy, the at least one aluminum alloy having the following weight-% alloy proportions:

2≦Mg≦5;

Mn≦0.5;

Cr≦0.35;

Si≦0.4;

Fe≦0.4;

Cu≦0.3;

Zn≦0.3;

Ti≦0.15; and

others at a sum of a maximum of 0.15, individually at a maximum of 0.05, residual Al;

cold rolling the strip to a degree of deformation of at least 50% in a first cold rolling step;

subjecting the strip to at least one intermediate soft anneal in a batch furnace after the first cold rolling step;

cold rolling the strip to a degree of deformation of less than 30% in a second cold rolling step after subjecting the strip to the at least one intermediate soft anneal;

subjecting the strip to a final soft annealing in a batch furnace after the second cold rolling step; and

stretch-forming the strip or a sheet made of the strip by 0.1 to 0.5% after the final soft annealing to form a semi-finished product that resists formation of flow lines upon subsequent deformation or deep-drawing;

wherein the strip is not soft annealed in a continuous annealing furnace between the first cold rolling step and the stretch-forming; and the strip is not quenched between the first cold rolling step and the stretch-forming.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 21, 2022
From: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: SPEIRA GMBH
Reel/Frame 060264/0958 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2006
From: KEHL, WERNER; MROTZEK, MANFRED
To: HYDRO ALUMINIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 018527/0164 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 03008147 · Apr 8, 2003 · regional
Continuity (1)
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