Aluminium composite material with AlMgSi core layer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10471684-B2
Application number	US-201715604476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2017
Priority date	Sep 15, 2011
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to a strip consisting of an aluminum material for producing components with improved bending behavior and exacting shaping requirements, a method for producing the strip and the use of sheets produced from the strip according to the invention. The strip has a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy and at least one outer aluminum alloy layer arranged on one or both sides, made from a non-hardenable aluminum alloy, wherein the at least one outer aluminum layer has a lower tensile strength in the (T4) state than the AlMgSi layer, wherein the strip has a uniform strain (Ag) in the (T4) state of more than 23% transverse to the rolling direction and, at a thickness of 1.5 mm-1.6 mm, achieves a bending angle of less than 40° in a bending test.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. Strip consisting of an aluminium material for production of components with high forming requirements, wherein the strip has a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6014, AA6016, AA6060 or AA6181 and at least one external aluminium alloy layer arranged on one or both sides and made of a non-hardenable aluminium alloy, wherein the at least one external aluminium alloy layer has a lower tensile strength than the core layer of an AlMgSi alloy in state T4, in state T4, the strip has uniform elongation A g of more than 23% transverse to the rolling direction and with a thickness of 1.5 mm to 1.6 mm, a bend angle of less than 40° is achieved in the bending test transverse to the rolling direction and the at least one external aluminium alloy layer consists of an aluminium alloy type AA8xxx or AA1200, wherein the strip is achieved in that a rolling ingot is cast from an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6014, AA6016, AA6060, or AA6181, the rolling ingot undergoes homogenisation, after homogenization a cladding layer consisting of an aluminium of the type AA8xxx or AA1200 applied at least on one or both sides of the rolling ingot, and the rolling ingot together with the applied cladding layers brought to hot rolling temperature, roll cladding at hot rolling temperatures, then optionally cold rolled to final thickness, and the finished rolled strip solution annealed and quenched, wherein the hot rolled strip is quenched after roll cladding.

2. The strip of claim 1 , wherein the cladding layer consists of an aluminium of the type AA8079.

3. A method of forming a component, chassis or structural part or panel in automotive, aircraft or railway vehicle construction, comprising:
producing a sheet from strip consisting of an aluminium material for production of components with high forming requirements, wherein the strip has a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6014, AA6016, AA6060 or AA6181 and at least one external aluminium alloy layer arranged on one or both sides and made of non-hardenable aluminum alloy, wherein the at least one external aluminium alloy layer has a lower tensile strength than the core layer of an AlMgSi alloy in state T4, in state T4, the strip has uniform elongation A g of more than 23% transverse to the rolling direction and with a thickness of 1.5 mm to 1.6 mm, a bend angle of less than 40° is achieved in the bending test transverse to the rolling direction and the at least one external aluminum alloy layer consists of an aluminum alloy type AA8xxx or AA1200, wherein the strip is achieved in that a rolling ingot is cast from an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6014, AA0616, AA6060, or AA6181, the rolling ingot undergoes homogenisation, a cladding layer consisting of an aluminum of the type AA8xxx, AA8079 or AA1200 applied at least on one or both sides of the rolling ingot, and the rolling ingot together with the applied cladding layers brought to hot rolling temperature, roll cladding at hot rolling temperatures, then optionally cold rolled to final thickness, and the finished rolled strip solution annealed and quenched, wherein the hot rolled strip is quenched after roll cladding; and
unitizing the sheet to from the component, chassis or structural part or panel in automotive or railway vehicle construction, wherein the at least one external aluminium alloy has a grain size of less than 50 μm.

4. A method of forming a component, chassis or structural part or panel in automotive, aircraft or railway vehicle construction, comprising:
producing a sheet from the strip according to claim 1 ; and
utilizing the sheet to form the component, chassis or structural part or panel in automotive or railway vehicle construction.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the utilizing step comprises utilizing the sheet as a component, chassis part, external or internal panel in automotive engineering.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the component, chassis part, external or internal panel is a bodywork element.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein the cladding layer consists of an aluminium of the type AA8079.

8. A method of forming a component, chassis or structural part or panel in automotive, aircraft or railway vehicle construction, comprising:
producing a sheet from strip consisting of an aluminium material for production of components with high forming requirements, wherein the strip has a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6014, AA6016, AA6060 or AA6181 and at least one external aluminium alloy layer arranged on one or both sides and made of non-hardenable aluminum alloy, wherein the at least one external aluminium alloy layer has a lower tensile strength than the core layer of an AlMgSi alloy in state T4, in state T4, the strip has uniform elongation A g of more than 23% transverse to the rolling direction and with a thickness of 1.5 mm to 1.6 mm, a bend angle of less than 40° is achieved in the bending test transverse to the rolling direction and the at least one external aluminum alloy layer consists of an aluminum alloy type AA8xxx or AA1200, wherein the strip is achieved in that a rolling ingot is cast from an AlMgSi alloy of the type AA6014, AA0616, AA6060, or AA6181, the rolling ingot undergoes homogenisation, a cladding layer consisting of an aluminum of the type AA8xxx or AA1200 applied at least on one or both sides of the rolling ingot, and the rolling ingot together with the applied cladding layers brought to hot rolling temperature, roll cladding at hot rolling temperatures, then optionally cold rolled to final thickness, and the finished rolled strip solution annealed and quenched, wherein the hot rolled strip is quenched after roll cladding; and
unitizing the sheet to from the component, chassis or structural part or panel in automotive or railway vehicle construction, wherein the at least one external aluminium alloy layer consists of an aluminium alloy type AA8011, AA8006, AA8079 or AA1200.

Assignees

• Brinkman Henk Jan
• Schroeder Dietmar
• Wirtz Thomas
• Hoerster Natalie
• Kehl Werner
• Engler Olaf
• Hydro Aluminium Rolled Prod

Inventors

• Brinkman Henk-Jan
• Schröder Dietmar
• Wirtz Thomas
• Hörster Natalie
• Kehl Werner
• Engler Olaf

Classifications

• B32B15/016 Primary

  all layers being formed of aluminium or aluminium alloys · CPC title

• C22C21/00

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title

• C22F1/05

  of alloys of the Al-Si-Mg type, i.e. containing silicon and magnesium in approximately equal proportions · CPC title

• Y10T428/12764

  Next to Al-base component · CPC title

• C22C21/08

  with silicon · CPC title