Method for manufacturing aluminum alloy member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11214857-B2
Application number	US-201916268024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member capable of suppressing deterioration in ductility thereof. In the method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member, an aluminum alloy casting material that contains 2.0 to 5.5 mass % of Cu, and 4.0 to 7.0 mass % of Si in which a content of Mg is 0.5 mass % or less, a content of Zn is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Fe is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Mn is 0.5 mass % or less and the balance is made of Al and inevitable impurities is used. The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member includes a heating and holding step of heating and holding the aluminum alloy casting material within a solid-liquid coexisting temperature region; and a quenching step of rapidly cooling the aluminum ally casting material after performing the heating and holding step.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member using an aluminum alloy casting material that contains 2.0 to 5.5 mass % of Cu, and 4.0 to 7.0 mass % of Si, wherein a content of Mg is 0.5 mass % or less, a content of Zn is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Fe is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Mn is 0.5 mass % or less, and the balance is made of Al and inevitable impurities, and the method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member comprising:
placing the aluminum alloy casting material inside a pressurized furnace so as to be under a pressurized environment of 0.6 MPa or higher,
heating the aluminum alloy casting material to a solid-liquid coexisting temperature region in the pressurized environment of 0.6 MPa or higher;
holding the aluminum alloy casting material within the solid-liquid coexisting temperature region in the pressurized environment of 0.6 MPa or higher;
and
quench cooling the aluminum alloy casting material after performing the holding step, wherein
in a quenching preparation step between the holding step and the quenching step, the aluminum alloy casting material is cooled at a cooling rate of 3° C./min or higher from the solid-liquid coexisting temperature region to a predetermined temperature (T S -ΔT) lower than a liquid phase appearance temperature (T S ),
wherein in the quenching preparation step, the aluminum alloy casting material is inside the pressurized furnace so as to be under a pressurized environment of 0.6 MPa or higher, and
in the quenching step the aluminum alloy casting material is cooled to a normal temperature (T R ) after the pressure inside the pressurized furnace is removed to reach atmospheric pressure.

2. The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member according to claim 1 , wherein
a nozzle is provided inside the pressurized furnace, and
in the quenching preparation step, a cooling gas medium or mist is blown from the nozzle to cool the aluminum alloy casting material.

3. The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member according to claim 1 , wherein
a contact part that contacts the aluminum alloy casting material is provided inside the pressurized furnace, the contact part having a shape conforming to a shape of the aluminum alloy casting material,
a flow path is provided inside the contact part, and
in the quenching preparation step, the aluminum alloy casting material is cooled by making a cooling medium flow through the flow path.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yokota Yusuke
• Watanabe Hirotsune
• Kikuchi Makoto
• Kawahara Hiroshi
• Iwata Yasushi
• Yaokawa Jun
• Hibi Kazuma

Classifications

• C22F1/057 Primary

  of alloys with copper as the next major constituent · CPC title

• C22C21/02 Primary

  with silicon as the next major constituent · CPC title

• C22C21/16

  with magnesium · CPC title

• C22F1/043

  of alloys with silicon as the next major constituent · CPC title

• C22C21/18

  with zinc · CPC title