Aluminium composite material with AlMgSi core layer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9796157-B2
Application number	US-201414206153-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2014
Priority date	Sep 15, 2011
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

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 (A g ) 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

The invention claimed is:

1. Strip comprising an aluminium material for production of components with high forming requirements, wherein the strip comprises a core layer of an AlMgSi alloy 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, and wherein in state T4, the strip has a 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 a bending test transverse to the rolling direction and the at least one external aluminium alloy layer consists of an aluminium alloy type AA8079.

2. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the strip in state T4 has a uniform elongation A g of more than 25%.

3. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the strip in state T4 has a yield point Rp0.2 of 70 to 140 MPa and a tensile strength Rm of 170 to 220 MPa.

4. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the strip has an elongation at break A 80 transverse to the rolling direction of at least 27%.

5. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the external aluminium alloy layers in each case amounts to 5 to 15% of the final thickness of the strip.

6. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the external aluminium alloy layers have a mean grain size of less than 50 μm.

7. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the core layer consists of an aluminium alloy of alloy type AA6xxx.

8. Sheet produced from a strip according to claim 1 used as a component, chassis or structural part or panel in automotive, aircraft or railway vehicle construction, in particular as component, chassis part, external or internal panel in automotive engineering.

9. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the strip has an elongation at break A 80 transverse to the rolling direction of at least 29%.

10. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the external aluminium alloy layers have a mean grain size of less than 25 μm.

11. Strip according to claim 1 , wherein the core layer consists of an aluminium alloy of alloy type AA6014, AA6016, AA6060, AA6111 or AA6181.

12. 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, aircraft or railway vehicle construction, in particular as a bodywork element.

Assignees

• Brinkman Henk-Jan
• Schröder Dietmar
• Wirtz Thomas
• Hörster Natalie
• Kehl Werner
• Engler Olaf
• Hydro Aluminium Rolled Prod

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B23K20/04

  by means of a rolling mill · CPC title

• C22F1/04

  of aluminium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• B23K20/2336

  both layers being aluminium · CPC title

• Y10T428/12764

  Next to Al-base component · CPC title

• C22F1/05

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