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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110315748 | ALUMINIUM ALLOY STRIP FOR BRAZING - The invention relates to a strip or sheet of aluminium alloy, comprising at least 80% by weight of aluminium and 0.01 to 0.5% yttrium and/or 0.05 to 0.5% bismuth, coated on at least one face with a brazing alloy. Said sheets and strips are used for the production of pieces by non-flux brazing. | 12-29-2011 |
20110278397 | ALUMINUM-COPPER-LITHIUM ALLOY FOR A LOWER WING SKIN ELEMENT - The present disclosure relates to an alloy containing aluminum including, as a % by weight, 2.1 to 2.4% of Cu, 1.3 to 1.6% of Li, 0.1 to 0.5% of Ag, 0.2 to 0.6% of Mg, 0.05 to 0.15% of Zr, 0.1 to 0.5% of Mn, 0.01 to 0.12% of Ti, optionally at least one element chosen from among Cr, Sc, and Hf, the quantity of the element, if it is chosen, being from 0.05 to 0.3% for Cr and Sc, 0.05 to 0.5% for Hf, a quantity of Fe and Si each less than or equal to 0.1 and inevitable impurities at a rate of less than or equal to 0.05 each and 0.15 in total. The alloy can be used to produce extruded, rolled and/or forged products particularly suitable for the manufacture of elements for the lower wing skin of aircrafts. | 11-17-2011 |
20110209843 | CASTING PROCESS FOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS - The present invention relates to a casting process for an aluminum alloy containing at least about 0.1% of Mg and/or at least about 0.1% of Li in which a liquid surface of said alloy is put into contact with a dried gas including at least about 2% of oxygen by volume and with a water partial pressure lower than about 150 Pa throughout most of the solidification process. The invention makes it possible to cast the most oxidable aluminum alloys, in particular aluminum alloys containing magnesium and/or lithium, without using additives such as beryllium and/or calcium and without using expensive devices and/or gases, to obtain cast ingots generally free from surface defects and pollution, in complete safety. | 09-01-2011 |
20110209801 | Aluminum-Copper-Lithium Alloy With Improved Mechanical Strength and Toughness - The invention relates to a wrought product such as an extruded, rolled and/or forged aluminum alloy-based product comprising, in weight %: Cu: 3.0-3.9; Li: 0.8-1.3; Mg; 0.6-1.0; Zr: 0.05-0.18; Ag: 0.0-0.05; Mn: 0.0-0.5; Fe+Si≦0.20; Zn≦0.15; at least one element from among: Ti: 0.01-0.15; Sc: 0.05-0.3; Cr: 0.05-0.3; Hf: 0.05-0.5; other elements ≦0.05 each and ≦0.15 total, remainders aluminum. The invention also relates to the process for producing said product. The products according to the invention are particularly useful in the production of thick aluminum products intended for producing structural elements in the aeronautical industry. | 09-01-2011 |
20110108170 | METHOD OF PREPARATION PRIOR TO THE WELDING OF LITHIUM-ALUMINIUM ALLOY PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to aluminum-lithium alloys in general and, in particular, such products as used in the aircraft industry and the welding of these. | 05-12-2011 |
20110030856 | Casting process for aluminum alloys - The invention relates to a wrought product such as an extruded, rolled and/or forged aluminum alloy-based product, comprising, in weight %: Cu: 3.0-3.9; Li: 0.8-1.3; Mg: 0.6-1.0; Zr: 0.05-0.18; Ag: 0.0-0.5; Mn: 0.0-0.5; Fe+Si≦0.20; Zn≦0.15; at least one element from among: Ti: 0.01-0.15; Sc: 0.05-0.3; Cr: 0.05-0.3; Hf: 0.05-0.5; other elements ≦0.05 each and ≦0.15 total, remainder aluminum. The invention also relates to the process for producing said product. The products according to the invention are particularly useful in the production of thick aluminum products intended for producing structural elements in the aeronautical industry. | 02-10-2011 |
20100314007 | Al-Li Rolled Product for Aerospace Applications - The present invention is directed to a substantially unrecrystallized rolled aluminum alloy product, obtained from a plate with a thickness of at least 30 mm, comprising 2.2 to 3.9 wt. % Cu, 0.7 to 2.1 wt. % Li, 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % Mg, 0.2 to 0.5 wt. % Mn, 0.04 to 0.18 wt. % Zr, less than 0.05 wt. % Zn, and optionally 0.1 to 0.5 wt. % Ag, remainder aluminum and unavoidable impurities having a low propensity to crack branching during L-S a fatigue test. A product of the invention has a crack deviation angle Θ of at least 20° under a maximum equivalent stress intensity factor Keff max of 10 MPa √m for a S-L cracked test sample under a mixed mode I and mode II loading wherein the angle Ψ between a plane perpendicular to the initial crack direction and the load direction is 75°. | 12-16-2010 |
20100288400 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING ALUMINUM ALLOY PARTS BY WELDING - The present disclosure concerns a method for assembling aluminum alloy parts, in which | 11-18-2010 |
20100212855 | CASTING PROCESS FOR ALUMINUM ALLOYS - The invention relates to a casting process for an aluminum alloy containing at least about 0.1% of Mg and/or at least about 0.1% of Li in which a liquid surface of said alloy is put into contact with a dried gas including at least about 2% of oxygen by volume and with a water partial pressure lower than about 150 Pa throughout most of the solidification process. | 08-26-2010 |
20100200205 | EXTRUDED PRODUCT MADE FROM ALUMINIUM ALLOY Al-Mg-Si WITH IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO CORROSION - An extruded product, particularly a drawn tube made from an alloy of the 6XXX series with the following composition, in weight %: Mg: 0.4-0.7, Si: 0.4-0.7, Fe: 0.1-0.3, Zn: 0.16-0.3, Ti: 0.12-0.3, Mn<0.10, Cu<0.05, Cr<0.05, Ni<0.05. others<0.05 each and <0.15 in total, remainder being aluminum, with the ratio Si/Mg between 0.9 and 1.3. The tubes are advantageously used for cabin air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles using CO | 08-12-2010 |
20100190027 | EXTRUDED PRODUCTS IN ALUMINIUM ALLOY Al-Mn WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL STRENGTH - An extruded product, in particular a tube, made of alloy composed as follows (% by weight): Si<0.30, Fe:<0.30, Cu<0.05, Mn: 0.5−1.2, Mg 0.5−1.0, Zn<0.20, Cr: 0.10−0.30, Ti<0.05, Zr<0.05, Ni<0.05, others<0.05 each and<0.15 total, the remainder aluminum. The invention is further directed to a manufacturing process for tubes extruded from this composition including the steps of casting a billet, optionally homogenizing this billet, extruding a tube, drawing this tube in one or more passes, and continuously annealing at a temperature ranging between 350 and 500° C. with a rise in temperature of less than 10 seconds. The tubes according to the invention are advantageously used for air-conditioning systems for the passenger compartment of motor vehicles using CO | 07-29-2010 |
20100126637 | Aluminum-Copper-Lithium Products - The present invention relates to extruded, rolled and/or forged products. Also provided are methods of making such products based on aluminum alloy wherein a liquid metal bath is prepared comprising 2.0 to 3.5% by weight of Cu, 1.4 to 1.8% by weight of Li, 0.1 to 0.5% by weight of Ag, 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of Mg, 0.05 to 0.18% by weight of Zr, 0.2 to 0.6% by weight of Mn and at least one element selected from Cr, Sc, Hf and Ti, the quantity of said element, if it is selected, being 0.05 to 0.3% by weight for Cr and for Sc, 0.05 to 0.5% by weight for Hf and 0.01 to 0.15% by weight for Ti, the remainder being aluminum and inevitable impurities. The products and methods of the present invention offer a particularly advantageous compromise between static mechanical strength and damage tolerance and are particularly useful in the field of aeronautical design. | 05-27-2010 |
20100006186 | ALUMINUM ALLOY PRODUCTS WITH HIGH TOUGHNESS AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - Process for manufacturing aluminium alloy products, with high toughness and fatigue resistance comprising: (a) preparing an aluminium alloy bath, (b) adding a refining agent containing particles of AlTiC type phases into the bath, (c) casting an as-cast form such as an extrusion ingot, a forging ingot or a rolling ingot, (d) hot transforming the as-cast form, possibly after scalping, to form a blank or a product with final thickness, (e) optionally cold transforming the blank to a final thickness, (f) applying a solution heat treatment and quenching the product output from (d) or (e), followed by relaxation by controlled stretching with permanent elongation between 0.5 and 5%, and optionally annealing, wherein the quantity of refining agent is chosen such that the average casting grain size of the as-cast form is more than 500 μm. The present invention may be used, for example, to manufacture fuselage sheet or light-gauge plates made with 6056 alloy. | 01-14-2010 |
20090324991 | PULSED FRICTION STIR WELDING PROCESS - A process for friction stir welding at least a first part made of metal alloy A with at least a second part made of a dissimilar metal alloy B, in which the first and second parts are placed side by side, and a joint is made between the first and second parts using a rotating tool moving at a speed referred to as the travel speed. The tool travel speed has at least two alternated modes in continuous service, a first mode wherein a first average travel speed S | 12-31-2009 |
20090285716 | PROCESS FOR RECYCLING ALUMINIUM ALLOY SCRAP COMING FROM THE AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY - A manufacturing process for a remelt block containing aluminum designed for making aluminum alloy for the aircraft industry in which scrap containing mainly aluminum alloys used in the aircraft industry is supplied during a supply stage, the scrap is melted in a smelting furnace in order to obtain an initial molten metal bath during a smelting stage, the initial molten metal bath is subjected to purification by fractional crystallization in order to obtain a solidified mass and a bath of residual liquid during a segregation stage, and the solidified mass is recovered in order to obtain a remelt block during a recovery stage. The invention is particularly useful for the recycling of aluminum alloys used in the aircraft industry as it makes it possible to purify scrap of series 2XXX or series 7XXX alloys for iron and silicon, without eliminating additive elements such as zinc, copper and magnesium. | 11-19-2009 |
20090184202 | STRUCTRUAL ELEMENT MADE OF AN ALUMINUM ALLOY INCLUDING AN OPTICAL SENSOR - Provided herein is a method for manufacturing a worked product comprising a fiber sensor therein. Also provided is a wrought product comprising a fiber sensor as well as structural elements and other products including fuselage skin and a wing panel. | 07-23-2009 |
20090168833 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING THE FIRE HAZARD OF A MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method and a device for testing the fire hazard of a material. According to one embodiment of the method, a plane region of the surface of a specimen made of the material is brought in contact for at most a predetermined contact time with a glow wire, which has been heated to a predetermined temperature. Image data of the specimen are furthermore acquired by at least a first camera at least while the specimen is in contact with the glow wire. Image processing of the acquired image data of the specimen is furthermore carried out, preferably in realtime, ignition of the specimen by the glow wire being detected if applicable. A first duration is then determined, which corresponds to the length of time between the application of the tip of the glow wire on the specimen and the ignition of the specimen. Furthermore, according to one embodiment of the invention, a second duration may if applicable be determined by means of the image processing of the acquired image data of the specimen, the second duration corresponding to the length of time between the application of the tip of the glow wire on the specimen and the end of the ignition of the specimen. The method and the device are suitable in particular for carrying out tests to assess the fire hazard of materials according to the standards EN 60695-2-10, -12 and -13. | 07-02-2009 |
20090159159 | Al-Li ROLLED PRODUCT FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS - The present invention is directed to a substantially unrecrystallized rolled aluminum alloy product, obtained from a plate with a thickness of at least 30 mm, comprising 2.2 to 3.9 wt. % Cu, 0.7 to 2.1 wt. % Li, 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % Mg, 0.2 to 0.5 wt. % Mn, 0.04 to 0.18 wt. % Zr, less than 0.05 wt. % Zn, and optionally 0.1 to 0.5 wt. % Ag, remainder aluminum and unavoidable impurities having a low propensity to crack branching during L-S a fatigue test. A product of the invention has a crack deviation angle Θ of at least 20° under a maximum equivalent stress intensity factor Keff max of 10 MPa √m for a S-L cracked test sample under a mixed mode I and mode II loading wherein the angle Ψ between a plane perpendicular to the initial crack direction and the load direction is 75° | 06-25-2009 |
20080223492 | Edge-On Stress-Relief of Aluminum Plates - In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods for the manufacture of aluminum alloy plates having reduced levels of residual stress as well as plates and products employing such plates. Processes of the present invention involve providing a solution heat-treated and quenched aluminum alloy plate with a thickness of at least 5 inches, and stress relieving the plate by performing at least one compressing step at a total rate of 0.5 to 5% permanent set along the longest or second longest edge of the plate. In the method, the dimension of the plate where the compression step is performed is along the longest or second longest edge of the plate, which is preferably no less than twice and no more than eight times the thickness of the plate. In further accordance with the present invention, there are provided stress-relieved alloys and plates that are provided with superior W | 09-18-2008 |
20080202066 | METAL COMPOSITE PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The invention relates to a metal composite panel intended for construction, including at least two substantially parallel sheets ( | 08-28-2008 |