Abstract: Aluminum sheet stamping processes are provided that can include heating an aluminum sheet to a first temperature that is greater than ambient temperature; quenching the aluminum sheet to cool the aluminum sheet to a second temperature that is less than the first temperature; after the quenching allowing the aluminum sheet to rest at ambient temperature for at least 24 hours; and stamping the aluminum sheet to form a stamped component. Stamped aluminum components including one or more portions having an HRB hardness of greater than 87 are also provided. Processes are also provided for fabricating an aluminum component from an aluminum sheet. The processes can include modifying formability of at least one discrete portion of an aluminum sheet, and compressing and/or expanding at least a portion of the one discrete portion to form a fabricated component. The fabricated component can include at least one aluminum member comprising a compressed and/or expanded modified discrete portion.

Abstract: Processes by which bulk forms can be produced in a single continuous operation, as opposed to multi-stage deformation processes that involve a series of separate and discrete deformation operations or stages. Such processes generally entail deforming a solid body using a large-strain extrusion machining technique and deformation conditions that obtain a predetermined crystallographic texture in the continuous bulk form that differs from the crystallographic texture of the solid body.

Abstract: Processes by which bulk forms can be produced in a single continuous operation, as opposed to multi-stage deformation processes that involve a series of separate and discrete deformation operations or stages. Such processes generally entail deforming a solid body using a large-strain extrusion machining technique and deformation conditions that obtain a predetermined crystallographic texture in the continuous bulk form that differs from the crystallographic texture of the solid body.