Abstract: Method for producing structural components from heat treatable aluminum alloys based on extruded material, in particular AA 6xxx series alloys, the components having improved crush properties and being particular applicable in crash zones of vehicles, such as longitudinals and crash boxes, the method including the following steps: a. casting a billet from said alloy by DC casting, b. homogenizing the cast billet, c. forming a profile from the billet by extrusion, preferably a hollow section d. optionally, separate solution heat treatment, e. quenching the profile down to room temperature after the forming step and the possible separate solutionising step, f. stretching the extruded or the separate solutionised profile to obtain at least 1.5% plastic deformation, g. artificially ageing the profile.

Abstract: Method for the manufacturing of an Al—Mg—Si(—Cu) extrusion alloy, the alloy initially being cast to extrusion billet(s), containing in wt. % Si: 0.20-1.50 Mg: 0.25-1.50 Fe: 0.05-0.50 Cu: 0.00-1.00 Mn: 0.00-1.00 Cr: 0.00-0.50 Zn: 0.00-0.50 Ti: 0.00-0.20, and including incidental impurities and balance Al.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for filtering molten metal, in particular aluminium, including a container (1) with an outer shell or casing of metal and an inner thermally insulated interior cladding or wall construction made of heat resistant insulation and refractory material. A removable lid (2) provided on top of the container to keep the container sealed (air tight) during operation, the container (1) being provided with an inlet chamber (3) having an inlet opening (4) receiving metal from a metal supply launder (10) and an outlet chamber (5) with an outlet opening (6) in which a ceramic or refractory filter (7) is mounted.

Abstract: Method for producing structural components from heat treatable aluminum alloys based on extruded material, in particular AA 6xxx series alloys, the components having improved crush properties and being particular applicable in crash zones of vehicles, such as longitudinals and crash boxes, the method including the following steps: a. casting a billet from said alloy by DC casting, b. homogenizing the cast billet, c. forming a profile from the billet by extrusion, preferably a hollow section d. optionally, separate solution heat treatment, e. quenching the profile down to room temperature after the forming step and the possible separate solutionising step, f. stretching the extruded or the separate solutionised profile to obtain at least 1.5% plastic deformation, g. artificially ageing the profile.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for filtering molten metal, in particular aluminium, including a container (1) with an outer shell or casing of metal and an inner thermally insulated interior cladding or wall construction made of heat resistant insulation and refractory material. A removable lid (2) provided on top of the container to keep the container sealed (air tight) during operation, the container (1) being provided with an inlet chamber (3) having an inlet opening (4) receiving metal from a metal supply launder (10) and an outlet chamber (5) with an outlet opening (6) in which a ceramic or refractory filter (7) is mounted.

Abstract: Method for the manufacturing of extruded profiles that can be anodized with high gloss surfaces, the profiles being extruded of an age hardenable aluminium alloy that can be recrystallized after cold deformation, for example a 6xxx or 7xxx alloy, where the alloy initially is cast to extrusion billet(s), where the billets are homogenized at a holding temperature between 480° C. and 620° C. and soaked at this temperature for 0-12 hours, where after the billets are subjected to cooling from the homogenization temperature at a rate of 150° C./h or faster, a) the billets are preheated to a temperature between 400 and 540° C. and extruded preferably to a solid shape profile and cooled rapidly down to room temperature, b) deforming the profile more than 10% by a cold rolling operation, where after c) the profile is flash annealed with a heating time of maximum two minutes to a temperature of between 400-530° C.

Abstract: Extrudeable Al—Mg—Si aluminium alloy with improved strength, corrosion resistance, crush properties and temperature stability, in particular useful in or close to the front part of vehicles. The composition of the alloy is defined within the following coordinate points of an Mg—Si diagram: a1-a2-a3-a4, where in wt % a1=0.60 Mg, 0.65Si, a2=0.90Mg, 1.0Si, a3=1.05Mg,0.75Si and a4=0.70Mg, 0.50Si and where the alloy has a non-recrystallised grain structure in the extruded profile containing in addition the following alloy components in wt %: Fe up to 0.30 Cu 0.1-0.4 Mn 0.4-1.0 Cr up to 0.25 Zr up to 0.25 and Ti 0.005-0.15 incidental impurities up to 0.1 each and including Zn up to 0.5 with balance Al.

Abstract: Extrudeable Al—Mg—Si aluminum alloy with improved strength, corrosion resistance, crush properties and temperature stability, in particular useful in or close to the front part of vehicles. The composition of the alloy is defined within the following coordinate points of an Mg—Si diagram: a1-a2-a3-a4, where in wt % a1=0.60 Mg, 0.65Si, a2=0.90Mg, 1.0Si, a3=1.05Mg, 0.75Si and a4=0.70Mg, 0.50Si and where the alloy has a non-recrystallized grain structure in the extruded profile containing in addition the following alloy components in wt %: Fe up to 0.30 Cu 0.1-0.4 Mn 0.4-1.0 Cr up to 0.25 Zr up to 0.25 and Ti 0.005-0.15 incidental impurities up to 0.1 each and including Zn up to 0.5 with balance Al.

Abstract: Method for the manufacturing of products with anodized high gloss surfaces from extruded profiles of Al—Mg—Si or AS-Mg—Si—Cu, where the alloys initially are cast to extrusion billets), containing in wt. % Si: 0.25-1.00 Mg. 0.25-1.00 Fe: 0.00-0.15 Cu: 0.00-0.30 Mn: 0.00-0.20 Cr: 0.00-0.10 Zr: 0.00-0.10 Se: 0.00 -0.10 Zn: 0.00-0.10 Ti: 0.00-0.05., and including incidental impurities and balance A.L a) where the billet is homogenised at a holding temperature between 480° C. and 620° C. and soaked at this temperature for 0-12 hours, where after the billet is subjected to cooling from the homogenisation temperature at a rate of 150° C./h or faster, b) the billet is preheated to a temperature between 400 and 540° C.

Abstract: Method for the manufacturing of an Al—Mg—Si(—Cu) extrusion alloy, the alloy initially being cast to extrusion billet(s), containing in wt. % Si: 0.20-1.50 Mg: 0.25-1.50 Fe: 0.05-0.50 Cu: 0.00-1.00 Mn: 0.00-1.00 Cr: 0.00-0.50 Zn: 0.00-0.50 Ti: 0.00-0.20, and including incidental impurities and balance Al.

Abstract: Extrudeable Al—Mg—Si aluminium alloy with improved strength, corrosion resistance, crush properties and temperature stability, in particular useful in or close to the front part of vehicles. The composition of the alloy is defined within the following coordinate points of an Mg—Si diagram: a1-a2-a3-a4, where in wt % a1=0.60 Mg, 0.65Si, a2=0.90Mg, 1.0Si, a3=1.05Mg, 0.75Si and a4=0.70Mg, 0.50Si and where the alloy has a non-recrystallised grain structure in the extruded profile containing in addition the following alloy components in wt %: Fe up to 0.30 Cu 0.1-0.4 Mn 0.4-1.0 Cr up to 0.25 Zr up to 0.25 and Ti 0.005-0.15 incidental impurities up to 0.1 each and including Zn up to 0.5 with balance Al.

Abstract: Aluminum alloy containing Mg and Si, in particular useful for extrusion purposes containing in wt %: Mg 0.3-0.5 Si 0.35-0.6? Mn 0.02-0.08 Cr 0.05 Zn 0.15 Cu 0.1? Fe 0.08-0.28 and in addition grain refining elements up to 0.1 wt % and incidental impurities up to 0.15 wt %. The manganese (Mn), within the specified limits, has an additional positive effect on the extrudability of an AlMgSi alloy. In addition to promoting the transformation of the AlFeSi intermetallic phases, AlMnFeSi dispersoid particles are formed during homogenization. These particles are acting as nucleation sites for Mg2Si particles during cooling after homogenization. In a high quality billet the Mg2Si particles formed during cooling after homogenization should easily dissolve during the preheating and the extrusion operation before the material reach the die opening.

Abstract: An Al—Mg—Si alloy with improved ductility and crush properties, in particular useful for structural components in crash exposed areas in vehicles. The alloy contains in wt %: Mg 0.25-1.2; Si 0.3-1.4; Ti 0.03-0.4, where Ti is present in solid solution and where the alloy contains in addition one or more of the following alloy components: Mn max 0.6; Cr max 0.3; Zr max 0.25, and incidental impurities, including Ee and Zn up to 0.5 with balance Al.

Abstract: Aluminium alloy containing Mg and Si, in particular useful for extrusion purposes containing in wt %: Mg 0.3-0.5 Si 0.35-0.6? Mn 0.02-0.08 Cr 0.05 Zn 0.15 Cu 0.1? Fe 0.08-0.28 and in addition grain refining elements up to 0.1 wt % and incidental impurities up to 0.15 wt %. The manganese (Mn), within the specified limits, has an additional positive effect on the extrudability of an AlMgSi alloy. In addition to promoting the transformation of the AlFeSi intermetallic phases, AlMnFeSi dispersoid particles are formed during homogenisation. These particles are acting as nucleation sites for Mg2Si particles during cooling after homogenisation. In a high quality billet the Mg2Si particles formed during cooling after homogenisation should easily dissolve during the preheating and the extrusion operation before the material reach the die opening.

Abstract: An ageing process capable of producing an aluminum alloy with better mechanical properties than possible with traditional ageing procedures. The ageing process employs a dual rate heating technique that comprises a first stage in which the aluminum alloy is heated at a first heating rate to a temperature between 100 and 170° C. and a second stage in which the aluminum alloy is heated at a second heating rate to a hold temperature of 160 to 220° C. The first heating rate is at least 100° C./hour and the second heating rate is 5 to 50° C./hour. The entire ageing process is performed in a time of 3 to 24 hours.

Abstract: The present invention concerns procedures for producing an alloy from a eutectic alloy system, in order to form a workpiece for rolling or extrusion purposes by, for example, producing an Al—Mg—Si alloy, which can be precipitation-hardened, which alloy, after having been heated to a temperature above the solubility temperature of phases which can be precipitated, is kept at this temperature until the phases have dissolved and is cooled at a cooling rate which is rapid enough to avoid most of the precipitation of the phases and slow enough to avoid most of the precipitation of dispersoid particles. At cooling rates within this interval, most coarse phases which have a reductive effect on the processing rate can be avoided and, at the same time, the number of small dispersoid particles which have a reductive effect on the mechanical properties after hardening is limited.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooling billets (9), preferably formed of aluminum. The apparatus includes a housing (2) provided with openings (3) for axial passage of the billet through the housing, a cooling ring (4) arranged inside of the housing, and supply lines (6) for supplying a cooling medium to the housing. The cooling medium is supplied to the billet (9) in order to achieve uniform cooling, i.e. cooling without a temperature gradient, around the entire circumference of the billet. The apparatus is capable of rotating the billet while the cooling medium is supplied uniformly around the circumference of the billet (90).

Abstract: An aluminum alloy and a process for treating the aluminum alloy. The alloy contains 0.5 to 2.5% by weight of an alloying mixture of magnesium and silicon, in which the molar ratio of Mg/Si is 0.70 to 1.25, the alloy optionally containing an additional amount of silicon up to about ⅓ of any iron, manganese and chromium in the alloy, as expressed by weight percent, the balance of the alloy being aluminum, optional alloying elements and unavoidable impurities. The process entails an ageing technique that includes a first stage in which an extrusion of the aluminum alloy is heated at a rate above 100° C./hour to 100-170° C., a second stage in which the extrusion is heated at a rate of 5 to 50° C./hour to a final hold temperature, wherein the total ageing operation is performed in 3 to 24 hours.