Asymmetric rolling （ASR）, as one of severe plastic deformation （SPD） methods to make ultra-fine materials with enhanced performance is mainly used to prepare foil and thin strip. The asymmetrical rolling was achieved by adjusting the diameters of the upper roll and the bottom roll and was used to prepare hot-rolled thick plate of 5182 aluminium alloy. The shear deformation and plate shape control were experimentally studied. The experimental results show that asymmetrical rolling has a significant effect on metal deformation stream and can somehow refine microstructure and improve the uniformity of microstructure and properties. The asymmetrical rolling process can also reduce the rolling force. However, bending of rolling plate often happens during asymmetrical rolling process. The factors affecting the bending were discussed.
Aluminum has been the secondly main metallic material in the world, whose mechanical properties are very important for industrial applications. The sizes and shapes of grains are important in determining the performance in structural applications. How to control the microstructure during solidification process has been a research focus. This paper gives an overview on the recent progress in microstructure control for aluminium alloys solidification process, and introduces the different methods to control the microstructure in detail. The mechanisms of microstructure control for different methods are also discussed. Finally, a brief prospect on future work is presented.
WANG XiangJieLUO XiaoXiongCONG FuGuanCUI JianZhong
The effect of forging passes on the refinement of high purity aluminum during multi-forging was investigated. The attention was focused on the structure uniformity due to deformation uniformity and the grain refinement limitation with very high strains. The results show that the fine grain zone in the center of sample expands gradually with the increase of forging passes. When the forging passes reach 6, an X-shape fine grain zone is initially formed. With a further increase of the passes, this X-shape zone tends to spread the whole sample. Limitation in the structural refinement is observed with increasing strains during multi-forging process at the room temperature. The grains size in the center is refined to a certain size （110 μm as forging passes reach 12, and there is no further grain refinement in the center with increasing the forging passes to 24. However, the size of the coarse grains near the surface is continuously decreased with increasing the forging passes to 24.
Degassing is very important for aluminum alloys especially for 7xxx series alloys. In the present study, a high shear technology was used to degas 7032 aluminum alloy in order to study its degassing efficiency. The experimental results showed that the high shear technology can significantly degas 7032 aluminum alloy. By applying intensive melt shearing and an Ar injection of 60 seconds, the density index, D,, was reduced from 13.25% to 0.28% and the hydrogen concentration was significantly i＇educed from 0.31 to 0.10 mL/100g AI. Compared with the conventional rotary degassing, high shear technology showed a much higher degassing efficiency, achieving a lower concentration of hydrogen in a shorter time. The water simulation experiment was used to study the mechanism of the high degassing efficiency. The small bubble size and the uniform distribution of Ar bubbles with the application of high shear technology are believed to be the main cause for the high degassing efficiency.
Yu-bo ZuoYi-yao KangYue LinXu-dong LiuChao SunSen-sen YuanJian-zhong Cui
为了了解电磁场对组织细化作用的机理,采用低频电磁铸造方法制备直径200 mm Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr合金铸锭,并对铸造过程中的温度场进行测量。结果表明:施加磁场产生的强制对流使得温度场均匀且低于液相线约6℃。结晶器中熔体温度场的变化显著改变了熔体从开始浇注到完全凝固的热历史,从而有效促进了异质形核,显著减少晶核的重熔,使更多晶核能够生存下来,并最终促进形成均匀、细小的微观组织。
