The invention relates to an alloy based on iron comprising, by weight: 35%Ni37% trace amountsMn0.6% trace amountsC0.07% trace amountsSi0.35% trace amountsCr0.5% trace amountsCo0.5% trace amountsMo<0.5% trace amountsS0.0035% trace amountsO0.0025% 0.011%[(3.138Al+6Mg+13.418Ca)(3.509O+1.770S)]0.038% 0.0003%<Ca0.0015% 0.0005%<Mg0.0035% 0.0020%<Al0.0085%
the remainder being iron and residual elements resulting from the elaboration.

Described herein are formable, high strength aluminum alloy products and methods of preparing and processing the same. The methods of preparing and processing the aluminum alloy products include casting an aluminum alloy and performing tailored rolling and downstream thermal processing steps. The resulting aluminum alloy products possess high strength and formability properties.

An object is to predict a microstructure of Al in an industrial process more accurately than conventional techniques. In an information processor (1), an inter-step information integration section supplies a PC(i) and an MS(i, 0) to each i-th step calculating section included in a step calculating section. Each i-th step calculating section supplies an MS(i, t) and a TMP(i, t) to a microstructure calculating section and thereby causes the microstructure calculating section to find an MS(i, tfi), and supplies the MS(i, tfi) to the inter-step information integration section (11). The inter-step information integration section (11) sets, as an MS(i+1, 0), the MS(i, tfi) received from the i-th step calculating section.

Methods of forming a high-strength metal alloy precursor by tailor-casting strips having a tailored thickness across a width of a strip material are provided. The tailor-cast strips have varying thickness throughout the width, which can then be further tailor rolled to a final required thickness profile/tailored thickness. Such tailor-casting method can be conducted by contacting a patterned surface of a casting roller or a casting block with a liquid high-strength metal alloy in a continuous casting process. The present disclosure provides methods of continuously casting a strip having varying thickness across the width allows for improved product in subsequent processing, like tailor rolling. Methods of making a high-strength metal alloy structural automotive component from a tailor-cast blank having a tailored thickness are also provided.

An apparatus (10) includes internal mechanisms (18, 20, 24) for advancing, guiding and roll forming fascia molding (30, 30a) from sheet material (14) fed from coil stock (16) or in precut sheets (72). The fascia molding (30, 30a) includes a roll formed curved profile (32) in between angled top and bottom portions.

An apparatus and method for rolling aluminum sheet uses a texture roll to roll the sheet while is it hot and has reduced yield strength. The texture rolling may be used to remediate defects in the sheet at a variety of stages in rolling, and may facilitate subsequent rolling stages.

Provided is an aluminum alloy foil that has sufficient surface hardness, while exhibiting excellent moist-heat resistance and corrosion resistance. The aluminum alloy foil contains 96.9 mass % or more of aluminum, 0.4 mass % or more and 3 mass % or less of manganese, 0.03 mass % or more and 0.08 mass % or less of iron, 0.00001 mass % or more and 0.1 mass % or less of silicon, 0.00001 mass % or more and 0.03 mass % or less of copper, 0.00001 mass % or more and 0.01 mass % or less of zinc, and 0.00001 mass % or more and 0.001 mass % or less of magnesium, based on the aluminum alloy foil taken as 100 mass %.

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an aluminum alloy sheet for metal bottles or aerosol cans. The invention also relates to a sheet manufactured by a process such as that described above, together with metal bottles or bottle-cans, together with aerosol cans or aerosol dispensers made from the said sheet.

Provided herein are highly-formable aluminum alloys and methods of making such alloys. The method of preparing aluminum alloys described herein can include a low final cold reduction step and/or an optional inter-annealing step to produce randomly distributed crystallographic texture components that produce an isotropic aluminum alloy product exhibiting improved formability and deep drawability. The methods described herein result in aluminum alloy microstructures having a balance of alpha fibers and beta fibers that promote improved formability of aluminum alloy sheets. The resulting improvements in quality allow for shaping processes with reduced rates of spoilage.

Provided herein are highly formable aluminum alloys and methods of making the same. The highly formable aluminum alloys described herein can be prepared from recycled materials without significant addition of primary aluminum alloy material. The aluminum alloys are prepared by casting an aluminum alloy that can include such recycled materials and processing the resulting cast aluminum alloy article. Also described herein are methods of using the aluminum alloys and alloy products.