A method for forming a battery bracket by semi-solid die casting, where the battery bracket is prepared by semi-solid die casting. The method includes: preparing an aluminum alloy raw material into liquid aluminum alloy, and incubating the liquid aluminum alloy at a first preset temperature; delivering the liquid aluminum alloy to a slurry machine for stirring to obtain a semi-solid slurry; pouring the semi-solid slurry into a die-casting machine for die-casting forming to obtain a prototype of the battery bracket; and subjecting the formed prototype of the battery bracket to solution treatment at a second preset temperature and then to aging treatment at a third preset temperature to obtain the battery bracket; where, the battery bracket mold structurally matches the battery bracket, and gates are disposed at positions in the battery bracket mold corresponding to threaded connections of a first boss and a second boss of the battery bracket, respectively.

A method of over-molding a hybrid sub-assembly onto a base structure includes providing a mold for an over-molding process. The mold may comprise a lower mold tool, an upper mold tool, and a tube locator positioned on one of the upper mold tool or lower mold tool. A base structure formed of a first material is located into the tube locator. A mandrel tool is inserted into an opening in the base structure. The upper and lower mold tools are closed and clamped shut. A second material, such as a lighter weight or lower density material is heated to at least a semi-solid or slurry state. The semi-solid or slurry is injected into the mold to form a molded sub-assembly that is mechanically bonded to the base structure.

The present invention provides a high thermal conductivity aluminum alloy, which comprises the following components in percentage by weight: Al: 80%-90%; Si: 6.5%-8.5%; Fe: 0.2%-0.5%; Zn: 0.8%-3%; V: 0.03%-0.05%; Sr: 0.01%-1%; graphene: 0.02%-0.08%. In the high thermal conductivity aluminum alloy of the present invention, alloying elements including Si, Fe, and Zn are optimized; Sr, V, graphene, among others are added. The amount of each component is controlled so that they coordinate to ALLOW high thermal conductivity, good casting performance and excellent semi-solid die-casting property. Graphene is introduced to the high thermal conductivity aluminum alloy of the present invention to exploit the good thermal conductivity of graphene, allowing the formation of a high thermal conductivity aluminium alloy.

The present disclosure relates to a copper based microcrystalline alloy and a preparation method thereof, and an electronic product. In percentage by weight and based on the total amount of the copper based microcrystalline alloy, the copper based microcrystalline alloy includes: 30-60 wt % of Cu; 25-40 wt % of Mn; 4-6 wt % of Al; 10-17 wt % of Ni; 0.01-10 wt % of Si; and 0.001-0.03% of Be.

A method for producing a component from an aluminum alloy using a semisolid method is provided. The alloy contains less than 1.3% by weight of iron and no more than 0.2% by weight of silicon, and the component has sufficient ductility such that the component can be joined to other components by self-piercing riveting, flow drilling, high-speed tack setting, friction welding and/or weld riveting.

A ring for a connection element includes a contact portion intended to cooperate with a contact surface of another ring and a fastening portion intended to be secured to a support. The contact portion is made of a first metallic material and the fastening portion is made of a second metallic material, the hardness of the first material being substantially greater than that of the second material, and the toughness of the second material being substantially greater than that of the first material, the contact portion and the fastening portion being of one piece construction.

A method for preparing semisolid slurry. The method is achieved using a device for preparing semisolid slurry. The device includes a slurry vessel and a mechanical stirring rod. The mechanical stirring rod includes a first end and a second end extending into the slurry vessel. The method includes: S1. putting a molten alloy having a first preset temperature into the slurry vessel; S2. cooling the molten alloy to a second preset temperature, positioning the second end of the mechanical stirring rod to be 5-25 mm higher than the bottom wall of the slurry vessel, rotating the mechanical stirring rod and injecting a cooling medium into the mechanical stirring rod; and S3: allowing the temperature of the molten alloy to be 10-90 degrees centigrade lower than the liquidus temperature of the molten alloy, stopping stirring and cooling, to yield a semisolid slurry.

Proposed is an electromagnetic vibration stirring device of semi-solid high pressure casting equipment. The electromagnetic vibration stirring device includes: a ring-shaped casing including an inner wall into which a sleeve is inserted and an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall; and a magnetic field generating unit located between the inner wall and the outer wall of the casing, and including a plurality of electromagnets radially arranged at equal intervals around the sleeve in a circumferential direction of the sleeve, each of the electromagnets including a core and a coil surrounding the core. The magnetic field generating unit generates a magnetic field by applying a current to the electromagnets in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and each portion of a semi-solid molten metal is sequentially vibrated by the magnetic field along the circumferential direction of the sleeve, thereby controlling a microstructure of the molten metal.

A method for manufacturing a powder-modified magnesium alloy chip for thixomolding includes a drying step of heating a mixture containing an Mg chip containing Mg as a main component, a C powder containing C as a main component, a binder, and an organic solvent to dry the organic solvent contained in the mixture, and a stirring step of stirring the mixture heated in the drying step.

A semi-solid metal in-cavity molding die includes a die body. The die body includes a male die and a female die, a cavity formed by the male die and the female die, a runner communicated with the cavity and a sprue communicated with the runner are provided inside the die body. An inner wall of the runner is provided with a plurality of guide protrusions which are arranged in a spiral track. The guide protrusions combine the inner wall of the runner to form a special-shaped pipeline for molten metal to flow through, and a cooling mechanism arranged around the runner is further provided in the die body.