The present application discloses wrought 2xxx AlLi alloy products that are work insensitive. The wrought aluminum alloy products generally include from about 2.75 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % Cu, from about 0.2 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % Mg, where the ratio of copper-to-magnesium ratio (Cu/Mg) in the aluminum alloy is in the range of from about 6.1 to about 17, from about 0.1 wt. % to 1.10 wt. % Li, from about 0.3 wt. % to about 2.0 wt. % Ag, from 0.50 wt. % to about 1.5 wt. % Zn, up to about 1.0 wt. % Mn, the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements, and impurities. The wrought aluminum alloy products may realize a low strength differential and in a short aging time due to their work insensitive nature.

A process for producing an optical element, which may be suitable for use in an infrared camera with sharp surface features and low emissivity surfaces, including the steps of casting the element in the desired shape in a zinc alloy, deburring the zinc alloy element with a thermal deburring operation, and coating the deburred zinc alloy element with an electrocoating operation.

A die cast component includes an insert element with a plurality of form-fitting elements which are designed for the form-fitting connection of the insert element with a casting material. A ratio of a component wall thickness to a wall thickness of the insert element is a maximum of 4.

The present invention is a method for producing a magnesium alloy is provided, which is characterized by adding 7.8 to 9.2% by weight of Al, 0.20 to 0.80% by weight of Zn, 0.12 to 0.40% by weight of Mn, and an amount Y [ppm] calculated by formulas provided below, of Ni, (1) when the decomposition rate X is lower than 500 mg/cm.sup.2/day,

Y=48.385 Ln(X)119.64(Formula 1) (2) when the decomposition rate X is 500 or higher but lower than 1400 mg/cm.sup.2/day,

Y=63.818 exp(0.0032X)(Formula 2)

and controlling to have a desired decomposition rate.

A die-casting aluminum alloy without heat-treatment and a preparation method and application thereof. Based on a total weight of the die-casting aluminum alloy, the die-casting aluminum alloy includes: 6.0 to 8.0 wt % of Si; 0.3 to 1.2 wt % of Mg; 0.4 to 0.8 wt % of Cu; 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Fe; 0.6 to 0.8 wt % of Mn; 0.05 to 0.20 wt % of Ti; 0.03 to 0.07 wt % of Sr; 0.03 to 0.07 wt % of Ce; 0.01 to 0.04 wt % of La; 0.01 to 0.1 wt % of Zr; less than or equal to 0.01 wt % of other impurity elements; and a balance of Al.

Methods and apparatus for a composite bicycle front sprocket are disclosed herein. One embodiment discloses a composite bicycle front sprocket assembly having an outer assembly of a first material. The bicycle front sprocket assembly also has a center assembly of a second material. The center assembly is disposed at least partially within the outer assembly. The center assembly is irremovably coupled with the outer assembly. The center assembly is irremovably coupled with the outer assembly without an external fastening device to irremovably couple the center assembly with the outer assembly.

A cylinder liner for insertion into an aluminum internal-combustion engine block may include a cylindrical body of cast iron having a circumferential external surface. The cylinder liner may also have a coating deposited on and surrounding the external surface. The external surface may have a specific roughness, and the coating may include at least 98% by volume of pure nickel, and a remainder composed of impurities.

Disclosed in the present disclosure is a process for manufacturing an aluminum alloy wheel. The process flow comprises: casting, de-flashing, soaking, spinning, thermal treatment, de-gating, X-ray and machining. The process reduces the cost by about 18 yuan/piece and reduces the weight of the finished product by 0.7-1.1 Kg by improving the casting production efficiency and the product quality, saving original cooling compressed air, canceling pre-machining, preheating and spinning the thermal blank, thermally treating the thermal blank and the like, has the cost equivalent to the comprehensive manufacturing cost of an ordinary cast wheel, and improves the market competitiveness of the cast-spun wheel. The process realizes short flow, light weight and low cost for manufacturing a cast-spun wheel, achieves intelligence of machining, and is suitable for automatic production of large-batch cast-spun wheels.

The present disclosure discloses a method for forming a rim of a cast-spun aluminum alloy hub, that is, a special spinning composite machining method for forming a structure that the spokes and the inner wheel flange of the hub are cast and the middle of the rim is spun. The method can prevent the performance, strength and as-cast structure of the inner wheel flange from being destroyed, effectively improve the impact resistance of the cast-spun hub at the inner wheel flange, prevent the inner wheel flange of the cast-spun hub from cracking during radial impact and improve the performance of the spun structure of the rim, is beneficial to thinning the rim and realizes light weight of the rim.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy product including the steps of: creating a bath of liquid metal in an aluminum-copper-lithium alloy, casting said alloy by vertical semi-continuous casting so as to obtain a plate with thickness T and width W such that, during solidification, the hydrogen content of said liquid metal bath (1) is lower than 0.4 ml/100 g, the oxygen content above the liquid surface (14, 15) is less than 0.5% by volume.