Disclosed are an aluminum alloy composition for die casting and a method of heat treating the same. The aluminum alloy composition contains precipitation of an MgZn-based strengthening phase through heat treatment to thus enhance strength thereof.

The invention relates to the use of a sheet made of an aluminium alloy for manufacturing a stamped bodywork or structural part of a motor vehicle body, also referred to as a body in white, wherein said sheet has a yield strength Rp.sub.0.2 no lower than 60 MPa and a tensile elongation Ag0 no lower than 34%. The invention also relates to a method for making such a stamped bodywork or structural part for a motor vehicle body, made from said sheet and selected in the group including inner panels or linings for car doors, a passenger compartment floor, a boot floor, a spare wheel housing, or even a passenger compartment side.

An aluminum alloy, in particular for a casting method, where the aluminum alloy includes at least aluminum, magnesium, manganese and copper. The aluminum alloy includes 0.001 to 0.50 wt. % of molybdenum, 0.05 to 0.4.5 wt. % of magnesium, 0.05 to 0.60 wt. % of manganese, up to 1.5 wt. % of iron, 0.25 to 4.00 wt. % of copper and 0.001 to 0.25 wt. % of vanadium.

A system and method of manufacturing an aluminum fuel cell cradle are provided. The method comprises providing a negative cast mold having cavities to form the cradle having a length greater than a width to define a longitudinal axis and providing a feeding mechanism disposed about the mold and in fluid communication with the cavities thereof. The feeding mechanism comprises primary risers connected to and in fluid communication with the cavities. The method further comprises melting a first metallic material to define a molten metallic material, moving the mold to a vertical orientation about the longitudinal axis while feeding molten metallic material through the runner to the cavities, and moving the cast mold to a horizontal orientation. A second solidification time in the risers is greater than a first solidification time in the mold such that shrinkage of the solidified metallic material occurs in the risers away from the mold.

The invention relates to a battery electrode foil comprising an aluminium alloy, wherein the aluminium alloy has the following composition in % by weight: Si: 0.01-0.15% by weight, Fe: 0.02-0.4% by weight, Cu: ?0.08% by weight, Mn: ?0.03% by weight, Mg: ?0.03% by weight, Cr: ?0.01% by weight, Ti: 0.005-0, 03% by weight, wherein the aluminium alloy can contain impurities up to a maximum of 0.05% in each case, in total up to a maximum of 0.15%, the remaining % by weight being aluminium, the proportion of aluminium however being at least 99.35% by weight; wherein the battery electrode foil has intermetallic phases with a diameter length of 0.1 to 1.0 ?m with a density of ?9500 particles/mm.sup.2. The invention further relates to a method for the production of a battery electrode foil, its use for the production of accumulators, and accumulators containing the battery electrode foil.

A checkered composite plate comprises a basal plate and a metal mesh; the material of the basal plate is aluminum; the metal mesh is embedded at the upper end of the basal plate and fixedly connected with the basal plate; the upper end of the metal mesh extends to the upper part of the basal plate; and the metal mesh forms raised checkers above the basal plate. In the checker composite plate of the present invention, the metal mesh is compounded on the upper end of the basal plate made of aluminum, so that the surface hardness of the aluminum basal plate is enhanced, thereby solving the defect that the aluminum basal plate is soft and not wear-resistant, solving the defect that the common composite plate is easy to deform when heated due to different stress of different materials.

A castable, moldable, and/or extrudable structure using a metallic primary alloy. One or more additives are added to the metallic primary alloy so that in situ galvanically-active reinforcement particles are formed in the melt or on cooling from the melt. The composite contains an optimal composition and morphology to achieve a specific galvanic corrosion rate in the entire composite. The in situ formed galvanically-active particles can be used to enhance mechanical properties of the composite, such as ductility and/or tensile strength. The final casting can also be enhanced by heat treatment, as well as deformation processing such as extrusion, forging, or rolling, to further improve the strength of the final composite over the as-cast material.

There is provided an aluminum-ceramic bonded substrate in which an aluminum plate comprising aluminum alloy is directly bonded to one surface of a ceramic substrate and an aluminum base plate comprising aluminum alloy is directly bonded to the other surface of the ceramic substrate, wherein the aluminum alloy is the aluminum alloy containing 0.05% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less of at least one element selected from nickel and iron in total amount, containing 0.01% by mass or more and 0.1% by mass or less of at least one element selected from titanium and zirconium in total amount, and containing 0% by mass or more and 0.05% by mass or less of at least one element selected from boron or carbon in total amount, with a balance being aluminum.

Methods and systems for investment casting with high performance aluminum alloys are described. High performance aluminum alloys can be modified with nanoparticles to be compatible with investment casting processes.

An aluminum alloy material includes 1.0 wt % to 13.0 wt % of Si, 0.2 wt % to 1.4 wt % of Fe, 0.2 wt % to 0.8 wt % of Ni, and the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy material can be 3D printed or die-casted to form an aluminum alloy object with a high thermal conductivity.