A method for the manufacturing of an object. The method includes receiving a desired alloy composition for the object, depositing a plurality of foils in a stack to form the object, applying heat to the stack at a first temperature to bond the plurality of foils to each other, and applying heat to the stack at a second temperature to homogenize the composition of the stack. The homogenized stack has the desired alloy composition.

A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger (1) includes joining an inner fin (3) to a hollow structure (20) formed from at least two clad plates (200a, 200b) by heating and brazing a filler metal layer (B). Each clad plate has a core layer (A) composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Mg: 0.40-1.0 mass %. The filler metal layer is composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Si: 4.0-13.0 mass %, and further contains Li: 0.0040-0.10 mass %, Be: 0.0040-0.10 mass %, and/or Bi: 0.01-0.30 mass %. The inner fin is composed of an aluminum alloy that contains Si: 0.30-0.70 mass % and Mg: 0.35-0.80 mass %. A flux (F) that contains cesium (Cs) is applied along a contact part (201), and the vicinity thereof, of the at least two clad plates prior to the heating. A heat exchanger (1) may be manufactured according to this method.

Provided herein are new clad aluminum alloy products and methods of making these alloys. These alloy products possess a combination of strength and other key attributes, such as corrosion resistance, formability, and joining capabilities. The alloy products can be used in a variety of applications, including automotive, transportation, and electronics applications.

An optical device includes: a display; an optical element that includes a first face and a second face facing the first face, the optical element receiving light from the display through the first face, reflecting the received light on the second face, and emitting the reflected light through the first face; a housing that accommodates the display and the optical element; and a fixing structure that fixes the optical element by holding the optical element from different sides of the optical element.

An aluminum alloy for flux-free brazing provided for brazing performed via an Al—Si-based brazing material without a flux in a non-oxidizing atmosphere without depressurization, includes: by mass %, 0.01% to 2.0% of Mg; and 0.005% to 1.5% of Bi, wherein in the aluminum alloy, there are more than 10 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 0.01 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm in terms of equivalent circle diameter per 10,000-μm.sup.2 visual field and there are less than 2 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more per 10,000-μm.sup.2 visual field in a cross section parallel to a rolling direction, and in the aluminum alloy, there are less than 5 Bi particles having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more in terms of equivalent circle diameter per 10,000-μm.sup.2 visual field in the cross section parallel to the rolling direction.

A brazing sheet for flux-free brazing has an outermost surface brazing filler metal layer, consisting of an Al—Si-based alloy containing 2 to 13% Si in mass %, and an intermediate brazing filler metal layer, consisting of an Al—Si—Mg-based alloy containing 4 to 13% Si and 0.1 to 5.0% Mg in mass %, which are cladded on one or both sides of a core material. In the outermost surface brazing filler metal layer, the number of Si particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 1.75 μm or more is 10% or more of the number having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.8 μm or more, as observed in the direction of the surface layer. The intermediate brazing filler metal layer contains less than 3000 per 10000 μm.sup.2 of Si particles having a circle equivalent diameter of 0.25 μm or more, as observed in a cross section of the brazing filler metal layer.

The invention preferably relates to a method for stiffening a sheet element. In this regard, the method preferably comprises a first step of providing stiffening modules comprising a flange and at least one web. Furthermore, the stiffening modules are preferably attached to the sheet element sequentially along a load path, wherein the stiffening modules are connected to each other via their respective flanges using connecting means and/or joining methods for a positive, frictional and/or materially bonded connection to form a stiffening structure, such that the stiffening modules have a combined effect, specifically stiffening and reinforcing the sheet element. The invention also preferably relates to a stiffening structure for a sheet element comprising a plurality of stiffening modules arranged sequentially, and to a stiffening system comprising a stiffening structure and a sheet element.

A multi-layered brazing sheet product having an aluminium core alloy layer provided on one or both sides with a brazing clad layer material, and an inter-layer material positioned between the aluminium core alloy layer and at least one of the brazing clad layer materials, wherein the brazing layer material(s) is made from an 4xxx-series aluminium alloy having 5% to 15% Si and up to 3% Mg, and wherein the inter-layer material is made from a 1xxx-series aluminium alloy having a purposive addition of Mg of 0.10% to 2.0%. The invention relates also to the use of the brazing sheet product in a fluxless controlled atmosphere brazing process.

A laminated member as a laminate of a plurality of alloy ribbons is used. The laminated member has a side surface with a fracture surface. A laminated body as a laminate of the laminated member is used. A motor that includes a core using the laminated body is used. A method for manufacturing a laminated member is used that includes: fixing a plurality of amorphous ribbons to one another in a part of layers of the amorphous ribbons after laminating the amorphous ribbons; and punching a laminated member by cutting the laminate of the amorphous ribbons at a location that excludes the portion fixing the amorphous ribbons in the laminate.

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing of an aluminum material in an inert gas atmosphere or in vacuum is formed of a two-layer material in which a brazing material and a core material are stacked in this order. The core material is formed of an aluminum alloy and has a grain size of 20 to 300 μm, and the aluminum alloy contains Mn of 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Mg of 0.40 to 2.00 mass %, Si of 1.50 mass % or less, and Fe of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities. The brazing material is formed of an aluminum alloy containing Si of 4.00 to 13.00 mass % with the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities, and, in a drop-type fluidity test, a ratio α (α=K.sub.a/K.sub.b) of a fluid coefficient K.sub.a is 0.50 or more.