A method to form a magnesium article includes: heating materials including magnesium, aluminum, manganese and tin in a furnace to create an alloy having a composition of; the magnesium in an amount greater than or equal to 90% by weight of the materials; the aluminum ranging between approximately 2.0% up to approximately 4.0% by weight of the materials; the manganese ranging between approximately 0.43% up to approximately 0.6% by weight of the materials; and the tin ranging between approximately 1% up to approximately 3% by weight of the materials; chill casting the alloy to create a cast billet; and heating the cast billet at a temperature ranging from approximately 380° C. up to approximately 420° C. and maintaining the temperature for a time period between approximately 4 hours to 10 hours to homogenize element distribution.

A TiAl alloy member for hot forging includes a substrate made of TiAl alloy, and an Al layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the Al layer containing Al as a main constituent and containing Ti.

The disclosure discloses a method of producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub, comprises the following steps: step 1, heating a magnesium alloy bar to 350-430° C. and keeping the temperature for 20 minutes; step 2, initially forging and forming the bar under a forging press, the forging speed is 6-15 mm/s; step 3, finally forging and forming the bar under a forging press, and the forging speed is 5-8 mm/s; step 4, testing the microstructure and material properties of the final forged blank to obtain the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank; step 5, according to the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank obtained in step 4, selecting the part that meets the requirements to make a magnesium alloy wheel hub. According to the different properties in the thickness direction of the blank, the spoke orientation of the magnesium alloy wheel can be quickly designed according to the needs, and the magnesium alloy wheel that meets the usage performance can be obtained, which greatly improves the design and processing efficiency.

The invention provides a method and a product for manufacturing a titanium alloy dual-structure turbine disk based on partial hydrogenation, which includes the following steps: coating a glass coating on the partial surface of a titanium alloy billet where hydrogen-blocking is required, and sintering the titanium alloy billet coated with the glass coating; performing hydrogenation treatment on the titanium alloy billet, such that the hydrogen concentration at the hydrogenation-required portion reaches the predetermined level; removing the glass coating from the titanium alloy billet; preheating the titanium alloy billet, and then performing high temperature die forging in the forging dies; performing vacuum dehydrogenation treatment on the forged turbine disk to remove hydrogen element inside the forging, so that the hydrogen content is 0.015 wt. % or less.

Austempered steel for components requiring high strength and high ductility and/or fracture toughness, which has a silicon content of 3.1 weight-% to 4.4 weight-% and a carbon content of 0.4 weight-% to 0.6 weight-%. The microstructure of the austempered steel is ausferritic or superbainitic.

An aluminum-silicon carbide composite including flat-plate-shaped composited portion containing silicon carbide and an aluminum alloy, and aluminum layers containing an aluminum alloy provided on both plate surfaces of composited portion, wherein circuit board is mounted on one plate surface and the other plate surface is used as heat-dissipating surface, wherein: the heat-dissipating-surface-side plate surface of the composited portion has a convex curved shape; the heat-dissipating-surface-side aluminum layer has a convex curved shape; ratio (Ax/B) between the average (Ax) of the thicknesses at the centers on opposing short sides of outer peripheral surfaces and thickness (B) at central portions of the plate surfaces satisfies the relationship: 0.91≦Ax/B≦1.00; and a ratio (Ay/B) between the average (Ay) of the thicknesses at the centers on opposing long sides of outer peripheral surfaces and thickness (B) at central portions of the plate surfaces satisfies the relationship: 0.94≦Ay/B≦1.00 and production method therefor.

A sprocket wheel, which is a machine component configured to slide relative to a bushing while being in contact with the bushing in an outer peripheral surface, includes a base made of a first metal, and an overlay that covers the base so as to constitute the outer peripheral surface. The surface of the overlay constituting the outer peripheral surface has been smoothed. Such a smoothed surface of the overlay makes the sprocket wheel less damaging to the bushing.

A method for manufacturing a cold-forged extruded aluminum alloy rod includes the steps of: (A) preparing a primary material and a cold extrusion apparatus including a cold extrusion die and a cold extrusion punch corresponding in position to the cold extrusion die; (B) processing the primary material to form a solid preform; (C) subjecting the preform to a homogeneous annealing; (D) testing the hardness of the preform; (E) immersing the preform in a tank containing a lubricant for a predetermined time, (F) applying talcum powder on the preform; and (C) subjecting the preform to cold forging to thereby forming the cold-forged extruded aluminum alloy rod.

A method to form a magnesium article includes: heating materials including magnesium, aluminum, manganese and tin in a furnace to create an alloy having a composition of; the magnesium in an amount greater than or equal to 90% by weight of the materials; the aluminum ranging between approximately 2.0% up to approximately 4.0% by weight of the materials; the manganese ranging between approximately 0.43% up to approximately 0.6% by weight of the materials; and the tin ranging between approximately 1% up to approximately 3% by weight of the materials; chill casting the alloy to create a cast billet; and heating the cast billet at a temperature ranging from approximately 380° C. up to approximately 420° C. and maintaining the temperature for a time period between approximately 4 hours to 10 hours to homogenize element distribution.

A titanium aluminide alloy material for hot forging has a chemical composition including, by atom, aluminum of 38.0% or greater and 39.9% or less, niobium of 3.0% or greater and 5.0% or less, vanadium of 3.0% or greater and 4.0% or less, carbon of 0.05% or greater and 0.15% or less, and titanium and an inevitable impurity as a residue.