Combining Equal-Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) and Heat Treatment for Achieving High Strength and Moderate Ductility in an Al-Cu Alloy

Numerical Analysis of Az61 Magnesium Alloy Extrusion Process by Modified Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ecae) Method

T. Bajor, M. Krakowiak, P. Szota, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland The paper presents the results of numerical modelling of AZ61 magnesium alloy hot deformation using modified ECAE method. The temperature-velocity conditions were analysed using FEM. The extrusion process was realised using the die with modified angular channel containing horizontal contracting zone in t...

Modeling and production of high strength Al strips by equal channel multi angular pressing method

Equal channel multi angular pressing (ECMAP) process is the efficient method to enhance the productivity of ultra-fine grained (UFG) materials, by increasing process continuity and as a result decreasing process required time. Comparing repetitive ECAP method, in the same period, the number of passes can be done by ECMAP. In this article, ECMAP of AL strips in two typical annealed and as receiv...

Achieving microstructures prone to superplastic deformation in an Al - Zn - Mg - Cu alloy by equal channel angular pressing

An Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy without Sc or Zr additions was subjected to overaging and processing by equal channel angular pressing, obtaining a grain size of ∼160 nm and a fraction of high-angle boundaries of 56%. The high elongations attained at high strain rate (10-10 s) and low test temperature (250-300 oC) are attributed to the formation of new recrystallized grains, ∼500 nm in size, during heatin...

Quasi-Static and Dynamic Characterization of Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) –Processed and Rolled AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Sheet

Parameter Analysis and optimization of equal channel angular pressing extrusion for titanium alloy using Taguchi design of experiments method

In this paper the influence of different parameters on equal channel angular pressing (EADAP) of titanium alloy is investigated. In the first step the most important parameters are selected, and then a table of experiments is designed using Taguchi method. After designing the table of experiments, all of the experiments are simulated using Abacus software and the results are optimized using Tag...