Development of aluminum rheo-extrusion process using semi-solid slurry at low solid fraction

作     者：T.RATTANOCHAIKUL S.JANUDOM N.MEMONGKOL J.WANNASIN 

作者机构：Department of Mining and Materials EngineeringFaculty of EngineeringPrince of Songkla University Department of Industrial EngineeringFaculty of EngineeringPrince of Songkla University 

出 版 物：《Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China》 (中国有色金属学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第20卷第9期

页      面：1763-1768页

核心收录：

学科分类：080503[工学-材料加工工程] 0806[工学-冶金工程] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0703[理学-化学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0814[工学-土木工程] 0702[理学-物理学] 080201[工学-机械制造及其自动化] 

基　　金：the financial supports from Prince of Songkla University (Contract number AGR530031M) 

主　　题：aluminum alloys extrusion semi-solid metal rheo-extrusion gas induced semi-solid (GISS) 

摘      要：An aluminum extrusion process is mainly used to fabricate long tubes, beams and rods for various applications. However, this process has a high production cost due to the need for investment of high-pressure machinery. The objective of this work is to develop a new semi-solid extrusion process using semi-solid slurry at low solid fractions. A laboratory extrusion system was used to fabricate aluminum rods with the diameter of 12 ram. The semi-solid metal process used in this study was the gas induced semi-solid （GISS） technique. To study the feasibility of the GISS extrusion process, the effects of extrusion parameters such as plunger speed and solid fi-action on the extrudability, microstructure, and mechanical properties of extruded samples were investigated. The results show that the plunger speed and solid fraction of the semi-solid metal need to be carefully controlled to produce complete extruded parts.