Continuous Severe Plastic Deformation for Aluminum Alloys
- Technology Benefits
- - Stronger and lighter alloys- Process can be implemented in industrial setting to produce high yields- Workpiece length is not limited
- Technology Application
- - Forging- Metal Stamping
- Detailed Technology Description
- None
- Industry
- Automotive
- Sub Category
- Vehicle Body Processing
- *Abstract
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The inventors developed a continuous severe plastic deformation process for producing ultrafine-grained metal alloys. A billet moves through sets of dies to produce nanocrystalline and ultra-fine grain materials that exhibit superplastic behavior.
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Raghavan Srinivasan
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
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