Magnesium base alloy pipes and method of manufacturing the same

a technology of magnesium base alloy and pipe, which is applied in the direction of machines/engines, transportation and packaging, and other domestic objects, can solve the problems of lack of ductility, marked inferiority in plastic workability, and the difficulty of producing magnesium or its alloy pipes so far, and achieves the effect of convenient butting and easy pipe manufacturing

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-02-05
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC IND LTD
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[0022]Moreover, since the magnesium base alloy pipes of the present invention combine high strength and outstanding toughness such as a 3% or higher elongation (elongation after fracture) and 250 MPa or higher tensile strength, they exhibit higher specific strength as compared with like materials in the prior art and thus may be applicable to structural materials for lightweight-oriented fields where such strength is particularly required. The magnesium base alloy pipes according to the present invention, thus having such high strength and toughness, can advantageously secure safety when used as such structural materials.
[0081]It is also preferred that the total area reduction ratio in drawing is 15% or above. More preferably, the total area reduction ratio is 25% or above. By drawing the pipe blank with the total area reduction ratio not less than 15% as above, is allowed production of magnesium base alloy pipes combining strength and toughness in balance.

Problems solved by technology

However, since magnesium and its alloys have a close-packed hexagonal lattice structure, they lacks in ductility with their marked inferiority in plastic workability.
Therefore, it has been very difficult so far to produce pipes of magnesium or its alloys.
Although magnesium base alloy pipes may be hot-extruded into pipes, the resultant pipes have been hardly used for structural materials because of their very low strength.
For example, such hot-extruded pipes of magnesium alloy are not in the least superior to pipes of aluminum alloy in strength.

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experimental example 1-1

[0093]An extruded pipe (outside diameter: 15.0 mm, wall thickness: 1.5 mm) of an alloy subject to the ASTM AZ31 (shall be referred to as AZ31 alloy and like nomenclature shall apply hereinafter) and an extruded pipe of an AZ61 alloy having the same configuration as above were drawn, respectively, at varied temperatures to be reduced to 12.0 mm in outside diameter, thus yielding various specimens of drawn magnesium base alloy pipes. The AZ31 alloy of the extruded pipe used was a magnesium base alloy containing 2.9 mass % of Al, 0.77 mass % of Zn and 0.40 mass % of Mn with the balance composed of Mg as a base material and unavoidable impurities, while the AZ61 alloy of the extruded pipe was a magnesium base alloy containing 6.4 mass % of Al, 0.77 mass % of Zn and 0.35 mass % of Mn with the balance likewise comprising Mg and unavoidable impurities. The drawing was accomplished in two passes of plain drawing, with the first pass reducing the outside diameter to 13.5 mm and the second pa...

experimental example 1-2

[0096]An extruded pipe (outside diameter: 15.0 mm, wall thickness: 1.5 mm) of an AZ31 alloy and an extruded pipe of an AZ61 alloy having the same configuration as above were drawn, respectively, with varied reduction ratios, consequently yielding various specimens of drawn magnesium base alloy pipes having different outside diameters. The AZ31 alloy of the extruded pipe used was a magnesium base alloy containing 2.9 mass % of Al, 0.77 mass % of Zn and 0.40 mass % of Mn with the balance composed of Mg as a base material and unavoidable impurities, while the AZ61 alloy of the extruded pipe was a magnesium base alloy containing 6.4 mass % of Al, 0.77 mass % of Zn and 0.35 mass % of Mn with the balance likewise comprising Mg and unavoidable impurities. The drawing was accomplished in one pass of plain drawing by using varied area reduction ratios of 5.5% (O.D. after a drawing: 14.20 mm), 10.0% (O.D. after a drawing: 13.5 mm) and 21.0% (O.D. after a drawing: 12.0 mm), respectively. The d...

experimental example 1-3

[0099]In this experimental example, to prepare drawn magnesium base alloy pipes, three types of extruded pipes were drawn at 150° C. to be reduced in outside diameter to 12.0 mm, respectively, including an extruded pipe of a magnesium base alloy (AZ10 alloy) containing 1.2 mass % of Al, 0.4 mass % of Zn and 0.3 mass % of Mn with the balance composed of Mg as a base material and unavoidable impurities, an extruded pipe of an AS41 magnesium base alloy containing 4.2 mass % of Al, 1.0 mass % of Si and 0.40 mass % of Mn with the balance likewise comprising Mg and unavoidable impurities and an extruded pipe of an AS21 magnesium base alloy containing 1.9 mass % of Al, 1.0 mass % of Si and 0.45 mass % of Mn with the balance likewise comprising Mg and unavoidable impurities. Each extruded pipe subjected to drawing was 15.0 mm in outside diameter and 1.5 mm in wall thickness. The drawing was performed in the same manner and under the same conditions as in the experimental example 1-1 above, ...

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Abstract

A magnesium base alloy pipe having high strength and toughness is provided along with a method of manufacturing such pipes. A magnesium base alloy pipe, wherein the pipe is produced by drawing a pipe blank of a magnesium base alloy comprising containing either of the following ingredients (1) or (2): (1) about 0.1-12.0 mass % of Al; or (2) about 1.0-10.0 mass % of Zn and about 0.1-2.0 mass % of Zr. The novel alloy pipe is manufactured by a method comprising steps of providing the above-described pipe blank, pointing the pipe blank, and drawing the pointed pipe blank. The drawing step is executed at a drawing temperature above approx. 50° C.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention relates to a magnesium base alloy pipes or tubes and a method of manufacturing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a magnesium base alloy pipes or tubes having improved toughness or high strength and to a method of manufacturing such pipes.[0003]2. Background Art[0004]Magnesium base alloys, lighter than aluminum and superior to steel and aluminum in specific strength and specific rigidity, are extensively used for aircraft parts, automobile parts, etc. as well as bodies of various electric appliances, or for many other applications. Particularly, magnesium base alloys have been used heretofore for press moldings or press-molded products, and as a method for manufacturing sheet materials for press molding a rolling process has been typically known (for example, see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).[0005]Here, Patent Document 1 is Japanese Patent Provisional Publication No....

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C22F1/06C22C23/02B21C29/04B21C37/06B21K21/02B21C1/00B21C1/24B21C5/00B21C9/00C22C23/04C22F1/00
CPCB21C1/003B21C1/24B21C5/00B21C5/003B21C9/00Y10T428/12764C22C23/04C22F1/06Y10T428/12292Y10T428/12792C22C23/02C22C23/00B21C1/00
Inventor OISHI, YUKIHIROKAWABE, NOZOMUTAKAHASHI, HITOSHIWAKAMATSU, KATSUMI
Owner SUMITOMO ELECTRIC IND LTD
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