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Home > Forums > Materials Engineers > Materials > Metal and Metallurgy engineering Forum

Forming aluminum while at annealing temperature

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rctong (Mechanical)

10 Aug 12 13:05

What happens when you try to deform aluminum while its at its annealing temperature? Are you able to form it without concern to fracture since the grains are recrystallizing?

Thanks
R

berkshire (Aeronautics)

10 Aug 12 13:43

See if you can get a used copy of Forming Alcoa Aluminum.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/182-7569618...
They are available for between 15 and 45 dollars used , they are no longer in print.
B.E.

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swall (Materials)

10 Aug 12 14:45

By hot forming aluminum at the annealing temperature, you are basically forging. The temperature for forging and annealing of most aluminum alloys are in the same range, so I would not anticipate any issues. You may get some grain growth and recrystallization, like you do in forgings.

KENAT (Mechanical)

14 Aug 12 15:16

At slightly lower temperatures you may be able to use super plastc forming, plent of web results for that.

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