Continuous casting and rolling of 6201 aluminum alloy

Abstract

Abstract A method of continuously manufacturing a heat treatable aluminum base alloy rod, such as 6201 aluminum alloy rod containing from 0.50 to 0.9 percent silicon, from 0.6 to 0.9 percent magnesium and the balance essentially aluminum, comprising heating the metal to a molten state, continuously pouring and cooling the metal to form a cast bar at a temperature above the temperature at which the alloy metals begin to precipitate, continuously lengthening and reducing the cross-sectional area of the bar in a rolling mill to form rod and reducing the temperature of the rod to a temperature level below the crystallization temperature of the alloy metals within a time period which is short enough to keep the alloy metals from precipitating.

Inventors

• 👤 Daniel B Cofer
• 👤 Joseph A Bass

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