Advances and trends in forming curved extrusion profiles

W Zhou, Z Shao, J Yu, J Lin - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Curved profiles/sections have been widely used for manufacturing lightweight structures
with high stiffness and strength due to aerodynamics, structural properties, and design …

A comparative study on deformation mechanisms, microstructures and mechanical properties of wide thin-ribbed sections formed by sideways and forward extrusion

W Zhou, J Yu, X Lu, J Lin, TA Dean - International Journal of Machine Tools …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extruded profiles/sections are increasingly used in the transport industry for lightweight
structures. In this paper, a wide thin-ribbed aluminium profile with asymmetric Z-shape, was …

Towards enhancing the ductility of AZ31 Mg alloys by controlling twin orientation at various shear strain levels

P Lu, L Wang, H Chai, G Huang, H Wu, D **a… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel texture control strategy, shear strain-induced twin orientation regulation
(SITOR), was employed to fabricate the Mg–3Al–1Zn (AZ31) alloy with significantly improved …

Coordinated deformation characteristics and its effect on microstructure evolution of LA103Z Mg-Li alloy in reciprocating rotary extrusion

J Liu, C Sun, L Qian, Y Feng, S Xu, Y Yang - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The uneven metal flow and inhomogeneous microstructure on the cross-section of the
extruded bar are mainly induced by the uncoordinated deformation during the traditional …

Manufacturing a curved profile with fine grains and high strength by differential velocity sideways extrusion

W Zhou, J Yu, J Lin, TA Dean - International Journal of Machine Tools and …, 2019 - Elsevier
For structural and aerodynamic reasons, curved profiles are widely used in the transport
industry for manufacturing lightweight structures. In the present work, a curved AA1050 bar …

Manufacturing of curved profiles using an extrusion-bending continuous forming process

L Xu, Y Pei, Z Liu, C Gao, P **e, C Xu, L Li - Thin-Walled Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
An extrusion-bending continuous forming process (EBCFP) is proposed for manufacturing
curved profiles, which enables online bending of the extruded profiles at the die outlet with …

Microstructure, bending behavior and texture evolution of AZ31B magnesium alloy bending products processed by staggered extrusion (SE)

YP Wang, F Li, WY Shi, XW Li, WB Fang - Materials Characterization, 2019 - Elsevier
Staggered extrusion (SE) is a new process to realize an integrative process, combines an
extrusion process and a bending process. The SE process can solve bottlenecks of …

Effect mechanism of torsion on flat oval profile free bending

Q Yang, C Liu, C Cheng, X Guo, J Tao, Z Ma - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Six-axis free bending and twisting (6FBT) technology is suitable for the integral bending of
complex profiles with torsional characteristics for the cross-section. However, the influence …

[HTML][HTML] An upper bound solution for deformation field analysis in differential velocity sideways extrusion using a unified stream function

W Zhou, Z Shi, J Lin, TA Dean - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
An analytical model providing a detailed description of the material flow and deformation
behaviour of extruded curved profiles produced by the novel differential velocity sideways …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of direct recycling hot press forging parameters on mechanical properties and surface integrity of AA7075 aluminum alloys

NE Ruhaizat, NK Yusuf, MA Lajis, S Al-Alimi… - Metals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The current practice in aluminum recycling plants is to change the waste into molten metal
through the conventional recycling (CR) manufacturing process. However, the CR technique …