Aluminum alloy plastic worked article, method for manufacturing the same, and automobile component

Abstract

To provide an aluminum alloy plastic worked article in which an aluminum texture state having preferable corrosion resistance and preferable mechanical characteristics in terms of, for example, the strength, the proof stress, and the elongation is formed.In an aluminum alloy plastic worked article including a plastic worked portion which is formed of a thinned portion 22 formed by plastic working and rib portions 21 formed at two ends of this thinned portion 22 and which has an approximately H-shaped or U-shaped cross-section, the plastic worked portion is a plastic worked portion 2 having strain portions 23 in each of which an equivalent strain of up to 4.0 mm / mm generated by plastic working is present, and the strain portions 23 are each located in the vicinity of the surface of the plastic worked portion 2 at a boundary between the thinned portion 22 and each of the rib portions 21 and are each formed of a non-recrystalline texture N of aluminum (atomic symbol: Al) which is not recrystallized or are each formed of the non-recrystalline texture N and a fine crystalline texture M which is recrystallized but has a crystal grain of 500 μm or less.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy plastic worked article manufactured from an ingot of an Al—Mg—Si-based aluminum alloy, a method for manufacturing the same, and an automobile component.BACKGROUND ART[0002]In recent years, aluminum alloy plastic worked articles manufactured from ingots of Al—Mg—Si-based aluminum alloys have been used as structural materials (components) of transport apparatuses, such as vehicles, boats and ships, aircrafts, automobiles, or two-wheeled motor vehicles. The reason for this is that the Al—Mg—Si-based aluminum alloy has excellent workability and a high strength and also has corrosion resistance.[0003]For example, A6061, which is one type of Al—Mg—Si-based aluminum alloy, has been frequently used for automobile components, such as a suspension arm. However, in order to reduce the weight of a vehicle body, a material lighter than A6061 has been requested. In order to respond to this request, the reduction in required a...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0028]Since the aluminum alloy plastic worked article according to the present invention forms and maintains a preferable aluminum texture state even when a solution treatment is performed after a working strain is applied by plastic working, preferable performances in terms of, for example, the strength, the proof stress, and the elongation can be obtained. In particular, preferable performances, that is, a tensile strength of 380 MPa or more, a 0.2%-proof stress of 350 MPa or more, and an elongation of 10.0% or more, can be obtained. In addition, when immersion is performed in a predetermined corrosive liquid, cracks and the like are not confirmed, and hence, the corrosion resistance is excellent. Since the strength is increased, the corrosion resistance is improved, and the thickness can be reduced, a required alloy amount is reduced, and the reduction in weight can be surely achieved. Hence, the range of application of the Al—Mg—Si-based alloy plastic worked article can be expanded, and for example, the plastic worked article described above can be preferably used for an automobile component as a transport apparatus application in which the reduction in weight is aggressively pursued.

Problems solved by technology

However, when the Cu element amount is 0.05% or more, since the sensibility to grain-boundary corrosion is increased, if the Al—Mg—Si-based aluminum alloy is used under corrosive environment, stress corrosion cracks may be generated in some cases.

However, since an increase in addition amount of a Cu element degrades the corrosion resistance, the corrosion weight loss generated thereby cannot be suppressed.

That is, there has been a problem in that those Al—Mg—Si-based aluminum alloy raw materials are not suitably used in a severe corrosive environment.

Images