Aluminium Processes
Learn about aluminium processes and their applications. From casting and shaping to heat treating and chemical milling, delve into the world of aluminium production.
In the book “Handbook of Aluminum: Vol. 1: Physical Metallurgy and Processes”
Edited by George E. Totten, D. Scott MacKenzie
1310 pages.
BRIEF CONTENTS
Part One – Aluminium physical metallurgy
- Introduction to Aluminum
- Properties of Pure Aluminum
- Physical Metallurgy and the Effect of Alloying Additions in Aluminum Alloys
- Recrystallization and Grain Growth
- Hardening, Annealing, and Aging
- Residual Stress and Distortion
Part Two – Aluminium processes
- Rolling of Aluminum
- Extrusion
- Aluminum Welding
- Casting Design
- Modeling of the Filling, Solidification, and Cooling of Shaped Aluminum Castings
- Castings
- Molten Metal Processing
- Shaping by Pulling from the Melt
- Low-g Crystallization for High-Tech Castings
- Designing for Aluminum Forging
- Forging
- Sheet Forming of Aluminum Alloys
- Heat Treating Processes and Equipment
- Quenching
- Machining
- Superplastic Forming
- Aluminum Chemical Milling
- Powder Metallurgy
Some usuful figures from this book
The flow-sheet of the Bayer process of production of alumina from bauxite [Introduction in Aluminum, Fig. 7]
Flow-sheet for production of aluminium from alumina [Introduction in Aluminum, Fig. 6]
Super-purity aluminium refining furnace [Introduction in Aluminum, Fig. 11]
Hot strip casting and rolling mills for aluminium alloys (Mannesmann Demag AG, 1992)
[Rolling aluminum, Fig. 1]
Cold rolling mills for aluminium alloys (Mannesmann Demag AG, 1992)
[Rolling aluminum, Fig. 7]