EP2017364A2 - Herstellungsverfahren von Halbzeugen aus Aluminiumlegierung insbesondere für Struktur von Kraftfahrzeugen - Google Patents

Herstellungsverfahren von Halbzeugen aus Aluminiumlegierung insbesondere für Struktur von Kraftfahrzeugen Download PDF

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EP2017364A2
EP2017364A2 EP08356083A EP08356083A EP2017364A2 EP 2017364 A2 EP2017364 A2 EP 2017364A2 EP 08356083 A EP08356083 A EP 08356083A EP 08356083 A EP08356083 A EP 08356083A EP 2017364 A2 EP2017364 A2 EP 2017364A2
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Bompard Serge
Benoit Hubert
Guy Michel Raynaud
Fernando Varanda
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22F—CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C22F1/00—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES, PROFILES OR LIKE SEMI-MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
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    • B21C23/02—Making uncoated products
    • B21C23/04—Making uncoated products by direct extrusion
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    • B21C23/085—Making tubes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES, PROFILES OR LIKE SEMI-MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22F—CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C22F1/00—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working
    • C22F1/04—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon
    • C22F1/05—Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working of aluminium or alloys based thereon of alloys of the Al-Si-Mg type, i.e. containing silicon and magnesium in approximately equal proportions

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing a semi-finished product made of aluminum alloy sheet or section, intended in particular to form a motor vehicle structure component that allows the absorption of energy in such a way that irreversible during a collision against an obstacle or shock.
  • a shock absorber made from a profile and used, in association with a beam, to form the entire bumper of said vehicle.
  • the beam is disposed transversely relative to the direction of movement of the vehicle, and the absorber or absorbers are generally arranged either transversely or longitudinally with respect to this direction.
  • a shock absorber is sometimes referred to as the "deformation element" or "crashbox".
  • the components intended to absorb energy irreversibly during a collision against an obstacle, or shock, in particular the bumper beams consisted of a shaped sheet metal, usually made of steel.
  • shock absorbers also called deformation elements or "crash boxes".
  • the structural component of the automobile body therefore has a dual role: on the one hand to deform elastically during small shocks or collisions against an obstacle, on the other hand to absorb energy and transmit the effort in a controlled manner, in particularly without collapsing abruptly during deformation, the absorbers or supports.
  • the industrial variability of the parameters of the steps of the manufacturing process leads to a variability in the characteristics of the half-products obtained, such as the energy absorption capacity and consequently a variability of their behavior in the event of a collision.
  • the variability of the characteristics of the half-product is dependent on several factors, the two main ones being the mechanical properties and the geometry of the semi-finished product.
  • the variations of the mechanical properties are related to the variability of the material from which they come, for example the variability on the chemical composition of the metal.
  • the variations in geometry are related to the extrusion or rolling process, for example to the geometric quality of the dies used in the case of an extrusion process.
  • the verification of the half-products obtained after the heat treatment requires the performance of frequent and extensive quality tests.
  • the intrinsic characteristics of the semi-finished product ie the mechanical characteristics such as the breaking load, yield strength or elongation, geometrical characteristics and / or compositional characteristics are measured, for example in manual geometric measurements, tensile tests or bundling tests. These destructive experiments are most commonly performed on finished products. In case of non-compliance, the products found to be defective can be separated from other products.
  • the aim of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a manufacturing method making it possible to control and reduce the variability of at least one functional characteristic of the half-product and consequently of the finished product, in particular the structural component, resulting from this half-product. product.
  • the invention relates to a manufacturing method of the aforementioned type characterized in that, before the income step, a sample is taken from a batch comprising a set of semi-finished products having common manufacturing parameters, in order to undergo a test of at least one of its functional characteristics, the conditions of the income stage being determined as a function of the value measured during the test and of a target value of the at least one functional characteristic, the heat treatment step of income being applied under the conditions determined to the whole lot from which the sample originates.
  • the conditions of the heat treatment of the income stage are determined as a function of the value of the characteristics measured on the sampled sample and of the target value which one wishes to obtain for these characteristics, the conditions of the heat treatment of income being thus specific to each batch. It is thus possible to control and reduce the variability of the final functional characteristic.
  • all the semi-products of the same batch is derived from the same alloy and the same casting of this alloy.
  • all the semi-products, consisting of sheets or profiles, of the same batch is produced on the same rolling mill or the same extrusion press respectively.
  • all the semi-products of the same batch is made through respectively the same rolling mill rolls or the same die.
  • all the semi-finished products of the same batch are respectively derived from the rolling and quenching or from the extrusion of the same quantity of metal whose mass is limited and for which the interruption respectively is the same. rolling and / or quenching or extrusion between two portions of the amount of metal does not exceed a specified time.
  • a maturation period at room temperature is observed before testing the functional characteristics of a sample extracted from a batch.
  • the ripening period makes it possible to reduce the dispersion of the measurement of the functional characteristics of the semi-finished product.
  • the test of the functional characteristics of the sample taken is a crushing test of a sample of length given by a press, during which the displacement of the crushing head of the press and the The forces applied by the crushing head of the press are recorded.
  • the test of the functional characteristics of the sample taken is a tensile test of a sample.
  • the functional characteristics test of the sample taken is a sample folding test.
  • the measured functional characteristic of the sample taken during the crushing test is the value of the maximum force to exert on the half-product to obtain a deformation of the half-product corresponding to a predetermined displacement.
  • the measured functional characteristic of the sample taken during this same test is the value of the energy absorbed to obtain a deformation of the half-product corresponding to a predetermined displacement.
  • the manufacturing process makes it possible to prevent the overrun of a target effort and to reduce the associated energy dispersion.
  • the measured functional characteristic of the sample taken during the test is a mechanical characteristic representative of the tensile behavior of the yield strength type, breaking load and / or elongation.
  • the measured functional characteristic of the sample taken during the test is a mechanical characteristic representative of the bending behavior of the bending limit angle type.
  • the conditions of the heat treatment of income determined according to the results of the test are at least a pair of treatment time and treatment temperature.
  • the semi-finished products are intended for the manufacture of shock absorbers of an energy absorption system of the "automobile bumper” type, providing the interface between a bumper beam. and other components of the body structure.
  • the semi-finished products are intended for the manufacture of bumper beams.
  • the figure 1 is a flowchart showing the steps of a first method according to the invention.
  • the figure 2 represents an example section of a section made by the method of the figure 1 .
  • the figure 3 represents the evolution of a force applied to a sample as a function of displacement during a bundling test.
  • the figure 4 represents the evolution of the maximum effort of a profile as a function of the duration of a heat treatment of income and the temperature of this treatment.
  • the figure 5 represents the evolution of the force applied to a set of bumper assemblies according to the state of the art according to a displacement during a bunching test.
  • the figure 6 represents the evolution of the force applied to a batch of bumper assemblies comprising profiles obtained by the method of figure 1 according to a displacement during a bundling test.
  • the figure 7 represents the evolution of the breaking load of a profile as a function of the duration of a heat treatment of income and the temperature of this treatment, the curves thus formed being used in a second method according to the invention.
  • the figure 8 represents the evolution of the elastic limit of a profile as a function of the duration of a heat treatment of income and the temperature of this treatment, the curves thus formed being used in a third method according to the invention.
  • the aluminum alloy used complies with the EN AW-6060 standard.
  • the section of the profile is represented on the figure 2 .
  • the outer shape of the section is a hexagon, the midpoints of three sides of the hex being joined by three partitions meeting at the center of the hexagon.
  • the obtained sections are put on hold at ambient temperature for a predetermined period constituting a so-called ripening step E9.
  • This ripening step preferably lasts at least two days. According to the first mode of implementation of the figure 1 this ripening stage lasts from three to five days.
  • the profiles subsequently undergo a heat treatment step in an oven, said step of income.
  • the profiles are constituted in batches L, each batch comprising a set of profiles having common manufacturing parameters.
  • the limited mass of metal is of the order of a ton or ten tons, and that the duration not to be exceeded for the interruption between two portions of billet is of the order of magnitude of the minute.
  • a sample e is taken from each batch of profiles comprising for example a profile.
  • a next functional characteristic test step E11 at least one functional characteristic of the sample e is measured.
  • the measured functional characteristic Fm of the profile taken during the test is the value of the maximum force Fm or maximum force to be exerted on the profile to obtain a deformation of the profile corresponding to a predetermined displacement do.
  • the test used to measure the functional characteristics of the profile taken is a bundling test.
  • the figure 3 gives an example of the type of curves obtained during a bundling test which consists in the overwriting of a sample e of a given length of the profile.
  • the sample e is deposited on a press so that the latter can apply a compressive force in one direction.
  • the base on which it rests on the press is flat and orthogonal to the crash direction.
  • the displacement d of the crushing head of the press and the applied forces F by the crushing head of the press are recorded.
  • the maximum effort Fm of the crash test corresponds to the first peak or local peak of the curve representing the crushing force F of the press as a function of the displacement d of the press head. It is usually picked up in the first moments of the crash test.
  • the value of the maximum force Fm is of the order of 95 kN or 95000 N.
  • the energy absorbed by the profile during the measurement corresponds to the area under the curve, that is to say to the integral of the curve.
  • a desired target value is taken into account for each functional characteristic whose value is measured during the test step.
  • the target value Fc of the maximum force for the profile is taken into account.
  • the conditions of the income step are then determined according to the measured value Fm and a target value Fc of the functional characteristics.
  • the conditions of the heat treatment determined are at least a pair duration ⁇ t / temperature T.
  • the determination can in particular be made by considering the measured value Fm of the functional characteristic of the profile taken and the target value Fc of the characteristic, then by correlating these values or the calculated difference E of its values and reference curves obtained empirically to provide a suitable heat treatment in terms of time and temperature.
  • the figure 4 shows reference curves for describing the evolution of the force Fm as a function of the temperature T and the duration of the heat treatment t.
  • three line segments represent the evolution of the maximum force Fm for three temperatures T1, T2, T3 respectively corresponding in the example to 100, 110 and 120 ° C.
  • the duration of the heat treatment of income ⁇ t is expressed in hours (h), the temperature T during this treatment in degrees Celsius (° C), the measured force Fm and the desired force Fc in Newton (N).
  • the heat treatment thus defined is applied to all the batch L from which the sample e is derived.
  • a set of bumpers comprises a beam, at least two shock absorbers or "crashboxes" connected by the beam, and mounting plates of the absorbers on the vehicle body.
  • the measured functional characteristic of the profile taken during the test may be the value of the energy absorbed for a predetermined displacement or another critical functional characteristic in the functional response of the profile.
  • a method according to the invention is applied to the manufacture of a profile of the same type as that described for the first embodiment, and whose section is shown in FIG. figure 2 .
  • the predominant functional characteristic chosen is the load at break Rm, the characteristic test used being a static tensile test, which is well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the figure 7 shows reference curves for describing the evolution of the breaking load Rm of a profile as a function of the temperature T and the duration of heat treatment t.
  • three line segments represent the evolution of the load at break for three temperatures T1, T2, T3 respectively corresponding in the example to 100, 110 and 120 ° C.
  • the duration of the heat treatment of income ⁇ t is expressed in hours (h), the temperature T during this treatment in degrees Celsius (° C), the measured breaking load Rm m and the desired breaking load Rm c in Mega Pascal (MPa).
  • the heat treatment thus defined is applied to all the batch L from which the sample e.
  • a method according to the invention is applied to the manufacture of a profile of the same type as that described for the first embodiment, and whose section is shown in FIG. figure 2 .
  • the predominant functional characteristic chosen is the yield strength Rp 0.2 denoted Rp subsequently, the characteristic test used being also a static tensile test.
  • the figure 8 shows reference curves for describing the evolution of the elastic limit Rp of a profile as a function of the temperature T and the duration of the heat treatment t.
  • three line segments represent the evolution of the elastic limit Rp for three temperatures T1, T2, T3 respectively corresponding in the example to 100, 110 and 120 ° C.
  • the duration of the heat treatment of income ⁇ t is expressed in hours (h), the temperature T during this treatment in degrees Celsius (° C), the measured yield strength Rp m and the desired elasticity limit Rp c in Mega Pascal (MPa).
  • a manufacturing method according to the invention is applied to the manufacture of aluminum alloy sheets by rolling.
  • This method comprises a step of rolling between two rolls of a rolling mill of an aluminum alloy mass and a quenching heat treatment, hereinafter referred to as "quenching", to obtain a sheet.
  • the sheets subsequently undergo, as previously described in the first embodiment, a step of heat treatment in an oven, said step of income.
  • the method comprises a sampling step, in which the sheets are constituted in batches L, each batch comprising a set of sheets having common manufacturing parameters.
  • the bend limit angle A formed by the sample is measured using a protractor.
  • a sample e may comprise several test pieces.
  • several samples e from different L batches can give the same results in the E11 test. In this case, it is possible to collect these batches in a set to which the same heat treatment of income will be applied.
  • shock absorbers or bumper beams are also possible.
  • the functional characteristics tests may be adapted to the type of semi-finished product used or the functional characteristic to be measured.

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