Spray Forming Aluminum - Final Report (Phase II)
The U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Industrial Technology (DOE) has an objective to increase energy efficient and enhance competitiveness of American metals industries. To support this objective, ALCOA Inc. entered into a cooperative program to develop spray forming technology for aluminum. This Phase II of the DOE Spray Forming Program would translate bench scale spray forming technology into a cost effective world class process for commercialization. Developments under DOE Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC07-94ID13238 occurred during two time periods due to budgetary constraints; April 1994 through September 1996 and October 1997 and December 1998. During these periods, ALCOA Inc developed a linear spray forming nozzle and specific support processes capable of scale-up for commercial production of aluminum sheet alloy products. Emphasis was given to alloys 3003 and 6111, both being commercially significant alloys used in the automotive industry. The report reviews research performed in the following areas: Nozzel Development, Fabrication, Deposition, Metal Characterization, Computer Simulation and Economics. With the formation of a Holding Company, all intellectual property developed in Phases I and II of the Project have been documented under separate cover for licensing to domestic producers.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Idaho Operations Office, Idaho Falls, ID (US); Alcoa Technical Center, ALCOA Inc. (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) (EE-20) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-94ID13238
- OSTI ID:
- 12630
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID/13238; TRN: AH200120%%453
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 8 Jul 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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