The main objective of this work is to study the feasibility of manufacturing extruded magnesiumMagnesium ECO-alloy products for applications in different industries such as aeronautics, aerospace, or automotive, from recycled chipsRecycled chips, in order to contribute to the implementation of a circular economy model. The key concept is the processing of the chips in the solid state, avoiding their melting through an alternative procedure involving the use of chips produced during machining processes, thereby substantially reducing the energy consumption and the carbon footprint. For this purpose, chips from ECO-Mg alloys of different compositions, Mg-7.5Y-2.5Zn (wt.%) (TED5), Mg-7.5Y-2Zn-5Nd (wt.%) (TED4), Mg-7Y-2.5Zn-5.7Gd (wt.%) (TED6), and the commercial ECO-AZ31 alloyECO-AZ31 alloy for comparative purposes, were selected. The chips were cold-compacted and subsequently extruded at 400 ℃ using two T-shaped dies of different dimensions. The microstructureMicrostructure and mechanical propertiesMechanical properties of the four alloys were evaluated. For all materials, fully consolidated and defect-free T-shape profilesProfiles were achieved. Tensile tests at room temperature showed that all Mg–Zn–Y alloysMg–Zn–Y alloys studied present high yield stress and ultimate tensile strengthStrength exceeding 300 MPa, far superior to those of the commercial AZ31 alloy. However, they show very limited ductility with elongations not higher than 2.5%. The high-volume fraction of second phases in TED alloys significantly increases the mechanical strengthStrength, but also results in high brittleness.

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Feasibility of a Circular Process to Manufacture High-Performance Mg Alloy Profiles by Extruding Recycled Chips from Machining Processes

  • Judit Medina,
  • Gerardo Garces,
  • Pablo Pérez,
  • Paloma Adeva

摘要

The main objective of this work is to study the feasibility of manufacturing extruded magnesiumMagnesium ECO-alloy products for applications in different industries such as aeronautics, aerospace, or automotive, from recycled chipsRecycled chips, in order to contribute to the implementation of a circular economy model. The key concept is the processing of the chips in the solid state, avoiding their melting through an alternative procedure involving the use of chips produced during machining processes, thereby substantially reducing the energy consumption and the carbon footprint. For this purpose, chips from ECO-Mg alloys of different compositions, Mg-7.5Y-2.5Zn (wt.%) (TED5), Mg-7.5Y-2Zn-5Nd (wt.%) (TED4), Mg-7Y-2.5Zn-5.7Gd (wt.%) (TED6), and the commercial ECO-AZ31 alloyECO-AZ31 alloy for comparative purposes, were selected. The chips were cold-compacted and subsequently extruded at 400 ℃ using two T-shaped dies of different dimensions. The microstructureMicrostructure and mechanical propertiesMechanical properties of the four alloys were evaluated. For all materials, fully consolidated and defect-free T-shape profilesProfiles were achieved. Tensile tests at room temperature showed that all Mg–Zn–Y alloysMg–Zn–Y alloys studied present high yield stress and ultimate tensile strengthStrength exceeding 300 MPa, far superior to those of the commercial AZ31 alloy. However, they show very limited ductility with elongations not higher than 2.5%. The high-volume fraction of second phases in TED alloys significantly increases the mechanical strengthStrength, but also results in high brittleness.