(19)
(11) EP 1 213 366 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/24

(21) Application number: 01307824.1

(22) Date of filing: 14.09.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C22C 21/02, B22D 17/00, B22D 18/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.09.2000 JP 2000293086

(71) Applicants:
  • RYOBI LTD.
    Fuchu-shi, Hiroshima-ken (JP)
  • HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Komazaki, Toru
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Nishi, Naomi
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Sasaki, Hideto
    Hiroshima-ken, (JP)
  • Fukuchi, Fumiaki, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
    Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Mikasa, Tetsuo, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
    Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Kubo, Nobuo, c/o K.K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho
    Wako-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Kyle, Diana 
Elkington and Fife Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR
Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

   


(54) Aluminum alloy for high pressure die-casting, product and method


(57) An aluminum alloy for die-casting capable of being used in high pressure die-casting method, and capable of providing a product having a sufficiently high strength and elongation without T6 treatment after casting and endurable under a corrosive atmosphere. Such aluminum alloy is used as a material of a subordinate frame for an automobile. The aluminum alloy contains from 8.0 to 9.0 mass % of Si, from 0.35 to 0.45 mass % of Mg, from 0.3 to 0.4 mass % of Mn, from 0.002 to 0.008 mass % of Be, less than 0.20 mass % of Fe, not more than 0.2 mass % of Cu, not more than 0.1 mass % of Zn, not more than 0.1 mass % of Ni, not more than 0.1 mass % of Sn, and remainders of Al and inevitable impurities. High pressure die casting is performed with this alloy by a die-casting machine provided with a seal ring disposed over a plunger tip, liquidized gaskets, a sealing rubber and a pin seal plate those being capable of providing high sealability and high vacuum in a mold cavity.





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