Citation
(2015), "Aleris introduces 7,017 aluminum Alloy in North America", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 62 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ACMM.12862aaa.011
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Aleris introduces 7,017 aluminum Alloy in North America
Article Type: Industrial news From: Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Volume 62, Issue 1
Aleris announce that it is now offering a new 7,017 aluminum alloy in North America for commercial plate and defense end-uses. After extensive review and testing of Aleris 7,017, the USA Army Research Lab (USARL) has issued MIL-DTL-32505 for use in armor applications:
7017 has a unique combination of properties making it ideal for the most advanced armor solutions, said Lawrence Kramer, global defense field engineer at Aleris. These include high strength, weldability and corrosion resistance. This alloy is currently utilized in Europe and Asia on combat vehicles to achieve superior ballistic protection.
The weld compatibility of the new alloy gives great flexibility to armored vehicle designers, enabling them to incorporate different design characteristics. The optimum balance of elements that comprise Aleris 7,017 provides for superior stress-corrosion cracking resistance while maintaining high strength and weldability properties.
To develop a new alloy for America’s ground forces, ARL engineers place the product through a series of standardized tests to validate the material’s performance in the ballistic protection level, corrosion resistance and weldability:
The analysis has resulted in a significant protective benefit as Aluminum Alloy 7,017 has demonstrated a reduction in spallation compared with the legacy AA7039, Tyrone Jones, mechanical engineer in the Armor Mechanisms Branch, said. An armor plate must not only arrest the projectile, but mitigate the kinetic energy before it fatally compromises a protected asset.
Fusion welds of 7,017 plate have excellent strength with the weld heat-affected zone strengthening with time. 7,017 is weld-compatible with the 5xxx series alloys such as 5,083 and Alustar® 5,059, Aleris’ high-strength alloy designed to withstand corrosive environments.
Aleris produces a wide variety of aluminum rolled and extruded products for diverse industries worldwide, including many different commercial plates in various standards and customer-specified alloys using some of the world’s most advanced hot and cold rolling mills.
More information is available from: http://www.aleris.com