Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips

Solid state recycling by direct extrusion of metal chips can significantly reduce energy requirements in comparison to traditional recycling strategies and primary production. The process consists of cold-compacting the chips into chip-based billets and subsequent hot extrusion to the desired profil...

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Main Authors: Leo Hendriok, Maria Nienaber, Gerrit Kurz, Noomane Ben Khalifa
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Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
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description Solid state recycling by direct extrusion of metal chips can significantly reduce energy requirements in comparison to traditional recycling strategies and primary production. The process consists of cold-compacting the chips into chip-based billets and subsequent hot extrusion to the desired profile. Thereby, mechanical properties comparable to conventional profiles made from as-cast billets can be achieved. This study examines the development of microstructure and texture and their impact on the mechanical properties. Consequently, extrusion experiments are conducted using two sets of dies, namely a flat face (FF) die and an ECAP die, with magnesium alloys AZ31 and ZK60. The texture of the profiles and extrusion remainders of both dies is measured using EBSD and XRD in order to analyse the influence of the chips and deformation path on the texture development. The microstructure of the extruded chip-based profiles exhibits notable grain refinement, which can be attributed to the substantial mechanical strain introduced during milling and compaction of the chips. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the combination of chip-based billets and FF die extrusion results in a favourable weakening of basal texture and development of a RE-like < 2–1-11 > texture component, thus causing a tilt of basal planes out of extrusion direction. Conversely, ECAP extrusion leads to an increased intensity of basal texture, highlighting the influence of deformation path on texture development. Finally, it is shown that a combination of microstructure and texture effects can result in preferable mechanical properties of chip-based profiles.
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spelling doaj-art-83eb29a07d574fe7ac74377a1d89309e2025-01-09T06:12:21ZengElsevierMaterials & Design0264-12752025-01-01249113545Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chipsLeo Hendriok0Maria Nienaber1Gerrit Kurz2Noomane Ben Khalifa3Institute for Production Technology and Systems, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany; Corresponding author.Institute of Material and Process Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, GermanyInstitute of Material and Process Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, GermanyInstitute for Production Technology and Systems, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany; Institute of Material and Process Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, GermanySolid state recycling by direct extrusion of metal chips can significantly reduce energy requirements in comparison to traditional recycling strategies and primary production. The process consists of cold-compacting the chips into chip-based billets and subsequent hot extrusion to the desired profile. Thereby, mechanical properties comparable to conventional profiles made from as-cast billets can be achieved. This study examines the development of microstructure and texture and their impact on the mechanical properties. Consequently, extrusion experiments are conducted using two sets of dies, namely a flat face (FF) die and an ECAP die, with magnesium alloys AZ31 and ZK60. The texture of the profiles and extrusion remainders of both dies is measured using EBSD and XRD in order to analyse the influence of the chips and deformation path on the texture development. The microstructure of the extruded chip-based profiles exhibits notable grain refinement, which can be attributed to the substantial mechanical strain introduced during milling and compaction of the chips. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the combination of chip-based billets and FF die extrusion results in a favourable weakening of basal texture and development of a RE-like < 2–1-11 > texture component, thus causing a tilt of basal planes out of extrusion direction. Conversely, ECAP extrusion leads to an increased intensity of basal texture, highlighting the influence of deformation path on texture development. Finally, it is shown that a combination of microstructure and texture effects can result in preferable mechanical properties of chip-based profiles.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127524009201Solid-state recyclingChip extrusionMagnesium alloyTextureECAPEBSD
spellingShingle Leo Hendriok
Maria Nienaber
Gerrit Kurz
Noomane Ben Khalifa
Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips
Materials & Design
Solid-state recycling
Chip extrusion
Magnesium alloy
Texture
ECAP
EBSD
title Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips
title_full Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips
title_fullStr Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips
title_full_unstemmed Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips
title_short Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips
title_sort die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of az31 and zk60 magnesium alloy chips
topic Solid-state recycling
Chip extrusion
Magnesium alloy
Texture
ECAP
EBSD
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127524009201
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