Developments in billet and extrusion metallurgy on the operation of the extrusion process

Light Metal Age

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 6-34

  Bryant, A J ^a,b,c   Fielding, Roger A P ^d  

^a Alcan's Banbury UK ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BILLETS (METAL BARS); HEAT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL CASTING; METALLURGY; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM SILICON ALLOY; BILLET METALLURGY; EXTRUSION BILLET; ISOTHERMAL EXTRUSION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 0032047853     PISSN: 00243345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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