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Aluminum 6111 5182 for Automobile Body Panels

Automobile body panels can be divided into outer panels and inner panels. The production of outer panels is difficult and requires high performance. Before 2004, there were researches on 5xxx alloys, 2xxx alloys and 6xxx alloys, but since 2005, most researches focus on the 6xxx aluminum alloys. The overall performance is better than that of 5xxx and 2xxx alloys.

AA 6111 is often chosen for the outer car body panel. The formability of 6xxx aluminum alloys is worse than that of 5xxx aluminum alloys. Researchers have found that as long as there is a certain amount of Si, the elongation and formability of the alloy can be improved, but not too much, otherwise the bending performance will be reduced and the formability will be unfavorable.

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The body sheet metal parts are all punched, and the material is required to have good punching performance. The performance of the material can be evaluated by n value, r value, cupping value, yield ratio, forming limit, and section necking rate.

When evaluating the formability of automotive aluminum alloy sheets, the X6 value is the most accurate evaluation index; in the simple uniaxial tensile performance parameters, the Z value or n value can be used for evaluation, and the r value is not suitable. X6 is the ratio of plane strain tensile strength Rb-p to uniaxial tensile test tensile strength Rb-u, that is, X6=Rb-p/Rb-u.

The aluminum alloy inner panels for automobiles are mainly 5xxx aluminum alloys, such as 5052 and 5182 aluminum sheet. In terms of deep drawing performance and tensile strength, 5052 aluminum alloy is far inferior to 5182 alloy. Therefore, the preferred aluminum alloy material for complex deep-drawing inner panels of automobiles is 5182-O aluminum sheet. EN AW 5182 h111 is also often used.

5182 aluminum alloy is a typical aluminum-magnesium alloy with good processing and forming performance, corrosion resistance and good weldability. 5182 sheet is used for processing can lids and pull rings, automobile body panels, control panels, reinforcements, brackets and other parts part.

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