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The objective of current study is to improve the hardness and tensile strength of Aluminium Alloy 6063 which is used in construction and infrastructure. Practical implementation of our research will be to increase the life span of the material. A cast-iron die is fabricated with a channel carved in it using CNC cutting machine. A hub is put on the die and aluminium alloy material in the form of 20 mm (diameter) rod is passed in the die using a hydraulic press. There will be grain refinement in the structure of the aluminium rod, due to severe plastic deformation, this technique of passing the rod is equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). The few parameters which will be focused are thermodynamics while plastic deformation, homogenizing of aluminium, severe plastic deformation (SPD), melting properties and grain structure The experimental results show that there is the maximum smooth flow when the material is passed in the channel with angle 90°.
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Agarwal, K.M., Kapoor, A., Gupta, B., Singh, P. (2021). Enhancement of Grain Structure and Mechanical Properties of Scrap Material AA6063 Through ECAP. In: Sharma, B.P., Rao, G.S., Gupta, S., Gupta, P., Prasad, A. (eds) Advances in Engineering Materials . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6029-7_50
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