PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vlach, Tomáš
AU  - Cais, Jaromír
AU  - Mamoń, Filip
AU  - Mareš, Jakub
TI  - The Effect of the Solution Annealing Temperature in the Hardening Process on the Properties of Al-Si-Cu Alloys
DP  - 2024 Feb 23
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 141--147
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
AID - 10.21062/mft.2024.011
IS  - 12132489
AB  - This article deals with the influence of the applied solution annealing temperatures in the precipita-tion hardening process on the resulting increase in the mechanical properties of Al-Si-Cu alloy cast-ings with different copper contents in the alloy. AlSi7Cu2 and AlSi7Cu4 alloys were cast by gravity casting in a metal molds. Each of the samples was subjected to the Vickers microhardness measure-ment of a solid solution of α(Al) and Brinnel hardness measurement. Microscopic analysis and evalu-ation of the internal structure of each alloy was carried out in relation to used solution-annealing temperature.