Abstract
Casting aluminum alloys can be subjected to different kinds of heat treatment (homogenizing to remove residual stress, heterogenizing, solution heat treatment with subsequent quench, F and T5 tempers, etc.). Sometimes aging of castings can be conducted without prior quench (e.g., the T5 temper) using the effect of supersaturation of Al-based solid solution in the course of nonequilibrium solidification. In certain cases (particularly often after casting under pressure), aluminum alloys can be used without any heat treatment (i.e., in the F-temper). This is the foundation of the so-called CTS (cast–trim–ship) production approach that becomes more and more wide spread.
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