A shear-extrusion method of severe plastic deformation for fabrication of
metal shapes with ultra-fine structures is described. The improvements of
the method include unidirectional shear of any required intensity during
one step processing and under high hydrostatic pressures, fabrication of
long products with different cross-sections, refinement of low ductile
alloys, the increase of productivity and cost reduction. The method can
be realized as forward extrusion, backward extrusion, semi continuous
extrusion and extrusion of hollow shapes in portal dies with a welding
chamber.