摘要:
Casting aluminum by a lost foam process is improved by treating the metal during pattern replacement with a halide salt flux to inhibit formation of oxide fold defects. A preferred flux comprises a mixture of alkaline metal chloride compounds and includes an aluminum fluoride salt, such as sodium aluminum fluoride. In a preferred embodiment, the flux is incorporated into a polystyrene pattern prior to embedding the pattern in a sand mold and becomes dispersed on a front of the cast metal as the front progressively decomposes the pattern.
摘要:
The apparatus has a supply system 1 and measuring system 2, connected via suitable electrodes to the mould 3. This mould 3 has a cylindrical shape and a cylindrical pouring cup. The cavity of the mould 3 has been divided by vertical walls 4 and 5 into three parts in such a way that the wall 4 divides the mould 3 into two halves and the wall 5, in turn, divides one of the halves also into two equal parts. The electrodes of the supply system 1 and measuring system 2 have been mounted in the bottom of the mould 3 in the portions delimited by the wall 5. The shape of the mould ensures a directional solidification of the specimens contained therein. Owing to this a compact specimen is obtained without shrinkage porosities and contraction cavities over the measuring length. The structure of the alloy is anticipated from the curve of variations of voltage signal during the period from the moment of pouring of liquid metal into the mould 3 to the moment of solidification of the specimen.
摘要:
Method for manufacturing a cast iron cylinder block including steps of moulding the cylinder block with a cylinder wall formed with one or more protuberances in areas that will be subjected to piston side thrust forces so that the cylinder wall possesses a structure having more advanced growth of graphite in the aforementioned areas than in other areas, and thereafter removing the protuberance to form a cylinder bore. The cylinder block thus produced has a high ability of absorbing piston slap noise.
摘要:
A composite grained cast article is provided from a superalloy casting in the single grained condition, in one form, by mechanically working a portion of the article intended to operate at a lower temperature of up to about 1300.degree. F. The mechanically worked portion is then recrystallized by heating to provide a multi-grained portion. In another form, the multi-grained portion is provided by selective use of grain nucleation material during solidification.
摘要:
Gases can be introduced in a finely divided form into molten metal using a jet-mixing facility which is designed on the Venturi principle and is made of a suitable refractory material. Melt flow rates of 2-100 m/s are measured in the cylindrical center piece of this mixer, and gas is sucked in at a reduced pressure of 0.05 to 0.9 bar. By means of this process an injector efficiency (ratio of throughput of propellant to throughput of purifying medium) of 3.75-4.0 is achieved.
摘要:
A method of continuously casting steel in an open-bottom mould, with an addition of aluminum to molten steel, as the latter enters the mould, includes the addition of a fluxing agent to the molten steel, as the latter enters the mould, to fluidize viscous slags and thereby to mitigate detrimental surface characteristics which would otherwise be produced in the steel, when cast, as a result of such slags. Preferably, the fluxing agent is a metal oxide, e.g. manganese oxide, silicon oxide, boron oxide or sodium oxide, or a mixture of metal oxides, provided as a coating on an aluminum wire, which wire may constitute the aluminum addition. The invention further includes a steel additive comprising such a coated aluminum wire.
摘要:
A metallic alloy is cast in a mold to produce a solid body by unidirectional solidification. The alloy, initially in a molten state, is cast into a mold and is completely and progressively cooled in the mold while a unidirectional thermal gradient superimposed thereon parallel to a direction determined by the configuration of the mold (predetermined direction) until a metastable equilibrium is reached in which the entire body of the melt is in a super-cooled state as a homogeneous liquid. The equilibrium is then broken to cause solidification of the alloy and the formation of dendritic crystals with their principal axes parallel to the thermal gradient substantially instantly and without noticeable advance of a solidification front across the melt.
摘要:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for conditioning a charge of molten cast iron, which would normally solidify with a flake graphite structure, to produce partial or total spheroidal graphite cast iron. In addition, the method and apparatus can be used to further condition a partially conditioned cast iron to yield a partial or fully spheroidal graphite cast iron. A recess is provided in the metal flow system (within or without the mold system) leading to the casting cavity or cavities. The recess has a shape and cross-section (taken in directions normal to the direction of flow of the molten charge) such that the spheroidizing agent dissolves uniformly when the molten iron flows over it to achieve unprecedented homogeneity. A dense solid unitary block of spheroidizing or nodularizing agent, substantially devoid of MgO interiorly thereof, is typically snugly fitted in said recess and mates with the side walls and bottom of said recess. The block typically presents a substantially constant and uniform interface with the molten charge during all stages of conditioning and pouring; however, a deviation in the interface area may be designed into the block to compensate for molten iron temperature variations or molten iron flow rate variations when the casting technique experiences unusually high variations in the ferrostatic pressure head. A relationship is disclosed between charge weight, charge flow rate, magnesium concentration in the spheroidizing alloy, and interface area so as to determine a desired degree of nodularity in the final casting and/or to design a solution rate compatible with a specific casting technique. The residual magnesium can be reliably maintained at a level sufficient to consistently obtain full spheroidal graphite shape. A preferred magnesium level is 0.020% to 0.040% of the weight of the casting but higher or lower levels can be reliably obtained if required by base metal chemistry. This is significant since the prior art has been unable to reliably obtain full nodularity with 0.02-0.025% residual magnesium under commercial conditions.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for the production of modular graphite cast iron using a mould comprising a pouring bush, downsprue, gating and risering system, mould cavity and an intermediate chamber having a base and retaining walls positioned in the path of molten metal entering the mould and adapted to contain a nodularizing agent wherein the surface area of the base A = (l/k) (W.sub.T /T) (N.sub.nod /W.sub.T)where:l/k = constantW.sub.T /T = pouring rate of the metalN.sub.nod /W.sub.T = concentration of nodularizing agent in the molten metals.