Strip Casting of Recycled Aluminum Alloys by a Twin Roll Caster

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio Haga ◽  
Shinji Kumai ◽  
Hisaki Watari
2021 ◽  
Vol 880 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Geng Yan Feng ◽  
Hisaki Watari ◽  
Mayumi Suzuki ◽  
Toshio Haga ◽  
Toru Shimizu

This study introduces the direct cladding of magnesium and aluminum alloys using a horizontal twin roll caster in one step. A horizontal twin roll caster can cast a Mg/Al clad strip with thickness exceeding 5mm at a roll speed of 8m/min in one step, which is difficult for a vertical twin roll caster. Therefore, it is possible to cast a thick clad strip with different melting point alloys using a horizontal twin roll caster at low speed. It is also possible to cast clad strips using as the overlay an alloy that has a higher melting point than that of the base strips. The thickness of the Mg/Al clad strip is 6.5mm, and the ratio of the Mg layer to the Al layer is 3:2. The surface of the clad strip is good, and there is no void between bonding interfaces. The mixing layer of the bonding interface is deeply related to the reduction rate. As the reduction rate increases, the mixing layer becomes more balanced and the thickness of the mixed layer decreases to 68μm. By observation of the interface of the cladded material, the mixed layer of the bonding interface is divided into two layers. It has been found the mixed layer near the Al layer has the highest hardness (up to 228HV), and the tensile shearing strength of the manufactured Mg/Al clad strip was 44MPa.


2018 ◽  
Vol 773 ◽  
pp. 171-178
Author(s):  
Toshio Haga ◽  
Kentaro Okamura ◽  
Hisaki Warari ◽  
Shinichi Nishida

This paper shows improvements made to a vertical type tandem twin roll caster and the appropriate casting conditions necessary to cast three-layer clad strips, the base strip of which has a lower solidification temperature than the overlay strip. In experiments, 4045 aluminum alloy was used for the base strip and 3003 aluminum alloy was used for the overlay strips. The roll speed was 30 m/min. By connecting the overlay strips to the base strip one at a time and cooling the base strip to between 450 and 530°C after applying the first overlay strip, a sound three-layer clad strip – defined as one in which the interfaces between strips are clear and do not separate during bending-to-failure tests – could be cast. The tensile shear testing between the base and second overlay strip was improved as the base-strip temperature was increased to 450-530°C range.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020.28 (0) ◽  
pp. 409
Author(s):  
Makoto HAGIWARA ◽  
Shogo IMAI ◽  
Takahiro SHIGA ◽  
Mizuki KAWAWA ◽  
Shinichi NISHIDA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1007 ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
Toshio Haga ◽  
Yushi Murakami ◽  
Shou Kitamura ◽  
Hisaki Watari ◽  
Shinichi Nishida

Strip casting using a side dam plate produces a vertical burr at the strip edge. In the present study, changing this vertical burr into a horizontal burr using a burr changer is proposed. The burr changer was placed inside the side dam plate. The burr changer was made from mild steel and an insulator sheet and cut along the shape of the roll. The burr changer was placed so as to prevent exhaustion of semisolid metal between the side dam plate and the roll-side surface. When the position of the burr changer was appropriate, the vertical burr changed into a horizontal burr. The horizontal burr was flat. The width of the horizontal burr was affected by the lowest position of the burr changer and became narrower as the lowest position of the burr changer approached the roll gap position.


2011 ◽  
Vol 189-193 ◽  
pp. 4037-4040
Author(s):  
Ryoji Nakamura ◽  
Toshio Haga ◽  
H. Tsuge ◽  
S. Kumai ◽  
H. Watari

The three layers clad strip was fabricated by a vertical type tandem twin roll caster for clad strip (VTTCC). The effect of the casting conditions of the base strip and the overlay strip on the interface between the base strip and the overlay strip was investigated. The temperature of the molten metal and roll-load were investigated casting conditions. Base strip was AA8079 and overlay strip was AA6022. The proper melt temperature of the overlay strip was around the liquidus line of the base strip. The proper roll-load, which was smaller than rolling, was existed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 811-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio Haga ◽  
Teppei Nakamura ◽  
S. Kumai ◽  
H. Watari

The strip casting of Al-SiCp alloy was operated by a high speed twin roll caster. The content of SiCp was 20Vol% and 30Vol%. Both of Al-20Vol%SiCp and Al-30Vol%SiCp strips could be cast continuously at the speed up to 90m/min. The SiCp particle distributed uniformly. This was the effect of fine grain of the strip. The as-cast strip of Al-20Vol%SiCp could be cold rolled after homogenization. The as-cast strip of Al-30Vol%SiCp could be cold rolled after once hot rolling and annealing. The as-cast strip of Al-20Vol%SiCp could be coiled at the diameter of 460mm.


2020 ◽  
Vol 326 ◽  
pp. 06003
Author(s):  
Toshio Haga

An Al-Mg strip without center segregation could be cast using a single-roll caster equipped with a scraper at speed of 40 m/min. The scraper was useful for flattening a free solidified surface and for cooling the solidification layer by pushing the solidification layer to the roll. Clad strips consisting of 1) an Al-Mn base strip and an Al-Mg overlay strip and 2) an Al base strip and an Al-Sn-Cu overlay strip could be cast using an unequal-diameter twin-roll caster equipped with a scraper at speeds of 30 m/min and 15 m/min, respectively. The base strip and overlay strip were strongly bonded at the interface between the base strip and the overlay strip. The elements of the overlay strip did not diffuse into the base strip. The scraper played two roles in the casting of the clad strip: prevention of the mixture of two kinds of molten metal and making the surface of the base strip a semisolid of high solid fraction.


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