Twin Roll Casting of Aluminium Alloy ADC12, A3003, A7075

2017 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Yuta Kashitani ◽  
Shinichi Nishida ◽  
Junshi Ichikawa ◽  
Hiroto Ohashi ◽  
Naoshi Ozawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Rolling Process ◽  
Alloy Strip ◽  
High Tensile Strength ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Twin Roll

This paper describes a vertical type twin roll strip casting process for producing aluminum alloy strip of ADC12, A3003 and A7075. Twin roll casting process is able to produce a strip from molten metal directly. Thus this process has a possibility to reduce total cost of sheet making comparing to conventional rolling process. Aluminum alloy ADC12 is a casting material that is used for die casting. A3003 is known as a wrought aluminum alloy for aluminum can body sheet. The A3003 sheet is generally produced by rolling, so it is effective for reducing a process cost to produce the strip by twin roll casting process. Aluminum alloy A7075 has high tensile strength, and it is known as a material for aerospace application. The sheet is manufactured in small quantities comparing to the other sheet aluminum alloy. It is supposed that the demand of high tensile strength aluminum sheet such as A7075 is going to increase for weight saving of structural material. In this study, twin roll casting experiment was performed to produce these three aluminum alloy strip in same experimental conditions. Castability, surface conditions and strip thickness were estimated. It was possible to cast these aluminum alloy strip.

Effect of Magnetostatic Field on Microstructure of 7075 Aluminum Alloy Strip Manufactured by Twin-Roll Casting

2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 2427-2431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Su ◽  
G M Xu ◽  
Y H Feng
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
Alloy Strip ◽  
7075 Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Magnetostatic Field ◽  
Dendritic Crystal ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Twin Roll

In this paper, the effect of magnetostatic field on the microstructure and microsegregation of 7075 aluminum alloy strip by twin-roll casting is researched , and the result shows that when no electromagnetic field is applied during the process of roll-casting , the microstructure of 7075 strip is most composed of coarse columnar and dendritic crystal , the direction of grains is equal to roll-casting direction. When the magnetostatic field with 0.13T intensity is applied during the twin-roll casting, the microstructural of strip becomes uniform ,refined and equiaxed at the central zone of strip, and the dendritic crystal at the surficial is disordered and refined significantly.

scholarly journals Asymmetric Twin-Roll Casting of an Al-Mg-Si-Alloy

2018 ◽  
Vol 918 ◽  
pp. 48-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olexandr Grydin ◽  
Mykhailo Stolbchenko ◽  
Maria Bauer ◽  
Mirko Schaper
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Rolling Process ◽  
Age Hardening ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Asymmetric Rolling ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Twin Roll

The industrial application of high-alloyed Al-Mg-Si alloys for the production of thin strips by means of twin-roll casting is limited due to the structural inhomogeneity and segregation formation. To reach the highest mechanical properties of the finished product, a direct influence on the strip formation conditions during the twin-roll casting can be applied. Analogous to the asymmetric rolling process, additional shear stresses were created in the strip forming zone by using different circumferential velocities and torques of the caster rolls. To provide the asymmetric process conditions, only one caster roll was left driven and the second one was left idling during the casting process. The microstructure and the mechanical properties of the strips in the as-cast state as well as after the homogenization and subsequent age-hardening were analyzed. A comparison of the test results showed a positive influence of the asymmetry conditions on the strips’ properties.

Texture Evolution in Non-Oriented Silicon Steel Processed by Twin-Roll Casting

2012 ◽  
Vol 452-453 ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Pei ◽  
Yu Hui Sha ◽  
Fang Zhang ◽  
Liang Zuo
Keyword(s):  
Cold Rolling ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Rolling Process ◽  
Silicon Steel ◽  
Recrystallization Annealing ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Steel Sheets ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Twin Roll

In this paper, non-silicon steel sheets were produced by both twin-roll casting method and conventional process. Orientation characteristics and texture evolution of the sheets during casting, cold rolling and recrystallization annealing were investigated for comparison. It was found that the subsurface of twin-roll casting strips are characterized by weak {100} orientation while the central layer by random orientation. Twin-roll casting process can decrease α fiber (//RD) and increase γ fiber (//ND) during cold rolling process. Consequently, the η fiber (//RD) favorable for magnetic properties of non-silicon steels is enhanced and the detrimental {111} component is suppressed after annealing.

Numerical simulation of the twin-roll casting process of magnesium alloy strip

2009 ◽  
Vol 209 (5) ◽  
pp. 2321-2328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zeng ◽  
Roger Koitzsch ◽  
Herbert Pfeifer ◽  
Bernd Friedrich
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Alloy Strip ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Twin Roll

Microstructures and Properties of Twin-Roll Casting 7050 Aluminum Alloy Strip

2013 ◽  
Vol 652-654 ◽  
pp. 2397-2403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun Fu Li ◽  
Hong Bin Wang ◽  
Fan Lei Meng ◽  
Hong Yang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Solution Treatment ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Alloy Strip ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
7050 Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Second Phase Particles ◽  
Twin Roll

In this study, 7050 aluminum alloy strip was produced using the twin-roll casting technique. Microstructures and properties of the cast-rolling 7050 aluminum alloy were investigated by means of optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Vickers hardness test. The results indicate that microstructures of cast-rolling 7050 alloy strip are inhomogeneous on the cross section. From the edge to the center, the size of grain decreases gradually and becomes more homogeneous, showing a transition from dendrite grains to equiaxed grains. There are undissolved second phase particles in grains and at grain boundaries. And the dendrite grains and second phase particles can be reduced by solution treatment, and the hardness of the cast-rolling strip can be improved by aging treatment.

Simulation of Inelastic Deformation and Thermal Mechanical Stresses in Twin-Roll Casting Process of Mg Alloy

2007 ◽  
Vol 340-341 ◽  
pp. 877-882
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Hu ◽  
Dong Ying Ju
Keyword(s):  
Casting Process ◽  
Rolling Process ◽  
Mechanical Stresses ◽  
Slip Zone ◽  
Thin Strip ◽  
Small Displacement ◽  
Thermal Flow ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Twin Roll

Twin-roll thin strip casting process combines casting and hot rolling process into a single step; in which melt and solid states exist in the casting region, so its deformation is more complex than rolling process. In this paper, Anand’s model, a unified visco-plasticity constitutive model, was employed to simulate the highly nonlinear behavior in the twin-roll casting process. Anand model’s parameters were regressed based on compression tests at various temperature and strain rate for magnesium alloy AZ31. To calculate the thermal mechanical stresses, the thermal flow of twin-roll casting process was simulated firstly; then stresses were calculate, in which the temperature field result of thermal flow was imposed as body load, and a small displacement load along roller tangential direction was imposed simultaneously in order to simulate rolling action. The deformation results can well describe the forward slip zone, backward slip zone and melt eddy zone in the casting region. Based on the results, the applicability of Anand’s model on twin-roll casting process was discussed.

scholarly journals Magnesium Alloy Strip Produced by a Melt-Conditioned Twin Roll Casting Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 690 ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iman Bayandorian ◽  
Yan Huang ◽  
Geoff M. Scamans ◽  
Zhong Yun Fan
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Tensile Elongation ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Downstream Processing ◽  
Alloy Strip ◽  
Az91 Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Az91 Magnesium ◽  
Twin Roll

Melt conditioning by intensive shear was used prior to twin roll casting of an AZ91 magnesium alloy strip to promote heterogeneous nucleation and produce a refined and uniform microstructure without severe macro-segregation. The as-cast strip was then processed by homogenization, hot rolling and annealing and the microstructural behaviour during the downstream processing was examined and compared with the strip of the same alloy produced without melt conditioning. The melt conditioned strip after downstream processing displayed significantly improved mechanical properties with an average tensile elongation of ~16%, compared with ~10% for the strip produced without melt conditioning and the reported values of ~1.5-6.2% in the literature.

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