Preliminary Design and Assessment of a Novel Electromagnetic Edge Dam for Aluminium Twin Roll Casting

2013 ◽  
Vol 765 ◽  
pp. 87-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin McBrien ◽  
Julian Allwood
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Modelling ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Limited Application ◽  
Twin Roll Caster ◽  
Strength And Stiffness ◽  
Operating Window ◽  
Twin Roll

Past work has shown non-contact, electromagnetic (EM) edge dams to be feasible alternatives to conventional refractory mechanical edge dams for containing liquid metal in twin roll casting, particularly in aluminium. However, these EM edge dams have had limited application. A novel EM edge dam geometry is proposed, applicable to a range of horizontal twin roll caster designs without significant modifications to the main caster structure. The design is analysed using finite element modelling. Static experiments using Wood’s metal are used to verify the performance of the proposed novel EM edge dam. The novel edge dam is compared with others in the literature, with particular attention to strength and stiffness constraints that determine the operating window.

Inline Rolling of 5182 Aluminum Alloy Strip Cast by a Vertical Type High Speed Twin Roll Caster

2010 ◽  
Vol 139-141 ◽  
pp. 477-480
Author(s):  
Ryoji Nakamura ◽  
Shuya Hanada ◽  
Shinji Kumai ◽  
Hisaki Watari
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Rolling Speed ◽  
Center Line ◽  
Alloy Strip ◽  
Ripple Mark ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Strip Cast ◽  
Twin Roll Caster ◽  
Twin Roll

An inline hot rolling was operated on 5182 aluminum alloy strip cast using a vertical type high speed caster (VHSTRC) at the speed of 60 m/min. A porosity existing at center line of the thickness and a ripple mark on the surface, these are typical defects of the strip cast by the VHSTRC, could be improved by the inline rolling. The rolling speed was as same as the roll-casting-speed of 60m/min. The temperature of the strip, when the inline rolling was operated, was 450oC. The reduction of the strip of the inline rolling was 35%.

scholarly journals Mechanism of Electromagnetic Field in the Sub-RapidSolidification of High-Strength Al-Cu-Li Alloy Produced by Twin-Roll Casting

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 952
Author(s):  
Shiju Li ◽  
Bowen Wei ◽  
Wei Yu ◽  
Chen He ◽  
Yong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Force ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Solidification Structure ◽  
Experimental Characterization ◽  
Alloy Plate ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Comprehensive Properties ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Mold Casting ◽  
Twin Roll

In this work, a Al-Cu-Li alloy plate with outstanding mechanical properties was successfully prepared with electromagnetic twin-roll casting (TRC) technology. The microstructure of Al-Cu-Li alloy manufactured by conventional mold casting, TRC, and electromagnetic TRC was studied in detail. The action mechanism of electromagnetic oscillation field (EOF) in the TRC process was studied by systematic experimental characterization and numerical simulation. The results show that the EOF will enlarge the circumfluence area in the cast-rolling zone, accelerate the mass transfer and heat transfer in the molten pool, and make the solute field and flow field in the liquid cavity tend to be evenly distributed. Further, the introduction of the EOF will produce the electromagnetic body force F with the maximum strength of 14 N/m3. The F acting on the solidification front will eliminate the accumulation and deposition of Cu2+, Li+, Mg2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ at the dendrite tip and inhibit the growth of dendrites. At the same time, the F can refine the microstructure of the TRC plate, promote the formation of equiaxed crystals, improve the supersaturated solid solubility of solute elements in the a(Al) matrix, and avoid the appearance of obvious solute segregation area or the formation of excessive solute enrichment area. Therefore, the macro-segregation in TRC plate was significantly reduced, the solidification structure was dramatically refined, and the comprehensive properties of the alloy were remarkably improved.

Effect of Secondary Cooling on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Strips Produced by Twin-Roll Casting Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 690-693 ◽  
pp. 218-221
Author(s):  
Ting Zhang ◽  
Xiao Ming Zhang ◽  
Zhi Yuan Guo ◽  
Yu Qian Wang ◽  
Cheng Gang Li
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Steel ◽  
Casting Process ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Secondary Cooling ◽  
Twin Roll Casting ◽  
Steel Strips ◽  
Roll Casting ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Equiaxed Grains ◽  
Twin Roll

Effect of secondary cooling on non-oriented electrical steel strips was investigated. The 2.0 mm thick cast strips contain two compositions were produced by twin-roll casting process, cooled in the air or cooled by spraying water. The microstructure was observed by optical microscopy, and EBSD was used to characterize the texture of the cast strips. The results showed that air-cooling cast strips have uniform and equiaxed grains with average size of 250 μm. The microstructure of the water-spraying cast strips compose of most equiaxed grains and a small number of abnormal big grains. At the same time, the secondary cooling rate mildly affects the cast texture strength but has no influence on the texture type.

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