Charge Plan Model for Steelmaking-Continuous Casting Section

Pursuing the intellectualization of a steelmaking plant and developing a charge plan of the steelmaking-continuous casting section are critical in metallurgy engineering. Herein, we aim to develop a charge plan model based on the operation of the steelmaking-continuous casting section to minimize the penalty values of residual materials; of a contract not selected and the penalty values that is caused by the difference in steel grades, the width and the delivery time between slabs in the same charge. We introduce an improved elitist genetic algorithm (IEGA), define the matching chromosome coding and decoding strategies, and suggest improving the selection, crossover, and mutation operators. Finally, we verify the proposed model and algorithm on the production data of a real enterprise. We clarify the applicability of developing a charge plan based on model analysis and demonstrate the effectiveness of the IEGA through algorithm analysis.

Upgrading of die casting section as one of the directions to get new level of the manufacturing of high quality, innovative and competitive products for the Beloma – MMW named after S.I. Vavilov public corporation

The article considered the stages and the directionы of modernization of foundry production of BelOMA MMW named after S.I.Vavilov Public Corporation. The article described the activities, allowing to produce high-quality and competitive products.

The Technology Study of Steel Belt Feeding Machine of Crystallizer of Continuous Casting

Crystallizer steel belt feeding technology make use of melt’s fusion decalescence, controlling the distribution of melt temperature field, restrain the columnar crystal’s growing to eliminate the composition segregation and internal loose of continuous casting. And it will improve the continuous casting’s quality. By discussing the effect of casting speed, the size of steel, casting section and other factors on the steel belt feeding speed, making comparison of different casting section get strip suitable feeding speed and range of strip size, combining with a steel for steel strip feeding test mold, its theoretical and practical production results the basic agreement

Effect of Casting Size on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Thixocastings

A general rule in conventional liquid metal casting processes is that smaller size would produce better metallurgical quality and mechanical properties. The conclusion that semi-solid thixocasting process doesnt follow this rule has been made recently. The microstructure and mechanical properties of semi-solid thixocastings are much less dependent on casting size and cooling rate than the liquid castings. The step casting in the previous study is specially designed and simplified. The practical castings, e.g. turbocharger impellers, are more complex than the step castings. In this work, the turbocharger impeller is used to study the impact of section size representing the casting size on the microstructure and mechanical properties of semi-solid thixocastings, compared with the step casting. Section thickness decreases from 50 mm to 3.5 mm. In addition, the impact of casting thickness on the eutectic phase is also presented. The results reveal that the size of primary α-Al particles is insensitive to the casting thickness in semi-solid thixocasting. The cooling rate has a notable impact on the size and geometric characteristics of the eutectic silicon particles, but the impact is reduced by the following T61 heat treatment. The association between the casting thickness and casting defects is discussed, in order to further understand the impact of casting size on durability and reliability of real casting components.

Rheocasting an Engine Mounting Bracket in Commercial 7075

Wrought aluminium alloys are prone to hot tearing when cast into near-net shapes. This problem can be overcome by the novel casting technique of rheo-processing combined with high pressure die casting. An industrial engine mounting bracket is produced by rheo-process commercial 7075 with the patented CSIR-RCS and subsequent high pressure die casting. Section thickness changes and constraining geometry make this a difficult component to rheocast. X-ray radiography is used to evaluate hot tearing over the component and is correlated to piston injection shot profile velocities. Gross hot tearing is significantly reduced by a higher injection velocity but turbulent flow entraps air. Faster injection allows more time for flow before final solidification.