A Novel Technique for Controllable Fabrication of Multilayer Copper/Brass Block

Fabricating a dissimilar-metal block with micro/nano-multilayered structures is usually used by engineers and scientists because of their excellent mechanical properties. In the current work, multilayered copper/brass blocks were effectively fabricated by a synthetical DWFR technique, which includes the processes of diffusion welding, forging and rolling. Diffusion welding was used as the first operation to metallurgically bond the copper and brass sheets, with a Zn diffusion transition layer (thickness of ~100 μm), which can guarantee the bonding strength of copper/brass interfaces during the subsequent forging and rolling processes. After diffusion welding, the original copper/brass blocks were required to be forged, with its total thickness reduced to ~10 mm. This can further restrain the delamination of copper and brass layers during the final rolling process. Rolling was utilized as the ideal operation that can precisely tune the thickness of copper/brass laminate. This novel DWFR technique can easily tune the multilayered copper/brass blocks with controllable layer thickness (from ~250 to ~800 nm). The copper/brass interfaces were well-bonded, and the utilization efficiency of raw materials was very high (>95%).

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of ER70-Ti Steel for Gas Shielded Welding Wire

In this paper, ER70-Ti welding wire steel produced by an enterprise was used as the test material. The final rolling temperature was set at 960 °C, 930 °C and 900 °C, and the spinning temperature was set at 880 °C, 860 °C and 840 °C. The results showed that the microhardness of the steel decreased from 303HV to 248HV and from 317HV to 276HV as the spinning temperature decreased from 880 °C to 840 °C. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the wires with the diameters of 5.5mm, 4mm, 2.5mm, 1.4 mm and 1.2mm were examined. It was observed that the microstructure of each sample had bainite and ferrite dual phase structure. With the decrease of wire diameter, the strength gradually increased and the ductility decreased. The experimental results show that the existence of bainite structure in the welding wire is the main reason for the high strength of the welding wire and easy fracture in drawing. Based on this, the final rolling temperature of 900 °C and the spinning temperature of 840 °C should be adopted in the production of ER70-Ti welding wire steel.

Effect of Final Rolling Temperature on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of AZ31 Alloy Sheets Prepared by Equal Channel Angular Rolling and Continuous Bending

The effects of final rolling temperature on the microstructures, texture and mechanical properties of AZ31 Mg alloy sheets prepared by equal channel angular rolling and continuous bending (ECAR-CB) were investigated. Extension twins {10–12} could be observed in the ECAR-CB deformed sheets. The increase in the number of {10–12} extension twins with increasing final rolling temperature might be attributed to the larger grain size and faster grain boundary migration. For all the ECAR-CB sheets at different final rolling temperatures, the deformation texture contains a basal texture component and a prismatic texture component, whereas the annealing recrystallization texture becomes a non-basal (pyramidal) texture with double peaks tilting away from normal direction (ND) to rolling direction (RD). With increasing final rolling temperature, the tilted angle of double peaks of annealing recrystallization non-basal texture increases. In addition, the plasticity and formability of ECAR-CB-A (ECAR-CB and then annealing) AZ31 Mg alloy sheets at room temperature can be improved by increasing the final rolling temperature.

The Interdependence of the Degree of Precipitation and Dislocation Density during the Thermomechanical Treatment of Microalloyed Niobium Steel

In this paper, thermomechanical processing of niobium microalloyed steel was performed with the purpose of determining the interaction between niobium precipitates and dislocations, as well as determining the influence of the temperature of final deformation on the degree of precipitation and dislocation density. Two variants of thermomechanical processing with different final rolling temperatures were carried out. Samples were studied using electrochemical isolation with an atomic absorption spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and universal tensile testing with a thermographic camera. The results show that the increase in the density of dislocations before the onset of intense precipitation is insignificant because the recrystallization process takes place simultaneously. It increases with the onset of strain-induced precipitation. In this paper, it is shown that niobium precipitates determine the density of dislocations. The appearance of Lüders bands was noticed as a consequence of the interaction between niobium precipitates and dislocations during the subsequent cold deformation. In both variants of the industrial process performed on the cold deformed strip, Lüders bands appeared.

Development and Optimization of Flat Products Manufacturing at Rolling Mill 3200

In this work the developing manufacturing technology for 4mm thick plates produced of 220mm thick continuous cast slabs instead of 150mm thick slabs for mill 3200 (Metinvest Trametal SpA) is shown. The technology has been developed with the mathematical model of the rolling process. Тhe rolling technology for manufacturing of plates (4×3125×16000mm) from slabs (217×1355×780mm) has been developed. The developed technology makes it possible to reach the final rolling temperature of 826oС, which provides a good opportunity to use it for plate production in keeping with the hot, normalizing, controlled rolling technology or TMCP, and does not limit the existing grade mix. It is possible to use for production of 220mm thick slabs instead of 150mm thick slabs.

Effect of Hot Rolling Process Parameters on Microstructure Transformation and Microstructure of 45MnSiV Steel

The effects of final rolling temperature, cooling rate and deformation on phase transition point, the duration of the phase transition and the pearlite laminar layer of non-quenched and tempered steel 45MnSiV were studied by simulating the process of rolling and post-rolling cooling on Gleeble-3500 thermal simulator and thermal expansion tester. The results show that: the ferrite and pearlite transformation temperature ranges from 510 °C to 700 °C, and the bainite transformation temperature ranges from 400 °C to 500 °C when the steel is continuously cooled at a final rolling temperature of 950 °C, and the martensite transforming temperature is 300 °C under high cooling rate (> 10 °C/s); The pearlite laminar spacing decreases with the decrease of final rolling temperature. It can be seen that the rolling deformation increases the temperature at which the test steel undergoes a phase change at each cooling rate by comparing the results of deformation and no-deformation test at 950 °C. The effect of time advance on the phase transition zone of ferrite and pearlite is particularly obvious, but the effect on the phase transition temperature and time of the bainite and martensite phase transition is not obvious. When the final rolling temperature remains constant, the Rockwell hardness value of the test steel gradually increases, and the pearlite layer spacing decreases with the decrease of ferrite transformation temperature gradually and the increase of the cooling rate.