Research paper

Rapid air film continuous casting of aluminum alloy using static magnetic field

  • Fu QU ,
  • Huixue JIANG ,
  • Gaosong WANG ,
  • Qingfeng ZHU ,
  • Xiangjie WANG ,
  • Jianzhong CUI
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  • Key Lab of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China

Received date: 2008-09-12

  Revised date: 2008-10-09

  Online published: 2009-10-15

Abstract

The influences of the cooling style and static magnetic field on the air film casting process were investigated. Ingots of 6063 aluminum alloy were produced by AIRSOL VEIL casting with double-layer cooling water and static magnetic field. Surface segregation, hot crack and variation of solute content along the radius direction of ingot were examined. The results showed that double-layer cooling water can improve the surface quality and avoid of hot crack, which created conditions to increase the casting speed. The electromagnetic casting process can effectively improve the surface quality in high speed casting process, and static magnetic field has a great influence on solute distribution along the radius direction of ingot.

Cite this article

Fu QU , Huixue JIANG , Gaosong WANG , Qingfeng ZHU , Xiangjie WANG , Jianzhong CUI . Rapid air film continuous casting of aluminum alloy using static magnetic field[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2009 , 22(5) : 339 -344 . DOI: 10.1016/S1006-7191(08)60107-6

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