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EP0408453A1 - Vorrichtung für eine elektromagnetische Giessdüse zum Regeln eines Flüssigmetallstrahles - Google Patents

Vorrichtung für eine elektromagnetische Giessdüse zum Regeln eines Flüssigmetallstrahles Download PDF

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EP0408453A1
EP0408453A1 EP90402006A EP90402006A EP0408453A1 EP 0408453 A1 EP0408453 A1 EP 0408453A1 EP 90402006 A EP90402006 A EP 90402006A EP 90402006 A EP90402006 A EP 90402006A EP 0408453 A1 EP0408453 A1 EP 0408453A1
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Christian Antoine Bellanger Ducrocq
Marcel Garnier
Pascal Joseph Rivat
Maurita Roscini
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/08Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like for bottom pouring
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D39/00Equipment for supplying molten metal in rations
    • B22D39/003Equipment for supplying molten metal in rations using electromagnetic field

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  • the present invention relates to an electromagnetic nozzle device which can be used in particular at the outlet of a crucible for the stabilized casting of a liquid metal with variable flow rate in the form of ultra-clean material intended in particular for the atomization of metal powders such as for manufacture of superalloy parts for aeronautical applications.
  • the known and currently used methods for the preparation of superalloys involve melting operations in a crucible of refractory material of ceramic type carried out in a vacuum furnace . During this operation, a metal / ceramic reaction takes place, which inevitably results in the presence of ceramic inclusions in the material obtained. A refining of the superalloy is therefore made necessary each time the application conditions impose the obtaining of a so-called super-clean superalloy. This is particularly the case for nickel-based superalloys intended for aeronautical applications, such as parts of aeronautical turbine engines or other propulsion assemblies.
  • Various known techniques are used to obtain such an inclusive refining, for example by remelting in a cooled crucible, the fusion being obtained either by electric arc, or by electron beam or by plasma beam.
  • the contact between liquid metal and solid walls of the nozzle leads to double pollution of the metal: - On the one hand, chemical pollution due to the reaction of the liquid metal at high temperature with the oxides contained in the refractory materials constituting the walls; - on the other hand, physical pollution due to abrasion of the walls of the nozzle by the passage of molten metal.
  • FR-A-2 316 026, FR-A-2 396 612 and FR-A-2 397 251 have thus described electromagnetic devices operating at high frequency in which a copper screen is necessary to obtain the desired confinement.
  • the industrial implementation of such devices such as on an installation for atomizing powders of nickel-based superalloys, however presents serious difficulties.
  • FR-A-2 457 730 can eliminate the copper screen, but the device operating at low frequency requires in many applications to use significant powers, not compatible with industrialization, as soon as significant reductions in the jet of liquid metal are becoming necessary, especially in powder atomization techniques.
  • An electromagnetic nozzle device making it possible to avoid the drawbacks of known prior devices is characterized in that the electromagnetic induction with turns is associated with a magnetic field concentrator device disposed between said coil inductor and the outlet walls of the crucible which it surrounds externally, said magnetic field concentrator device consisting of four to eight three-dimensional sectors separated by radial slots, each sector comprising a diametrically external semi-cylindrical wall and a semi-wall -cylindrical diametrically internal, coaxial and of smaller height, the respective four edges of these walls being joined by planar portions and the cavity thus formed being cooled by water, said internal and external walls comprising turns forming an electromagnetic inductor.
  • FIGS. 1 a and 1 b show detailed views of an electromagnetic nozzle device produced in accordance with the invention usable for controlling the jet of liquid metal, in particular at the outlet of the crucible of a installation for casting molten metal as partially shown in FIG. 2.
  • the nozzle comprises an electromagnetic inductor 1, of a type known per se, comprising several turns 1 a and the implementation of which (power supplies, etc.) is also known per se and does not will not be the subject of a more detailed description.
  • the inductor 1 is disposed at the outlet of a crucible 2 and externally surrounds the walls of said crucible. Between said inductor 1 and said walls of the crucible 2 is placed a device 3 magnetic field concentrator.
  • the field concentrator 3 is sectorized and in fact, the field concentration effect appears as soon as a slot is present. To avoid deformation or deflection of the jet due to a higher magnetic field intensity in front of a slot, the field concentrator 3 is produced in an even number of equal sectors distributed symmetrically. For ease of production and in the applications targeted by the invention for the casting of metals or the atomization of superalloys, in particular based on nickel, the number of sectors provided is eight but it can be reduced to four.
  • each sector 4 is made of copper plates and has a radially outer wall 4 has a semi-cylindrical wall arranged vertically relative to the crucible 2 and a wall radially internal 4b semi-cylindrical, coaxial with the previous one but of lower height.
  • the respective four edges of these wall elements 4a and 4b are joined by four planar wall portions, upper 4c, lower 4d and lateral 4e and 4f. the internal cavity 5 thus formed inside each sector 4 is filled with cooling water.
  • Each semi-cylindrical wall 4a and 4b has turns 6a and 7a so as to form an electromagnetic inductor.
  • the sectors 4 of the magnetic field concentrator 3 are separated by radial slots 3a.
  • the crucible 2 of a type known per se has walls 8 whose particular geometry makes it possible to keep most of the liquid metal 9 in levitation. Said walls 8 include cooling tubes 10 supplied by a water box 11. The liquid metal is discharged at the outlet of the crucible 2 through an orifice 12 masked by a cooled finger 13 capable of being retracted.
  • the detail of the lower part of the crucible 2, opened after retraction of the finger 13, shown in FIG. 3 shows the evacuation of a jet of liquid metal from the crucible.
  • the jet of liquid metal has a diameter coincident with that of the material nozzle 14 located at the bottom of the crucible 2.
  • the metal jet has a reduction in section 15.
  • the lower part of this crucible 20 schematically represented in the FIG. 4 comprises an orifice 31 at the level of which the concentrator 3 of magnetic fields is positioned which causes a reduction in section 15 which separates the metal from contact with the wall 32a of the material nozzle 32.
  • the restoring force is obtained when the magnetic field generates an increasing force in the radial direction from the surface of the jet, which causes, in conservative flux, a similar variation in the axial direction.
  • the efficiency of the device increases with frequency. Increasing the frequency also has the advantage of reducing the mixing effects of the liquid metal.
  • practical limits which can be determined experimentally for each application are imposed on the frequencies.
  • a maximum frequency f2 is thus determined from the following criteria: - limitation of the powers used; - risks of electric strikes between the different sectors 4 of the magnetic field concentrator 3 or between them and the metal jet:; - increase with the frequency of losses in the inductor 1 and the field concentrator 3; - device efficiency measured by the contraction coefficient X, expressed in percent and defined by: X (de - ds) / de with de, diameter of the liquid stream at the inlet of the nozzle and ds, diameter of the liquid stream at the outlet of the nozzle.
  • a frequency domain f such as: 100 Hz ⁇ f, ⁇ 106 Hz in which the jet of liquid metal is not only channeled but also contracted is thus obtained.
  • the electromagnetic nozzle device with field concentrator device thus makes it possible to ensure, by means of a choice of implementation parameters adapted to each application according to the criteria which have been indicated. the desired results and in particular a separation of the liquid metal from the walls of the reflow crucible, in particular at the level of the material nozzle leaving the crucible, thus avoiding any contact between walls and liquid metal and thereby any risk of pollution.
  • the device also has the advantage of ensuring stability of the jet of liquid metal contracted over a significant distance and thus a laminar flow is obtained over a distance which can be greater than ten times the outlet diameter of the electromagnetic nozzle.
  • the compactness of the device according to the invention facilitates the installation at the outlet of the crucible of an installation of the "super clean" type of reflow by electron beam, by plasma beam or, as in the example described, by reflow in a cold crucible, a casting installation (in a mold for example) or finally a powder atomization installation.

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EP90402006A 1989-07-12 1990-07-12 Vorrichtung für eine elektromagnetische Giessdüse zum Regeln eines Flüssigmetallstrahles Expired - Lifetime EP0408453B1 (de)

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FR8909369A FR2649625B1 (fr) 1989-07-12 1989-07-12 Dispositif de busette electromagnetique pour le controle d'un jet de metal liquide

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