Effect of Semisolid Metal Casting of Large Forging Ingots on Quality of Large-Sized Forgings Produced

Abstract:

The paper reports the findings on the effect of various casting methods on the quality and development of primary dendritic structure in large-sized forging ingots of steel 38ХН3МФА. One ingot was teemed as per a conventional teeming method while the other was teemed with an inoculated metal stream. It was established that the dendritic parameter value in the inoculated ingot is much smaller than that in the conventional ingot. Consequently, the solidification process occurs at a higher rate in the inoculated ingot compared with that in the conventional ingot, and this assumption is supported by a more homogeneous dendritic structure. It is demonstrated that disperse inoculants positively affect the structure, physical and chemical homogeneity as well as the mechanical properties of cast metal. This finding is clearly supported by the examination of the forgings made of the conventionally teemed ingot and the one teemed with an inoculated stream. When inoculants were introduced in the metal stream, total chemical heterogeneity increased on the average by 1.2-2 times. It is established that the best results for the inoculation casting method are achieved when 2.4-2.6% inoculants are introduced in the stream. Such quantity of inoculants forms at a distance of 5 meters between the guiding pipe and the hot top.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 265)
• Pages: 962-968
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.265.962
• Online since: September 2017
• Authors: D.V. Rutskii*, N.A. Zyuban, S.B. Gamanyuk
• Keywords: Dendrite Parameter, Ingot, Inoculation, Large-Sized Forgings, Mechanical Properties, Segregation, Solidification

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