A kind of melting of aluminum alloy wheel hub and low-pressure casting process
Technical field:
The present invention relates to the melting and the low-pressure casting process of aluminum alloy wheel hub.
Background technology:
Aluminium alloy is to be subjected to nonmetal inclusion (AL
2O
3Deng) with one of the most serious metal of hydrogen contamination, so the molten aluminium alloy purified treatment is to improve the important method of alloy property, also is the key that improves the molten aluminium alloy degree of purity.Be accompanied, interact owing to be mingled with hydrogen in the aluminium liquid, these two processes of dehydrogenation and impurities removal are related and are also had any different, and various purification methods all have a kind of main effect, but have another kind of effect concurrently.Therefore, only adopt a kind of technology in the actual production process, it is very difficult simultaneously effectively impurities removal and degasification.
In addition,, only improve aluminium liquid degree of purity level not enough, also need to handle to eliminate the influence of impurity element and thick crystalline structure etc. in the aluminium alloy by rotten and grain refinement by purified treatment for the high-performance aluminium alloy automotive wheel.Wherein:
Rotten mainly is at the eutectic Si in the aluminium alloy, when not rotten, eutectic Si occurs with bodkin shape form, these thick spicules can cause aluminium alloy and crack, thereby make the mechanical properties decrease of aluminium alloy, the processing of going bad can change pattern and the size of eutectic Si, makes eutectic Si be transformed into fine fibre shape or synusia shape by the bodkin shape.The general Sr that adopts is rotten in the industry at present, and Sr is better to the eutectiferous effect of Al-Si, can make eutectic structure be fibrous, but the existence of Sr promotes that aluminium alloy is air-breathing, and pin hole tendentiousness is big, and rotten back aluminium liquid flowability descends to some extent.
Thinning processing not only can crystal grain thinning, makes dense structure, and can alleviate the hot tearing and the segregation tendency of foundry goods, reduces the porosity, thereby significantly improves the mechanical property of aluminium alloy castings.General Al-Ti alloy or the Al-Ti-B alloy grain fining agent of using in the industry.But the phase composition of Al-Ti-B fining agent, form and distribute to the structure of molten aluminium alloy, solidify and factor such as solid-state processing extremely responsive, make tissue morphology and thinning effect bigger difference occur, promptly under identical alloying component and casting technique condition, because the difference of the micro-auxiliary material institutional framework that adopts makes the tissue of aluminum products and performance the fluctuation that is difficult to expect occur, is difficult to control the quality of production of aluminum products.
Summary of the invention:
The objective of the invention is to overcome above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art, a kind of melting and low-pressure casting process of improved aluminum alloy wheel hub are provided, it not only can effectively play the effect of deslagging and degasification, improve the degree of purity of molten aluminium alloy, and rotten, good in refining effect, it is air-breathing to reduce alloy, can improve aluminium liquid flowability again, can also guarantee that fluctuation does not appear in THE STRUCTURE OF CASTINGS and performance, improves the quality of product.
Melting and low-pressure casting process according to aluminum alloy wheel hub provided by the invention comprise the steps:
1. the aluminium alloy melt is dropped into smelting furnace and be fused into liquid, when temperature reaches 740~760 ℃ in smelting furnace, by nitrogen refining agent is blown into and carries out refining in the body of heater, remove non-metallic inclusion and gas in the molten aluminium alloy;
2. change molten aluminium alloy over to tundish by the smelting furnace liquid outlet, and under 710~730 ℃ temperature conditions, in tundish, add Al-Sr intermediate alloy, mishmetal (Re) and Al-Zr intermediate alloy, thereby to molten aluminium alloy go bad, thinning processing, simultaneously in tundish, be blown into nitrogen, molten aluminium alloy is carried out the secondary degasification;
3. change molten aluminium alloy in the tundish over to the casting holding furnace, melt temperature is remained between 680~700 ℃, in holding furnace, add simultaneously slagging agent and remove the impurity elimination slag, and in holding furnace, be blown into nitrogen and carry out three degasification;
4. by precompressed, voltage stabilizing, boost, the pressurize four step rule is pressed into mould with molten aluminium alloy and casts, casting time is 3~6 minutes; After treating that molten aluminium alloy solidifies the formation foundry goods, the casting holding furnace is carried out release, and unclamp mould and take out foundry goods, prepare next to operation.
In addition, the present invention also has following attached technical characterictic:
The addition of described Al-Sr intermediate alloy, mishmetal (Re) and Al-Zr intermediate alloy is respectively 0.01%~0.018%, 0.1%~0.3% and 0.01%~0.018% of molten aluminium alloy, and the time rotten, thinning processing is 30~40min.
Described smelting furnace liquid outlet place is provided with the screen pack of being made by foam ceramic material, so that the molten aluminium alloy of coming out of the stove is carried out filter cleaner.
The frequency of refining is 2 hours/time in the described smelting furnace, adds 1~2 kilogram refining agent at every turn.
Employed nitrogen flow is 1.5~3 cubic metres/hour in the degasification each time, and jetting pressure is 0.25~0.35mpa.
Described mould is heated to 250 ℃~290 ℃ before molten aluminium alloy sprays into, and in the certain thickness releasing agent of mould surface spraying.
Described aluminium alloy solution cools off by airduct in casting cycle.
Described preload pressure is 0.2~0.3mpa, and squeeze time is 20ms; Described pressurizer pressure is 0.3~0.4mpa, and the voltage stabilizing time is 10~15ms; Described boost pressure is 0.7~0.8mpa, and be 25~35ms pressure rising time; Described dwell pressure is 0.8mpa, and the dwell time is 4~7min.
According to melting provided by the invention and low-pressure casting process, have following advantage with respect to prior art:
At first, the present invention has adopted four-stage composite purification technology, promptly in smelting furnace, undertaken purifying the first time by nitrogen and refining agent, undertaken purifying the second time by the foam ceramic filter net at the smelting furnace liquid outlet, in tundish, purify for the third time, in the casting holding furnace, undertaken the 4th time and purify by nitrogen and slagging agent by nitrogen.By these four times purifications, can effectively get rid of and remove assorted slag and pernicious gas in the molten aluminium alloy, improve the degree of purity of molten aluminium alloy.
Secondly, the present invention has adopted the composite inoculating technology, is about to the Al-Sr intermediate alloy and is in the same place with the advantages of mishmetal (Re), realizes the rotten of molten aluminium alloy.Acting in conjunction by two kinds of alterants, the solid-liquid phase line temperature difference is reduced, reduce the mushy freezing trend of alloy, and can also reduce the surface tension of alloy liquation, make the mobile raising of aluminium alloy solution, viscosity reduces, and helps the eliminating of field trash and gas, and is better with the Sr modification effect than simple.
Once more, because mishmetal (Re) also has refined crystalline strengthening in as alterant effect, therefore, it can also carry out composite refining to aluminium alloy solution with the Al-Zr intermediate alloy and handle, handle by this composite refining, can avoid the tissue and the performance of aluminium alloy fluctuation to occur, thereby improve the quality of product.
At last, the present invention by precompressed, voltage stabilizing, boost, four steps of pressurize are pressed into die casting with molten aluminium alloy, thereby realized the different phase liquid level in the molten aluminium alloy process of setting is applied the effect of different pressures, make the aluminium alloy castings after the casting have desirable metallographic structure and mechanical performance, further guaranteed product quality.
The specific embodiment:
Melting and low-pressure casting process according to aluminum alloy wheel hub provided by the invention comprise the steps:
1. the aluminium alloy melt is dropped into smelting furnace and be fused into liquid, when temperature reaches 740~760 ℃ in smelting furnace, by nitrogen refining agent is blown into and carries out refining in the body of heater, remove non-metallic inclusion and gas in the molten aluminium alloy, thereby carry out purification first time.In this step, the frequency of refining is 2 hours/time, adds 1~2 kilogram refining agent at every turn.
2. change molten aluminium alloy over to tundish by the smelting furnace liquid outlet, liquid outlet is provided with the screen pack of being made by foam ceramic material, and this screen pack can carry out filter cleaner to the molten aluminium alloy of coming out of the stove, thereby carries out purifying the second time; Under 710~730 ℃ temperature and stirring condition, in tundish, add Al-Sr intermediate alloy, mishmetal (Re) and Al-Zr intermediate alloy, with molten aluminium alloy is gone bad, thinning processing, in tundish, be blown into simultaneously nitrogen, molten aluminium alloy is carried out the secondary degasification, thereby realize purifying for the third time.
3. change molten aluminium alloy in the tundish over to the casting holding furnace, melt temperature is remained between 680~700 ℃, in holding furnace, add simultaneously slagging agent and remove the impurity elimination slag, and in holding furnace, be blown into nitrogen and carry out three degasification, thereby finish the 4th purification.
4. by precompressed, voltage stabilizing, boost, the pressurize four step rule is pressed into mould with molten aluminium alloy and casts, casting time is 3~6 minutes; After treating that molten aluminium alloy solidifies the formation foundry goods, the casting holding furnace is carried out release, and unclamp mould and take out foundry goods, prepare next to operation.In this step, precompressed and voltage stabilizing can be played the effect of buffering, and pressurize then can be carried out effective feeding to the type that fills before.
As mentioned above, employed nitrogen flow is 1.5~3 cubic metres/hour in the degasification each time, and jetting pressure is 0.25~0.35mpa.Described mould is heated to 250 ℃~290 ℃ before molten aluminium alloy sprays into, and in the certain thickness releasing agent of mould surface spraying, so that unloading after the foundry goods moulding got.Described aluminium alloy solution cools off by airduct in casting cycle.Described preload pressure is 0.2~0.3mpa, and squeeze time is 20ms; Described pressurizer pressure is 0.3~0.4mpa, and the voltage stabilizing time is 10~15ms; Described boost pressure is 0.7~0.8mpa, and be 25~35ms pressure rising time; Described dwell pressure is 0.8mpa, and the dwell time is 4~7min.
In addition, because mishmetal (Re) has well long-lasting and remelting stability, air-breathing tendentiousness is little, and is pollution-free, adds easy, the no corrosiveness of technology, can improve aluminium liquid flowability, has the effect that purifies aluminium liquid simultaneously concurrently.Therefore for obtaining modification effect preferably, both to reduce alloy air-breathing in order to reach, and can improve the effect of aluminium liquid flowability again, this project has adopted the composite inoculating technology, promptly,, realize the rotten of aluminium alloy solution in conjunction with both advantages by the acting in conjunction of Al-Sr intermediate alloy and mishmetal (Re).
Simultaneously, the refining effect of mishmetal (Re) also causes our attention, and the invigoration effect of rare earth in aluminium alloy mainly contains refined crystalline strengthening, limited solid molten the reinforcement and second the strengthening mutually etc. of rare earth compound.And Al-Zr intermediate alloy fining agent (mainly comprising Al-Zr-Ti-B and Al-Zr-B-O etc.) can play the effect of refinement and microalloying, can also provide original position the synthetic particle that strengthens for alloy, further improves alloy property.Therefore, in order to obtain best grain refining effect, we have gathered the advantage of two kinds of fining agents, have adopted the composite refining technology, promptly add mishmetal (Re) and Al-Zr intermediate alloy in aluminium alloy solution, realize the refinement and the microalloying of aluminium alloy solution.
As above, in composite inoculating and thinning process, the addition of Al-Sr intermediate alloy is 0.01%~0.018%, and optimum value is 0.15%; The addition of mishmetal (Re) is 0.1%~0.3%, and optimum value is 0.2%; The addition of Al-Zr intermediate alloy is 0.01%~0.018%, and optimum value is 0.015%; Time rotten, thinning processing is 30~40min.