Titanium and titanium alloy short route preparation facilities and method
Technical field
The present invention relates to metal material preparation and manufacture fields, and in particular to a kind of titanium or titanium alloy short route preparation facilities
With method.
Background technology
Titanium or titanium alloy because with low-density, high specific strength, high temperature resistant, it is corrosion-resistant, without superiority such as magnetic, bio-compatibles
Can, it is got a lot of applications in fields such as Aeronautics and Astronautics, naval vessels, however the high cost of titanium limits the application of titanium or titanium alloy
Range, especially in civil field.At present in addition to the cost of raw material is high in industry titanium alloy, the vacuum of titanium or titanium alloy
Melting and its processing occupy the 60% of the totle drilling cost use scope for also affecting titanium alloy.In order to reduce titanium alloy cost, titanium and
Titanium alloy related researcher studies etc. from the low-cost manufacturing technique of titanium sponge, low-cost titanium alloy has carried out many
Research work.The approach for reducing titanium alloy cost at present has:It is reduced by improving the preparation method of raw material (titanium sponge)
The cost of raw material, using inexpensive alloy element, simplify the various sides such as titanic alloy machining technique, optimization titanium article processing technology
Method.
The various means of industrially prepared middle melting titanium or titanium alloy are divided into vacuum consumable electrode arc furnace melting, electron-beam cold bed furnace
The modes such as melting, beam-plasma cold hearth melting.These present technologies are all quite ripe, but they lack there are still corresponding
Point, such as high and low density inclusions can not be eliminated, melting narrow application range, raw material form is single, and subsequent machining technology is complicated,
It can not continuously prepare.By taking vacuum consumable electrode arc furnace melting as an example, need titanium sponge and intermediate alloy being pressed into electrode bar
Afterwards, it is installed on after electrode bar being welded in equipment and is used as electrode, discharge to be formed with weld pool surface in copper crucible by electrode
Electric arc makes electrode melting enter molten bath, the cooled and solidified in copper crucible of the titanium liquid in molten bath, is formed after electrode all fusing
Titanium ingot.This fusion process raw material need to increase technological process processing, and prepare continuity by electrode bar length and copper crucible volume
Influence.
In terms of continuous Study on Preparation, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL metal industry company titanium expert using titanium chip or titanium chip with
Alloying element (aluminium, aluminium-vanadium alloy) realizes the continuously casting of titanium or titanium alloy in experimental rig, this experimental rig uses true
Empty argon filling induction continuous smelting furnace carrys out smelting titanium alloy and obtains casting bar, but is not carried out fast short-term training of the titanium sponge to bar
Type;It is domestic also that there are many scientific research institutions and unit to have carried out relevant research work to vacuum argon filling induction continuous smelting bar.
The Yang Yingli etc. of the coloured institute in northwest proposes titanium or titanium alloy Bar Wire Product short route new preparation technology and obtains scheme imagination, but not
Carry out related substantive work.Method set out above and imagination are limited only to realize the short route system of titanium or titanium alloy Bar Wire Product
It makes, is the short route manufacture research for being related to titanium or titanium alloy tubing.
About the preparation process and equipment of short route, the Chinese patent 201510398496.7 of the prior art proposes a kind of titanium
And the continuous casting technology for preparing of titanium alloy and equipment, under argon gas protection or inert gas atmosphere, using plasma gun as heat source,
Titanium or titanium alloy circle, the continuously casting of flat ingot casting are realized by crystallizer, plasma gun and pull down mechanism, are reduced titanium and are closed
Metalworking cost about 15% or more.The titanium or titanium alloy ingredient of preparation uniformly, segregation-free, without metallurgical quality problem.But from preparation
From the point of view of technique and equipment, the imagination that short route prepares titanium alloy is proposed, but in continuous feed control, crystalline forming key work
Environment needs also still immature in skill, being difficult to realize really continuously prepare by its feedstock transportation mechanism, and inverted trapezoidal
Crystallizer can not achieve the demand for preparing different tubing and bar.
In addition, the industrially prepared bar stock simplicity technological process for being used to prepare bar at present is:Titanium sponge → prepare electrode →
It is secondary or vacuum melting → ingot casting strips off the skin, cuts riser → finished product ingot casting → heating → cogging forging → heating → centre blank three times
Forging/extruding → bar base.It prepares and is used to prepare the pipe simplicity technological process of tubing and is:Titanium sponge → prepare electrode → secondary
Or vacuum melting → ingot casting strips off the skin, cuts riser → finished product ingot casting → heating → cogging forging → mechanical processing → oblique milling and wear three times
Hole/extruding → tubing base.Technological process complexity in process above before bar base and tubing base is cumbersome, increase end product at
This.
And the various means of melting titanium or titanium alloy be divided into vacuum consumable electrode arc furnace melting, electron-beam cold bed furnace melting, etc.
The modes such as ion beam cold hearth melting.These present technologies are all quite ripe, but they there are still corresponding disadvantages, such as
High and low density inclusions can not be eliminated, melting narrow application range, raw material form is single, and subsequent machining technology is complicated, can not be continuous
Prepare etc..By taking vacuum consumable electrode arc furnace melting as an example, need after titanium sponge and intermediate alloy are pressed into electrode bar, by electrode
Stick, which is installed on after welding in equipment, is used as electrode, discharges to form electric arc by weld pool surface in electrode and copper crucible, makes electricity
Pole is fusing into molten bath, the cooled and solidified in copper crucible of the titanium liquid in molten bath, and titanium ingot is formed after electrode all fusing.This is molten
Refining process raw material need to increase technological process processing, and preparation continuity is influenced by electrode bar length and copper crucible volume.System
Titanium ingot need that corresponding bar base and tubing base is made by further cogging forging, machining, finally pass through again into
Bar and tubing could be made in the processing of one step.
Invention content
Present invention aims at a kind of titanium or titanium alloy short route preparation facilities is provided, pass through raw material serialization design, contracting
Short preparation process flow realizes titanium sponge to bar or the rapid shaping of the different size of tubing, preparation process serialization.
To reach above-mentioned purpose, titanium or titanium alloy short route preparation facilities proposed by the present invention includes feed mechanism, melting
Room, crystallization mechanism, roller conveyor structure, cutting mechanism, automatic diverter, automatic push mechanism and horizontal transport track, send
Expect that mechanism by raw material continuous conveying to the indoor water-cooled copper siege of melting, carries out melting by plasma gun and forms molten metal
Body, metal liquid are spilled over to the molding that crystallization mechanism carries out tubing or bar, then by roller conveyor structure convey via
Cutting mechanism is cut into setting value length, after the tubing or bar of fixed length drop into automatic diverter overturning, via automatic push
Mechanism is pushed out to horizontal transport track being exported.
In further embodiment, the feed mechanism is friction feeding mechanism, including feeding bin, blanking bin, first are very
Empty gate valve, the second vacuum gate valve, spiral conveyor rod, first motor and charging line, wherein the first vacuum gate valve is set
The entrance in feeding bin is set, is connected via the second vacuum gate valve between feeding bin and blanking bin, the discharge port connection of blanking bin
The charging line, the spiral conveyor rod are arranged in charging line and drive rotation to realize continuous rotation by the first motor
Transfer material;The outlet of charging line extends into the working chamber, by raw material continuous conveying to the indoor water-cooled copper of melting
On siege.
In further embodiment, working chamber's inner support has water-cooled copper siege, is located at the outlet of the charging line
Lower section receives the raw material of conveying and accumulation, plasma gun is provided with above the water-cooled copper siege, for adding to raw material
Hot smelting forms metal liquid;The wherein one side edge of the water-cooled copper siege is additionally provided with the water conservancy diversion overflowed for metal liquid
Mouthful.
In further embodiment, crystallization mechanism setting has circle positioned at the lower section of the flow-guiding mouth, crystallization mechanism
Tubular water cooling Cu crystallizer, the metal liquid are spilled over in the circular cylindrical chamber of water cooling Cu crystallizer by flow-guiding mouth and carry out tubing
Or the molding of bar.
In further embodiment, the setting of roller conveyor structure is below crystallization mechanism and has multipair roller, multipair roller
Wheel is driven by third motor with via roller pull-out guide bar or molding tubing or/bar, the tubing of drop-down or/bar
After reaching setting length, setting value length is cut into via cutting mechanism.
Cyclic annular induction is additionally provided in further embodiment, in the working chamber, around the periphery of water-cooled copper siege to stir
Coil is mixed, is configured to receive intermediate frequency power supply driving work for stirring molten metal body.
In further embodiment, the plasma gun of the top of water-cooled copper siege setting include the first plasma gun and
Second plasma gun, wherein first plasma gun is used to carry out melting to the raw material of accumulation to form metal liquid, molten metal
After body stream expires water-cooled copper siege formation scull, starts the second plasma gun and carry out further melting.First plasma gun and
The power of second plasma gun is in 50-150kw, and the power of the second plasma gun is more than or equal to the power of the first plasma gun.
In further embodiment, it is additionally provided with the first ultrasonic vibrator below the water-cooled copper siege, for uniform
Metal component in metal liquid.
In further embodiment, it is additionally provided with the second ultrasonic vibrator between the charging line and blanking bin, is located at
The outlet port of blanking bin, for passing through vibration to prevent outlet obstruction.
In further embodiment, it is provided with around water cooling Cu crystallizer at the top of the cylindrical shape water cooling Cu crystallizer
Second cyclic annular load coil, is blocked for sensing heating with preventing metal liquid cooled and solidified.
In further embodiment, the crystallization mechanism further includes the water cooling being removably attached in water cooling Cu crystallizer
Copper bar and guide bar are rotated, water cooling rotation copper bar is located above, and guide bar is located at lower section;One is also set up above crystallization mechanism
Second motor, for driving the water cooling rotation copper bar rotation.
In further embodiment, the cutting mechanism includes a vertically-mounted column, can be moved up and down along column
The motor driver moved up and down for the third plasma gun and driving second plasma gun of cut-out.
In further embodiment, it is provided with the guide groove of vertical direction on the column, is set in the guide groove on column
It is equipped with fixed block moving up and down, is supported in guide groove, is fixedly mounted on fixed block for cutting off tubing or bar
The tail portion of third plasma gun, the fixed block is fixed in a rack gear, with the output shaft of the third motor
Gear engages, and drives fixed block and third plasma gun to move up and down by the rotation of third motor, wherein the third is electric
Machine is stepper motor.
In further embodiment, the automatic push mechanism includes one kind in following constructions:1) have hydraulic cylinder with
And it can be fixedly connected with the piston in hydraulic cylinder by the push rod for the horizontal direction movement that the oil hydraulic cylinder drives, push rod;2) there is motor
And the push rod of horizontal direction movement, push push rod along horizontal motion by the output of motor.
In further embodiment, it is provided with the driven roller of V-shaped arrangement on the horizontal transport track, it is defeated to form V-type
Channel, fixed length tubing or bar is sent to be transported on being formed by V-type channel.
A kind of improvement according to the present invention, it is also proposed that short flow process of titanium and titanium alloy.
In conjunction with above the embodiment of the present invention, compared with prior art, the remarkable advantage of preparation facilities of the invention is:
1, the present invention is added using serialization charging, the continuously shaped drop-down of finished product, cut-out, the design conveyed, wherein serialization
Material is optimized the speed control of charging and placed and blocked control using two-stage vacuum environmental Kuznets Curves and the automatic business processing of charging
System, is truly realized the serialization of preparation process flow, reaches titanium sponge or titanium sponge with intermediate alloy as raw material, to difference
The continuous uninterrupted one-pass molding of scale rod bar or tubing;
2, the present invention answers drawing for stirring coil using the water cooling bed smelting system of optimization by vibrating mechanism and Ambience
Enter, the comprehensive thawing effect for improving plasma gun, improves the equal of the temperature of traditional melting liquid stream, mobility and metal component
Evenness improves the Forming Quality of tubing;
3, in crystallization process, using new Latent Heat, auxiliary with the induction coil heat stabilization system on top and
The anti-block system of lower part ensures the molding of tubing or bar after work, improves quality;The water that can be removed in combination with top
The guide bar of cold rotation copper bar and lower part, realizes the preparation of the different demands of tubing and bar, such as when preparing tubing, by water
Cold rotation copper bar puts in keeps rotation in crystallization process, and when preparing bar, removing water cooling rotates copper bar,
The integration that both bar and tubing prepare manufacture function is realized, entire preparation facilities and again a upper system need not be replaced
Standby line, cost bottom, easy switching, preparation efficiency get a promotion;
Meanwhile when needing to prepare the tubing of different tube diameters or thickness, it is only necessary to replace the water cooling rotation of different-diameter
Copper bar further increases the efficiency of preparation.
It should be appreciated that as long as aforementioned concepts and all combinations additionally conceived that describe in greater detail below are at this
Sample design it is not conflicting in the case of can be viewed as the disclosure subject matter a part.In addition, required guarantor
All combinations of the theme of shield are considered as a part for the subject matter of the disclosure.
Can be more fully appreciated from the following description in conjunction with attached drawing present invention teach that foregoing and other aspect, reality
Apply example and feature.The feature and advantageous effect of other additional aspects such as illustrative embodiments of the present invention will be retouched in following
It is obvious in stating, or by according to present invention teach that embodiment practice in learn.
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Attached drawing is not intended to drawn to scale.In the accompanying drawings, identical or approximately uniform group each of is shown in each figure
It can be indicated by the same numeral at part.For clarity, in each figure, not each component part is labeled.
Now, by example and the embodiments of various aspects of the invention will be described in reference to the drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the titanium or titanium alloy short route preparation facilities of the present invention.
Specific implementation mode
In order to know more about the technology contents of the present invention, spy lifts specific embodiment and institute's accompanying drawings is coordinated to be described as follows.
Various aspects with reference to the accompanying drawings to describe the present invention in the disclosure, shown in the drawings of the embodiment of many explanations.
It is not intended to cover all aspects of the invention for embodiment of the disclosure.It should be appreciated that a variety of designs and reality presented hereinbefore
Those of apply example, and describe in more detail below design and embodiment can in many ways in any one come it is real
It applies, this is because design disclosed in this invention and embodiment are not limited to any embodiment.In addition, disclosed by the invention one
A little aspects can be used alone, or otherwise any appropriately combined be used with disclosed by the invention.
Disclosure according to the present invention proposes a kind of titanium or titanium alloy short route preparation facilities, passes through friction feeding mechanism, water
The continuously shaped drop-down of cold hearth melting, crystallizer, finished product, cut-out, the integrated design conveyed, realize titanium sponge or titanium sponge in
Between alloy to different size bar or tubing continuous uninterrupted one-pass molding.
In conjunction with shown in Fig. 1, titanium or titanium alloy short route preparation facilities include feed mechanism 1, working chamber 2, crystallization mechanism 3,
Roller conveyor structure 4, cutting mechanism 5, automatic diverter 23 and automatic push mechanism 24.
In conjunction with shown in Fig. 1, feed mechanism 1 is friction feeding mechanism, including feeding bin 8, blanking bin 9 and vacuum gate valve
10, it is isolated by vacuum gate valve 10 between feeding bin 8 and blanking bin 9.
Vacuum gate valve 10 includes the first vacuum gate valve 10-1 and the second vacuum gate valve 10-2.First vacuum gate valve
The entrance in feeding bin 8 is arranged in 10-1, via the second vacuum gate valve 10-2 connections between feeding bin 8 and blanking bin 9.
In charging, raw material (titanium sponge or titanium sponge and intermediate alloy mixture) is added in feeding bin 8, the first He
Second vacuum gate valve 10-1 and 10-2 is closed, and is then vacuumized by vacuum pump, is vacuumized after numerical value reaches setting value
The second vacuum gate valve 10-2, vacuum value range≤5Pa are opened, raw material enters in blanking bin 9, closes the second vacuum gate valve
10-2;The first vacuum gate valve 10-1 is opened, is added raw materials into again in feeding bin 8, the first vacuum gate valve 10-1 is closed and takes out
Vacuum.
In preferred example, the blanking bin 9 of continuous charging mechanism 30% appearance bigger than the volume of feeding bin 8 such as big
Accumulated amount continuously adds raw material from feeding bin 8 again when the consumption of raw materials in blanking bin 9 remains volume 20%, realizes what raw material was added
Serialization.
Such as Fig. 1, feed mechanism 1 further includes spiral conveyor rod 14-1, first motor 14-2 and charging line 14-3, blanking
The discharge port in storehouse 9 is connected to charging line 14-3, and spiral conveyor rod 14-1 is arranged in charging line and is driven by first motor 14-2
Dynamic rotation realizes that continuous rotation feeding, transmission speed can be adjusted by controlling the rotating speed of first motor.Charging line 14-3
Outlet extend into working chamber 2, will be in raw material continuous conveying to the indoor water-cooled copper siege of melting.Preferably, feeding
The outlet of pipeline 14-3 has the angle being bent downward relative to the horizontal body part of charging line 14-3, in favor of original
Expect to fall to the indoor conveying of melting.
In conjunction with shown in Fig. 1, it is additionally provided with ultrasonic vibrator 15 between charging line 14-3 and blanking bin 9, is located at blanking bin
Outlet port, for pass through vibration to prevent outlet obstruction.
2 inner support of working chamber has water-cooled copper siege 11, below the outlet of charging line 14-3, receives the original of conveying
Material, raw material are accumulated on water-cooled copper siege 11.
The top of water-cooled copper siege 11 is provided with plasma gun 12, and molten metal is formed for carrying out heating melting to raw material
Body.Plasma gun 12 includes the first plasma gun 12-1 and the second plasma gun 12-2 being arranged above water-cooled copper siege.When
After raw material is stacked into certain altitude, the first plasma gun 12-1 carries out melting to the raw material of accumulation and forms metal liquid, molten metal
Body slowly after the full water-cooled copper siege formation scull of stream, starts the second plasma gun 12-2 and carries out further melting.
The power of first plasma gun 12-1 and the second plasma gun 12-2 are in 50-150kw, and the work(of the second plasma gun
Rate is more than or equal to the power of the first plasma gun.
In some specific examples, when stockpile is up to 20cm in water-cooled copper siege 11, the first plasma gun 12-1
It being operated with 110kw power, smelting temperature is within the scope of 1650-1850 DEG C, after metal liquid slowly flows full water-cooled copper siege 11, the
Two plasma gun 12-2 are operated with the operating power of 110kw-120kw.
In preferred example, cyclic annular induction stirring is additionally provided with inside working chamber 2, around the periphery of water-cooled copper siege 11
Coil 16 is configured to receive intermediate frequency power supply driving work for stirring molten metal body.For example, by around water-cooled copper siege 11
Ring-type induction 16 external intermediate frequency power supply of stirring coil, frequency range is 1.0-50kc, it is preferred to use 2-25kc.
Meanwhile ultrasonic vibration installation 17 more preferably being installed in 11 lower part of water-cooled copper siege, it is shaken by ultrasonic vibration
It swings with the metal component in homogeneous metal liquid, improves final product quality.
The wherein one side edge of water-cooled copper siege 11 is additionally provided with the flow-guiding mouth 18 overflowed for metal liquid.Preferred example
In, flow-guiding mouth 18 is provided as being open on one, and big, under shed is small, bottom arc-shaped scalariform groove body, is conducive to metal liquid
It flows out and keeps certain mobility and temperature.
Mechanism setting is crystallized positioned at the lower section of flow-guiding mouth 18, crystallization mechanism has cylindric water cooling Cu crystallizer 3, molten metal
Body fluid position be spilled over to by flow-guiding mouth 18 after increasing carried out in the circular cylindrical chamber of water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 tubing or bar at
Type.
In conjunction with shown in Fig. 1, crystallization mechanism further includes the water cooling rotation copper bar being removably attached in water cooling Cu crystallizer 3
13 and guide bar 19, water cooling rotation copper bar 13 is located above, and guide bar 19 is located at lower section;One is also set up above crystallization mechanism
Second motor 13-1, for driving water cooling rotation copper bar rotation.
In optional example, the internal diameter of water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 generally uses 100mm, the water cooling that top is inserted into rotate copper
Bar 13, diameter range is generally between 20mm-90mm.
When carrying out formed product, under tubing preparation mode, water cooling rotation copper bar 13 is put into water cooling Cu crystallizer 3
It is interior, keep rotation, the metal liquid being flowed into water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 to enclose by the second motor 13-1 in crystallization process
Copper bar 13 is rotated around water cooling and shaping pipe, and the diameter of tubing can rotate the difference of copper bar 13 and different with water cooling.And in stick
Under material preparation mode, water cooling rotation copper bar 13, cylindrical shape of the direct overflow stream of metal liquid into water cooling Cu crystallizer are removed
Molding in cavity so realizes the integration that both bar and tubing prepare manufacture function, need not replace entire preparation dress
It sets and a upper prepares line, cost bottom, easy switching, preparation efficiency gets a promotion again.
Guide bar 19 is located at the lower section of water cooling Cu crystallizer 3, when preparing beginning, plays and blocks under water cooling Cu crystallizer 3
The effect of side places metal liquid and flows directly out water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 before condensation is molded.The diameter dimension of guide bar 13 is general
Using the internal diameter size essentially identical with water cooling Cu crystallizer 3.
Preferably, in order to ensure that the heat dissipation performance of whole equipment is good, water cooling rotates copper bar 13 and water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 is equal
It is made for red copper material.It is furthermore preferred that aforementioned guide bar 19 also using prepare tubing corresponds to base material material make.
To improve molding product quality, in an alternate embodiment of the invention, the top of cylindric water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 is provided with
Around the second cyclic annular load coil 20 of water cooling Cu crystallizer, external drive power supply is passed to for sensing heating to prevent gold
Belong to liquid cooled and solidified and blocks.Meanwhile the bottom of water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 being provided with ultrasonic vibrator 21, to optimize pipe
Material Solidification Quality.
The setting of roller conveyor structure is below crystallization mechanism and there is multipair roller 22, multipair roller to pass through third motor 4
Driving via 22 pull-out guide bar 19 of roller or molding tubing or/bar, the tubing of drop-down or/bar to reach setting length
After degree, setting value length is cut into via cutting mechanism 5.
Specifically, after first tubing or bar are molded during preparing tubing either bar, pass through roller 22
Pull-out guide bar 19 has pulled out first tubing or bar simultaneously, then will no longer be required to guide in this time continuous prepare
Bar 19, it is directly continuous to prepare, in subsequent preparation, tubing or bar will be pulled straight out.
Under the traction of roller 22, the tubing or bar for slowly completing cooled and solidified in water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 are downward
It pulls, after the pipe wire rod length of drop-down reaches setting value (such as 1m), plasma gun that cutting mechanism 5 is installed starts will pipe
Material is by setting specification cut-out.
The automatic diverter 23 (a kind of automatic diverter) that fixed length pipe wire rod falls into automatic conveying mechanism is flipped to water
Square to fixed length pipe wire rod in automatic diverter 23 is pushed to horizontal transmission track 25 by automatic push bar 24, passes through level
Transmission track 25 is conveyed, and is overturn to finished product collecting chamber 7 after then fixed length pipe wire rod is captured by trident automatic diverter 26
Interior placement.
Alternatively, cutting mechanism 5 includes a vertically-mounted column 5-1, can be moved up and down along column
The motor driver 5-3 that third plasma gun 5-2 and driving second plasma gun for cut-out are moved up and down, by
This can adjust different off-positions according to the finished product length of different settings.
In specific scheme, cut-out is moved up and down in order to realize, the guide groove of vertical direction can be provided on column, stood
It is provided with fixed block moving up and down in guide groove on column, is supported in guide groove, is fixedly mounted on fixed block for cutting
The third plasma gun of disconnected tubing or bar is fixed in a rack gear in the tail portion of fixed block, with third motor
Output shaft gear engagement, drive fixed block and third plasma gun to move up and down by the rotation of third motor, wherein
Third motor is stepper motor, it is possible thereby to accurately control shearing length.
In some concrete implementation modes, automatic push mechanism includes one kind in following constructions:1) there is hydraulic cylinder
And it can be fixedly connected with the piston in hydraulic cylinder by the push rod for the horizontal direction movement that the oil hydraulic cylinder drives, push rod;2) there is electricity
Machine and the push rod of horizontal direction movement push push rod along horizontal motion by the output of motor.
In embodiment as illustrated in FIG. 1, using the realization method of above-mentioned motor+push rod.
In some embodiments, it is provided with the driven roller 27 of V-shaped arrangement on horizontal transport track 25, forms V-type conveying
Channel, fixed length tubing or bar transport on being formed by V-type channel.
As shown in Figure 1, it is preferred that be additionally provided with temperature monitoring device, such as infrared thermometer 28 inside working chamber 2, use
To monitor smelting temperature.It is additionally provided with infrared thermometer 28 above water cooling Cu crystallizer 3, water-cooled copper is flowed into for monitoring to overflow
The temperature of the metal liquid of crystallizer 3.By the monitoring of temperature, smelting temperature that is more accurate and timely controlling metal liquid
Temperature with when overflowing, improves the quality of shaped article.
Preparation facilities based on above-mentioned Fig. 1 prepare the short flow process of titanium and titanium alloy, generally includes to connect
Continuous charging, alloy melting, solidification drop-down, customized cut-off, finished product roll-over and transmission process, realize the molding system of primary cooler melting
Standby technique.
In conjunction with preparation facilities shown in FIG. 1, the short flow process of titanium and titanium alloy is more specifically described below
Process.
Step 1, continuous charging:Raw material (titanium sponge or titanium sponge and intermediate alloy mixture) is added to feeding bin 8
In, the first and second vacuum gate valve 10-1 and 10-2 are closed, and are then vacuumized by vacuum pump, vacuumize numerical value and reach
The second vacuum gate valve 10-2, vacuum value range≤5Pa are opened after setting value, raw material enters in blanking bin 9, and it is true to close second
Empty gate valve 10-2;The first vacuum gate valve 10-1 is opened, is added raw materials into again in feeding bin 8, the first vacuum plate is closed
Valve 10-1 is vacuumized;
Wherein, aforementioned blanking bin 9 is bigger than the volume of feeding bin 8, when the consumption of raw materials in blanking bin 9 remains volume 20% again
Raw material is continuously added from feeding bin 8, realizes the serialization that raw material is added.
Step 2, raw material enter charging line from blanking bin 9 and enter working chamber by spiral conveyor rod 14-1 swivel feedings
Inside 2, by the first ultrasonic vibrator 15 in feeding process, it is located at the outlet port of blanking bin, prevents to export by vibrating
It blocks.
Step 3 is accumulated into the raw material in working chamber 2 on water-cooled copper siege 11, and certain thickness, such as 20cm are stacked into
When, start the first plasma gun 12-1 and melting formation metal liquid is carried out to the raw material of accumulation, it is cold that metal liquid slowly flows full water
After copper siege forms scull, starts the second plasma gun 12-2 and carry out further melting.
Preferably, the power of the first plasma gun 12-1 and the second plasma gun 12-2 is in 50-150kw, and second etc. from
The power of sub- rifle is more than or equal to the power of the first plasma gun.
In fusion process, monitoring in real time is also carried out to smelting temperature by temperature monitoring device in favor of adjusting in time
And smelting temperature is accurately controlled, to ensure and improve finished product Forming Quality.
In melting and refining process, also pass through the ring-type of the periphery setting inside working chamber 2, around water-cooled copper siege 11
Incude stirring coil 16, receives intermediate frequency power supply driving work and be used for stirring molten metal body.For example, by around water-cooled copper siege 11
Ring-type induction 16 external intermediate frequency power supply of stirring coil, frequency range is 1.0-50kc, it is preferred to use 2-25kc.
Simultaneously, it is more preferable that the ultrasonic vibration installation 17 installed by 11 lower part of water-cooled copper siege is shaken by ultrasound
Metal component in dynamic homogeneous metal liquid.
Metal liquid liquid level in step 4, water-cooled copper siege 11 is spilled over to water-cooled copper by flow-guiding mouth 18 after increasing and crystallizes
The molding of tubing or bar is carried out in the circular cylindrical chamber of device 3.
Wherein, according to needs are prepared, tubing preparation or tubing can be selected to prepare.
When preparing tubing, when metal liquid flows into water cooling Cu crystallizer 3, while rotary water-cooled rotation copper bar 13, it can
It is prepared according to the tubing of different inner diameters and needs and select various sizes of water cooling rotation copper bar 13.Metal liquid is rotated around water cooling
Copper bar 13 solidification forms tubing, being blocked by the guide bar 19 of lower part prevents it from directly falling, and with the guide bar of lower part 19
Form one.
When preparing bar, then water cooling rotation copper bar 13 is removed from the upper position of water cooling Cu crystallizer 3.Make metal
Liquid flows directly into the cylindric cavity of water cooling Cu crystallizer 3, coagulation forming, and being blocked by the guide bar of lower part prevents it straight
It connects and falls, and one is formed with the guide bar of lower part 19.
Wherein, during aforementioned coagulation forming, when flowing down, what 3 top of water cooling Cu crystallizer was installed prevents metal liquid
Metal liquid cooled and solidified and the cyclic annular load coil 20 that blocks starts, bottom end installation is optimization tubing Solidification Quality
Ultrasonic vibration apparatus 21 starts.
Step 5, guide bar 19 are slowly molding by cooled and solidified in water cooling Cu crystallizer 3 under the traction of driven roller 22
Tubing or bar are pulled downward on certain speed.
After step 6, the length of the pipe wire rod of drop-down reach setting value, the plasma gun installed on cutting mechanism 5 starts
Pipe wire rod is cut off by setting value length, while plasma gun keeps the drop-down speed identical value with tubing to move downward.
Step 7, fixed length pipe wire rod fall into automatic diverter 23 and are flipped to horizontal direction, and automatic push bar 24 will
Fixed length pipe wire rod, which pushes on horizontal transmission track 25, in automatic diverter 23 is automatically transmitted to downward process.
Step 8, the fixed length pipe wire rod automatically delivered by horizontal transmission track 25 are via trident switching mechanism 26
After capture, cooling is centrally placed in overturning to finished product collecting chamber 7.
The above-mentioned process for preparing tubing or bar is more specifically realized with reference to more embodiments.
Embodiment 1
The present embodiment provides a kind of titanium or titanium alloy short flow processes, include the following steps:
A. continuous charging:It is evacuated to 3pa after 120kg titanium sponges are packed into charging mechanism, then is added the raw material into
In the argon-filled protection atmosphere device of 1.1atm, then 120kg titanium sponges are packed into charging mechanism and are vacuumized to realize continuous charging;It will
Titanium sponge in charging mechanism is delivered in the water-cooled copper siege of raw material working chamber;
B. alloy melting:When titanium sponge amount reaches a certain level in water-cooled copper siege, melting plasma gun starts generation etc.
Ion arc hot spot melts titanium sponge, and plasma gun is refined after pure titanium liquid flows under refining plasma gun and forms scull
Startup refines pure titanium liquid;
C. solidification drop-down:When pure titanium liquid level rises setting height in water-cooled copper siege, pure titanium liquid flows into water-cooled copper
Cooled and solidified in crystallizer will obtain the C.P.Ti tube of outer diameter 60mm, internal diameter 30mm at this time, while will be pure with 50mm/min speed
Titanium pipe is pulled out from water cooling Cu crystallizer;
D. customized cut-off:Instantly after drawing pipe length to reach 1m, C.P.Ti tube is cut off in cut-out plasma gun startup, and is cut
Disconnected plasma gun is moved down with 50mm/min speed;
E. finished product transmits:1m long C.P.Ti tubes after cut-out are flipped to horizontal direction, and C.P.Ti tube is with 2m/min speed
It is automatically transferred to collection device.
Preferably, during made above, the water-cooling system for controlling periphery keeps operating, in each embodiment of the present invention
Preparation preparation process in, water-cooling system remains operational.Here water-cooling system uses general water-cooling system, Huo Zhegen
It is adjusted according to feeding speed and process of setting.
Pure titanium tube is rolled into internal diameter 30mm, the same specification pipe of the pipe finished price and conventional method preparation of outer diameter 40mm
The price of material finished product is compared as follows shown in table.Price in following embodiments is production bar/required raw materials of tubing 1kg
Cost and artificial and machine loss summation.
1 C.P.Ti tube same specification price of table compares
Embodiment 2
The present embodiment provides a kind of titanium or titanium alloy short flow processes, include the following steps:
A. continuous charging:It is evacuated to 2pa after 120kg titanium sponges are packed into charging mechanism, then is added the raw material into
In the argon-filled protection atmosphere device of 1.1atm, then 120kg premixes are packed into charging mechanism and are vacuumized to realize continuous charging;It will
Titanium sponge in charging mechanism is delivered in the water-cooled copper siege of raw material working chamber;
B. alloy melting:When titanium sponge amount reaches a certain level in water-cooled copper siege, melting plasma gun starts generation etc.
Ion arc hot spot melts premix, and plasma gun is refined after pure titanium liquid flows under refining plasma gun and forms scull
Startup refines pure titanium liquid;
C. solidification drop-down:When pure titanium liquid level rises setting height in water-cooled copper siege, pure titanium liquid flows into water-cooled copper
Cooled and solidified in crystallizer, will obtain the pure titanium rod material of diameter diameter 100mm at this time, while with 50mm/min speed by pure titanium rod material
It is pulled out from water cooling Cu crystallizer;
E. customized cut-off:Instantly after pull-rod material length reaches 1m, pure titanium rod material is cut off in cut-out plasma gun startup, and is cut
Disconnected plasma gun is moved down with 50mm/min speed;
F. finished product transmits:1m long pure titanium rod materials after cut-out are flipped to horizontal direction, and pure titanium rod material is with 2m/min speed
It is automatically transferred to collection device.
Water-cooling system keeps operating in the apparatus described above operational process.
Pure titanium rod material is rolled into the same specification pipe finished that the rod product price of diameter 50mm is prepared with conventional method
Price be compared as follows shown in table.
2 pure titanium rod material same specification price of table compares
|
Specification |
Price |
Traditional Method |
50mm |
95 yuan/kg |
Embodiment 2 |
50mm |
80 yuan/kg |
Embodiment 3
The present embodiment provides a kind of titanium or titanium alloy short flow processes, include the following steps:
A. continuous charging:108kg titanium sponges, 9.6kgAl-V intermediate alloys and 2.4kg aluminium shot premixes are packed into charger
It is evacuated to 2pa after structure, then adds the raw material into the argon-filled protection atmosphere device of 1.1atm, then charging mechanism is packed into
120kg premixes are vacuumized to realize continuous charging;Premix spiral in charging mechanism is slowly delivered to raw material working chamber
Water-cooled copper siege in;
C. alloy melting:Doses is premixed in water-cooled copper siege when reaching a certain level, melting plasma gun (the i.e. first grade from
Sub- rifle) start generate plasma arc hot spot premix is melted, when TC4 alloy liquids flow to refining plasma gun under formed
After scull, refining plasma gun (i.e. the second plasma gun) starts, and is refined to TC4 alloy liquids;
D. solidification drop-down:When TC4 alloy liquids liquid level rises setting height in water-cooled copper siege, TC4 alloy liquids overflow
Cooled and solidified in water cooling Cu crystallizer is flowed into, under bar preparation mode, water cooling rotation copper bar 13 is removed, diameter will be obtained
The TC4 alloy bar materials of 100mm, at the same by motor drive roller wheel with 35mm/min speed by TC4 alloy bar materials from water-cooled copper knot
It is pulled out in brilliant device;
E. customized cut-off:Instantly after pull-rod material length reaches 1m, cut-out plasma gun (i.e. third plasma gun) starts will
TC4 alloy bar materials are cut off, and are cut off plasma gun and moved down with 35mm/min speed;
F. finished product transmits:1m long TC4 alloy bar materials after cut-out are flipped to horizontal direction, and TC4 alloy bar materials are with 2m/
Min speed is automatically transferred to collection device.
By TC4 rolling bars at the rod product price and the same specification pipe finished of conventional method preparation of diameter 40mm
Price is compared as follows shown in table.
2 pure titanium rod material same specification price of table compares
|
Specification |
Price |
Traditional Method |
50mm |
125 yuan/kg |
Embodiment 3 |
50mm |
105 yuan/kg |
Although the present invention has been disclosed as a preferred embodiment, however, it is not to limit the invention.Skill belonging to the present invention
Has usually intellectual in art field, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, when can be used for a variety of modifications and variations.Cause
This, the scope of protection of the present invention is defined by those of the claims.