EP0636848B1 - Procédé de fusion d'un matériau électroconducteur dans un four de fusion par induction en creuset froid et four de fusion pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé - Google Patents
Procédé de fusion d'un matériau électroconducteur dans un four de fusion par induction en creuset froid et four de fusion pour la mise en oeuvre de ce procédé Download PDFInfo
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- the subject of the present invention is a method for melting an electroconductive material in an oven induction melting in a cold crucible and a furnace fusion for the implementation of this process.
- This process is generally used for make a stabilized casting of a molten metal with a variable flow rate for the production of powders metallic by atomization.
- melting furnaces by induction in which one uses a crucible intended to receive an electroconductive material and which is called a cold crucible because it is constantly cooled.
- fusion is caused partial or total of a mass of the electrically conductive material liquid by electromagnetic confinement of so as to separate from the wall of the crucible the mass of said liquid electroconductive material.
- the crucible is composed of several metallic sectors electrically isolated from each other from others and surrounded by a means of heating by electromagnetic induction of the electroconductive material contained in said crucible.
- the crucible is for example of cylindrical shape having a substantially hemispherical bottom or conical with a pouring hole to which is fixed a mass pouring tube of the electroconductive material liquid.
- Induction crucible melting furnaces metallic cold are preferred to crucible furnaces refractories that pollute the mass of electrically conductive material liquid by contact of said material with refractory walls of the crucible.
- Pollution is due to the formation of inclusionary particles of compounds for example oxidized.
- this pollution incorporates into the powders of numerous inclusions and it is notably recognized that the presence of such inclusions in rotating parts aeronautical engine, for example based on nickel, may be the cause of defects in service performance of these parts subjected to fatigue stresses and lead in particular to premature parts ruptures subject to high stresses at high temperature.
- an electromagnetic nozzle comprising a coil inductor associated with a device magnetic field concentrator located between the inductor with turns and the walls of the pouring orifice.
- Such a nozzle has the disadvantage to be conditioned, in its functioning, by the choice of specific dimension parameters, as well as parameters for defining the applied magnetic field such as the frequency and intensity of said field magnetic.
- this nozzle has a strong size and low efficiency.
- This centripetal movement at the level of the upper surface of the molten charge allows materials not yet perfectly melted floating on the surface of the load, to be brought to the center and to be then engulfed in this charge, and thereby allows mixing of the mass of molten materials without take into account the inclusions present in said mass fondue.
- two phenomena are used which are electromagnetic mixing allowing to bring inclusions within the mass of molten metal towards the electromagnetic skin area and a capture of inclusions in the skin area, said inclusions being offset to the wall of the crucible and the surface of the molten metal mass under the effect of magnetic pressure forces.
- the object of the invention is to propose a method for melting an electroconductive material in an oven of melting by induction in cold crucible which allows to ensure a dynamic purification in volume of the mass of the liquid electroconductive material before and during casting, by settling of inclusions.
- the invention also relates to an oven of melting an electrically conductive material by induction in a cold crucible, for implementing the process mentioned above, said melting furnace comprising a crucible intended to contain said electroconductive material and formed of several metal sectors electrically isolated from each other, means of cooling of metal sectors, means of electromagnetic induction heating of the material electroconductive arranged around the crucible, a tube for pouring the arranged liquid electroconductive material vertically below the crucible and electromagnetic means confinement of the jet of electroconductive material liquid in the pouring tube, said electromagnetic means being arranged around the tube and powered by a generator, characterized in that the electromagnetic means of containment of the jet of electroconductive material are formed by an extra-flat electromagnetic coil and that includes means for centering said electromagnetic coil extra flat with respect to the vertical axis pouring tube and crucible and centering means and positioning of the crucible sectors by compared to electromagnetic induction heating means of electroconductive material and relative electromagnetic means for confining the jet of liquid electroconductive material.
- Fig. 1 there is shown schematically a melting furnace 10 by induction in a cold crucible intended in particular for the purification of a mass 1 of a electroconductive material before atomization for the manufacture of powders.
- the melting furnace 10 comprises a crucible 11 intended to contain the electroconductive material 1 and formed of several isolated metal sectors 12 electrically from each other and each provided with a water cooling means no shown in Fig. 1.
- the number of metal sectors 12 is by example of new.
- the crucible 11 is for example of shape cylindrical extending by a bottom substantially hemispherical or conical with a pouring orifice 13 the mass of the liquid electroconductive material 1.
- the melting furnace 10 also includes electromagnetic induction heating means 14 of the electroconductive material 1 arranged around the crucible 10.
- These means 14 of induction heating electromagnetic are composed for example of eight turns.
- the melting furnace 10 also includes a tube pouring 15 of the electroconductive material 1 liquid arranged vertically below the crucible 11 and in the axis of the pouring orifice 13 and the means 16 of confinement of the jet of electroconductive material 1 liquid in said pouring tube 15.
- Electromagnetic means 16 of containment of the jet of liquid electroconductive material are arranged around the pouring tube 15 and supplied by a generator not shown in the figures.
- the tube casting 15 is formed by eight cylinder sectors 15a cooled by a fluid circulation circuit 17 such as water.
- the means 16 for confining the jet of electroconductive material 1 liquid in the tube casting 15 are formed by an electromagnetic coil extra flat 16, such as a BITTER coil, comprising for example ten turns 16a in the form of copper plates, spread over a height of 30mm, for a jet of electroconductive material of approximately 12mm of diameter.
- an electromagnetic coil extra flat 16 such as a BITTER coil, comprising for example ten turns 16a in the form of copper plates, spread over a height of 30mm, for a jet of electroconductive material of approximately 12mm of diameter.
- Each of the copper plates is pierced with thirty-six 2.5mm diameter holes connected to a circuit 18 of transverse water circulation for cooling of the electromagnetic coil 16.
- the melting furnace 10 comprises means 20 for centering the electromagnetic coil 16 for confining the jet of electroconductive material liquid relative to the vertical axis of the pouring tube 15 and crucible 11 and means 25 for centering and positioning of the sectors 12 of the crucible 11 relative to to the means 14 of heating by electromagnetic induction of the electroconductive material 1 and with respect to the electromagnetic coil 16.
- the means of centering the electromagnetic coil 16 are formed by an envelope 20 in insulating material for example from PERMAGLAS inserting the turns 16a of said electromagnetic coil 16.
- Centering and positioning means sectors 12 of the crucible 11 are formed by a shell 25 of insulating material, for example from PERMAGLAS arranged around said sector 12 and inserting the means 14 electromagnetic induction heating of electrically conductive material 1 and the cooling means sectors 12.
- This coating keeps the turns means 14 for induction heating of the material electroconductive 1 and crucible 11 which avoids hydrodynamic disturbances in the mass of material liquid electroconductive.
- the induction furnace 1 comprising crucible 11 and tube 15 can be placed in an enclosure under controlled atmosphere and the material flow jet electrically conductive is subjected to bursting in the form of a powder.
- the perfect vertical cylindrical geometry of the casting jet of the electroconductive material is a important or even essential characteristic of good quality of the powders obtained by atomization.
- the mass of electroconductive material 1 consisting of a steel 5 cm radius superalloy is placed in the crucible 11 and the power transmitted by the means 14 of electromagnetic induction heating and order of 50 KW for a current of 1000 A at the frequency of 20KHz.
- the Applicant has found that the non-conductive particles, contained in the mass of electroconductive material 1 to be treated, were subjected, in an electromagnetic vortex medium, to a series forces such as drag force, virtual mass, Archimedes thrust, hydrodynamic pressure, force of lorentz which allowed to deduce the behavior of inclusions in a particular electromagnetic patch.
- the Applicant has determined a configuration the more favorable for the separation of inclusionary particles nonconductive contained in the mass of the molten and confined electrically conductive material and their decantation on the surface of this mass.
- the method according to the invention consists, during electromagnetic mixing, to create in the mass of the electrically conductive material 1 liquid at minus a vortex 30 in which the inclusionary particles solids or liquids are entrained in a swirling spiral and decanted when they reach the surface of this mass of electrically conductive material 1 liquid.
- This coaxial alignment requires that the electromagnetic coil 16 means for confining the jet generates an electromagnetic field in symmetry cylindrical with the vertical axis of the melting furnace 10.
- a classic spiral coil with a conductor of circular tubular cross section only may not be suitable for containment of the pouring jet, because each of the turns forms a current path which is moves in an inclined plane with respect to the vertical axis, directly dependent on the pitch of the propeller of the electromagnetic coil.
- an electromagnetic coil classic generates a magnetic field creating instabilities jet casting.
- the means of confinement of the pouring jet of the mass of the material electroconductive are formed by a extra flat electromagnetic coil 16 of the type described previously.
- the electromagnetic field generated by the electromagnetic coil 16 is determined so that the magnetic pressure jump is maximum, for a given power of the generator supplying said coil electromagnetic 16.
- Fig. 3 there is shown diagrammatically, the mass movement of the electroconductive material 1 liquid which is materialized by the two vortices 30 overlays with a travel speed of approximately 0.2m / s.
- Figs. 4 and 5 represent two diagrams materializing the displacement of the inclusionary particles non-conductive respectively in the vortex superior and in the inferior vortex.
- Measuring the settling time allows control the minimum melting time of the mass of the electroconductive material and mixing this mass which ensures the purification by settling of the particles inclusions of given size.
- Particle separation time inclusions is maximum for particles located initially near the center of the vortex (s) 30 and the settling time is very important for particles small inclusions.
- the Applicant has found that the efficiency of the electromagnetic confinement of the casting of the mass of the electroconductive material 1 is all the greater as the magnetic pressure jump between the axis and the surface of the casting jet is high.
- the pressure jump is a function of applied electromagnetic force and depth of penetration of the magnetic field into the casting jet.
- Fig. 6 represents three curves showing the variation of the value of the pressure jump ⁇ Pm in function of the ratio of the radius R of the casting jet to the penetration depth ⁇ of the magnetic field, for different electrical resistivities ⁇ of the material electroconductive.
- the method according to the invention allows, thanks to the electromagnetic confinement of the associated casting jet to the coaxiality of the magnetic fields of the means of confinement of the pouring jet, heating means by induction of the mass of the electroconductive material, crucible and said mass of the electrically conductive material to obtain a control of the electromagnetic mixing of this liquid mass, while ensuring the separation into continuous solid inclusion impurities contained in the electroconductive material also allowing to obtain improved product quality.
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- on confine électromagnétiquement dans le four de fusion, une masse du matériau électroconducteur jusqu'à sa température de fusion,
- on décante les particules inclusionnaires contenues dans le matériau électroconducteur liquide,
- on coule une partie de la masse du matériau électroconducteur liquide par un tube de coulée disposé au-dessous dudit four de fusion,
- on soumet le jet de coulée du matériau électroconducteur liquide à un confinement électromagnétique radial,
- ou soumet le jet de coulée du matériau électroconducteur liquide à ce confinement à l'aide d'une bobine électromagnétique extraplate,
- on assure un alignement coaxial vertical du champ électromagnétique agissant sur la masse du matériau électroconducteur liquide et sur le jet de coulée de ladite masse,
- et on crée dans la masse du matériau électroconducteur liquide par brassage électromagnétique, au moins un vortex dans lequel les particules inclusionnaires sont entraínées dans un mouvement tourbillonnaire et décantées en atteignant la surface de ladite masse du matériau électroconducteur liquide.
- les moyens de centrage de la bobine électromagnétique extraplate sont formés par une enveloppe en matériau isolant électrique et thermique insérant lesdits moyens électromagnétiques de confinement du jet,
- les moyens de centrage et de positionnement des secteurs du creuset sont formés par une coquille en matériau isolant électrique et thermique disposée autour desdits secteurs et insérant les moyens de chauffage par induction électromagnétique du matériau électroconducteur et les moyens de refroidissement desdits secteurs,
- la bobine électromagnétique comporte dix spires sous forme de plaques de cuivre, reparties sur une hauteur de 30mm, pour un jet de matériau électroconducteur d'environ 12mm de diamètre,
- le tube de coulée est formé par un cylindre métallique sectorisé à double paroi, refroidi par circulation d'un fluide,
- le générateur d'alimentation de la bobine électromagnétique extraplate délivrent un signal à une fréquence déterminée pour que le rapport entre le rayon de la section du jet de matériau électroconducteur et la profondeur de pénétration du champ électromagnétique soit supérieur à 1,7.
- la Fig. 1 est une vue schématique en coupe d'un four de fusion par induction en creuset froid selon l'invention,
- la Fig. 2 est une vue schématique en coupe et à plus grande échelle du tube de coulée disposé au-dessous du four de fusion,
- la Fig. 3 est une schéma de la masse du matériau électroconducteur confinée électromagnétiquement,
- les Figs. 4 et 5 sont deux schémas matérialisant le déplacement des particules inclusionnaires dans la masse du matériau électroconducteur,
- la Fig. 6 est une courbe représentant une variation du saut de pression magnétique entre l'axe du jet de coulée et sa surface en fonction de la fréquence du signal délivré par le générateur d'alimentation des moyens électromagnétiques de confinement du jet de coulée.
- à confiner électromagnétiquement, dans le four de fusion 10, la masse du matériau électroconducteur 1 jusqu'à sa température de fusion,
- à décanter les particules inclusionnaires solides ou liquides contenues dans le matériau électroconducteur 1 liquide,
- à couler une partie de la masse du matériau électroconducteur 1 liquide par le tube de coulée 15, à soumettre le jet de coulée du matériau électroconducteur liquide 1 à un confinement électromagnétique radial,
- à assurer un alignement coaxial vertical des champs électromagnétiques agissant sur la masse du matériau électroconducteur 1 liquide et sur le jet de coulée de ladite masse,
- et à créer, dans la masse du matériau électroconducteur 1 liquide par brassage électromagnétique, au moins un vortex 30 (Fig. 3) dans lequel les particules inclusionnaires solides sont entraínées dans un mouvement tourbillonnaire et décantées en atteignant la surface de ladite masse du matériau électroconducteur 1 liquide.
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- Procédé de fusion d'un matériau électroconducteur (1) dans un four de fusion (10) par induction en creuset froid, procédé dans lequel :on confine électromagnétiquement dans le four de fusion (10), une masse du matériau électroconducteur (1) jusqu'à sa température de fusion,on décante les particules inclusionnaires contenues dans le matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide,on coule une partie de la masse du matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide par un tube de coulée (15) disposé au-dessous dudit four de fusion (10),on soumet le jet de coulée du matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide à un confinement électromagnétique radial,on soumet le jet de coulée de matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide à ce confinement à l'aide d'une bobine électromagnétique extraplate,on assure un alignement coaxial vertical des champs électromagnétiques agissant sur la masse du matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide et sur le jet de coulée de ladite masse,et on crée, dans la masse du matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide par brassage électromagnétique, au moins un vortex (30) dans lequel les particules inclusionnaires sont entraínées dans un mouvement tourbillonnaire et décantées en atteignant la surface de ladite masse du matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide.
- Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'on crée dans la masse du matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide soumise au brassage électromagnétique, au moins deux vortex (30) superposés.
- Four de fusion d'un matériau électroconducteur (1) par induction en creuset froid, pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon les revendications 1 et 2, ledit four de fusion (10) comprenant un creuset (11) destiné à contenir ledit matériau conducteur (1) et formé de plusieurs secteurs métalliques (12) isolés électriquement les uns des autres, des moyens de refroidissement desdits secteurs métalliques (12), des moyens (14) de chauffage par induction électromagnétique du matériau électroconducteur (1) disposés autour du creuset (11), un tube de coulée (15) du matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide disposé verticalement au-dessous du creuset (11) et des moyens (16) électromagnétiques de confinement du jet de matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide dans le tube de coulée (15), lesdits moyens (16) électromagnétiques étant disposés autour du tube de coulée (15) et alimentés par un générateur, caractérisé en ce que les moyens électromagnétiques de confinement du jet de matériau électroconducteur (1) sont formés par une bobine électromagnétique extraplate (16) et en ce qu'il comporte des moyens (20) de centrage de ladite bobine électomagnétique extraplate (16) par rapport à l'axe vertical du tube de coulée (15) et du creuset (11) et des moyens (25) de centrage et de positionnement des secteurs (12) du creuset (11) par rapport aux moyens (14) de chauffage par induction électromagnétique du matériau électroconducteur (1) et par rapport aux moyens (16) électromagnétiques de confinement du jet de matériau électroconducteur (1) liquide.
- Four de fusion selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de centrage de la bobine électromagnétique extraplate (16) sont formés par une enveloppe (20) en matériau isolant électrique et thermique insérant ladite bobine extraplate (16).
- Four de fusion selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de centrage et de positionnement des secteurs (12) du creuset (11) sont formés par une coquille (25) en matériau isolant électrique et thermique disposée autour des secteurs (12) et insérant les moyens (14) de chauffage par induction électromagnétique du matériau électroconducteur (1) et les moyens de refroidissement des secteurs (12).
- Four de fusion selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la bobine électromagnétique (16) comporte dix spires (16a) sous forme de plaques de cuivre, réparties sur une hauteur de 30mm, pour un jet de matériau électroconducteur d'environ 12mm de diamètre,.
- Four de fusion selon l'une des revendications 3 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le tube de coulée (15) est formé par un cylindre métallique sectorisé à double paroi, refroidi par circulation d'un fluide.
- Four de fusion selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce le générateur d'alimentation de la bobine électromagnétique extraplate (16) délivre un signal à une fréquence déterminée pour que le rapport entre le rayon de la section du jet du matériau électroconducteur (1) et la profondeur de pénétration du champ électromagnétique soit supérieur à 1,7.
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