EP1639145B1 - Produits inoculants contenant du bismuth et des terres rares - Google Patents

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EP1639145B1
EP1639145B1 EP04742720A EP04742720A EP1639145B1 EP 1639145 B1 EP1639145 B1 EP 1639145B1 EP 04742720 A EP04742720 A EP 04742720A EP 04742720 A EP04742720 A EP 04742720A EP 1639145 B1 EP1639145 B1 EP 1639145B1
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    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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    • C22C33/00Making ferrous alloys
    • C22C33/08Making cast-iron alloys
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22DCASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D27/00Treating the metal in the mould while it is molten or ductile ; Pressure or vacuum casting
    • B22D27/20Measures not previously mentioned for influencing the grain structure or texture; Selection of compositions therefor
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    • C21METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21CPROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C1/00Refining of pig-iron; Cast iron
    • C21C1/10Making spheroidal graphite cast-iron
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    • C21CPROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C1/00Refining of pig-iron; Cast iron
    • C21C1/10Making spheroidal graphite cast-iron
    • C21C1/105Nodularising additive agents
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  • the invention relates to the treatment in the liquid state of cast iron for the manufacture of thin parts for which it is desired to obtain a structure free of iron carbides, and more particularly inoculants based on ferro-silicon and containing bismuth, lead and / or antimony, as well as rare earths.
  • Cast iron is a well-known iron-carbon alloy and widely used in the manufacture of castings. It is known that in order to obtain good mechanical properties on these parts, it is necessary to obtain in fine an iron + graphite structure while avoiding as much as possible the formation of Fe 3 C type iron carbides which weaken the alloy.
  • the graphite present in cast iron parts can be either in lamellar form (gray cast iron or graphite cast iron called GL cast iron), or in the form of spheroids (cast iron with spheroidal graphite called cast iron GS).
  • Gray cast iron is the oldest known and used for the manufacture of castings; given its low resilience due to the presence of lamellar graphite, gray cast iron has application only for parts with little mechanical stress, whereas spheroidal graphite cast iron found, as soon as it was discovered in 1945, numerous applications for highly stressed mechanical parts.
  • the technical objective of the foundry is to promote the appearance of graphite during the solidification of the molten iron, and it is well known that, plus the solidification of the cast iron is faster, the more the carbon contained in the iron may appear as iron carbide Fe 3 C. This explains the difficulty encountered in making thin parts containing little iron carbide.
  • the liquid iron is subjected to so-called inoculation treatment by adding a ferroalloy, usually ferro-silicon, which, when it is dissolved, will provoke local and ephemeral emergence of crystallization seeds, favoring the precipitation of so-called primary graphite, because it is the first solid to appear in the liquid medium.
  • a ferroalloy usually ferro-silicon
  • the effectiveness of the inoculants can be assessed either through the quenching thickness evaluated on standard quenching specimen, or through the density of crystallization seeds created in liquid iron. This density can be evaluated by subjecting the melt to a nodulisation treatment so that, during solidification, the graphite appears in nodular form; in this way the micrographic examination of cast iron parts obtained will give a density of nodules corresponding to the density of germs.
  • alloys are particularly well suited to the treatment of cast iron for the manufacture of parts with thin parts; however, thin areas show an increase in the density of graphite nodules which affects the structural homogeneity of the pieces.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy these drawbacks and to provide inoculant products having improved efficiency and improved particle size stability over time compared to the products of the prior art.
  • the invention relates to an inoculant mixture for the treatment of liquid iron consisting of 5 to 75% by weight of at least one type-ferro-silicon-based alloy such as Si / Fe> 2, containing 0.005 at 3% by weight of rare earths, from 0.005 to 3% of bismuth, lead and / or antimony, and less than 3% of calcium, with a ratio (Bi + Pb + Sb) / TR of between 0.9 and 2 , 2, and 25 to 95% of at least one type-B silicon-based alloy, or ferro-silicon such as Si / Fe> 2, containing calcium at a content such that the total calcium content of the mixture is between 0.3 to 3%.
  • a ratio (Bi + Pb + Sb) / TR of between 0.9 and 2 , 2, and 25 to 95% of at least one type-B silicon-based alloy, or ferro-silicon such as Si / Fe> 2 containing calcium at a content such that the total calcium content of the mixture is between 0.3 to 3%
  • Alloy A may also contain magnesium at a level of between 0.3 and 3%.
  • the bismuth content of alloy A is preferably between 0.2 and 0.6%, and its calcium content is preferably less than 2%, and more preferably 0.8%.
  • lanthanum accounts for more than 70% of the total mass of rare earths of alloy A.
  • Alloy B contains less than 0.01% of bismuth, lead and / or antimony. The total calcium of the mixture is provided by the alloy B for a portion of between 75 and 95%, and even more preferably between 80 and 90%.
  • the total bismuth content of the mixture is preferably between 0.05 and 0.3%, its total rare earth content between 0.04 and 0.15%, and its total oxygen content less than 0.2. %.
  • the tests made by the Applicant have surprisingly shown the interest of replacing the alloys of the "Spherix" type, by a mixture of alloys leading to a substantially identical overall composition, containing on the one hand an alloy A of the same type, preferably with a lower calcium content, typically less than 2%, or even less than 0.8%, and other part of a ferro-silicon alloy B, with a silicon content preferably between 70 and 80%, containing substantially no bismuth, typically less than 0.01%, but with a higher content of calcium of such that the mixture of these two alloys gives the analysis of a conventional alloy.
  • the alloy B may also be silico-calcium with a silicon content of between 54 and 68% and a calcium content of between 25 and 42%.
  • the mixture may be in the form of grains smaller than 7 mm, or powder with a particle size of less than 2.2 mm.
  • this type of mixture has been confirmed as being a more effective solution than that described in EP 0816522 because it makes it possible to guarantee granulometric resistance over time.
  • particle size degradation defined as the mass fraction below 200 ⁇ m appearing in 24 hours on contact with water, of less than 10%, and preferably less than 5%, even after storage time. greater than one year, which the alloy of the prior art absolutely does not allow.
  • the inoculating mixture gives lower quenching thicknesses than the alloy, and avoids an excessive increase in the density of the graphite nodules in the sections. thinner pieces.
  • a new cast iron filler was melted in an induction furnace and treated by the Tundish Cover process using a FeSiMg-type alloy at 5% Mg, 1% Ca, and 0.56% rare earth at the dose. 25 kg for 1600 kg of cast iron.
  • This cast was inoculated with the jet using the inoculant alloy B used at a dose of 1 kg per ton of cast iron. It was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 487 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 1076 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 1283 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • the previous example was redone by inoculating the cast iron by means of the inoculant alloy D used at a dose of 1 kg per tonne of cast iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 304 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 631 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 742 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 3 The test of Example 3 was redone under the same conditions, but the inoculation of the cast iron was made by means of the inoculant alloy G used at the dose of 1 kg per ton of cast iron. This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 209 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 405 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 470 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 3 The test of Example 3 was redone under the same conditions, but the inoculation of the cast iron was made by means of the inoculant mixture K used at a dose of 1 kg per ton of pig iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 343 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 705 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 828 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 4 The test of Example 4 was redone under the same conditions, but the inoculation of the cast iron was made by means of the inoculant mixture L used at a dose of 1 kg per ton of pig iron. This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 269 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 518 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 600 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 5 The test of Example 5 was redone under the same conditions, but the inoculation of the cast iron was made by means of the inoculant mixture M used at a dose of 1 kg per ton of pig iron.
  • Example 6 The test of Example 6 was redone by replacing the inoculant mixture L with the inoculant mixture M used at a dose of 1 kg per tonne of pig iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 234 / mm 2 in the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 425 / mm 2 in the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 486 / mm 2 in the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 7 The test of Example 7 was redone using inoculant mixture L at the rate of 1.5 kg per ton of pig iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 309 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 536 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 607 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 8 The test of Example 8 was redone using the inoculant M mixture at the rate of 1.5 kg per ton of cast iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 266 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 440 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 491 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 9 The test of Example 9 was redone using the N inoculant mixture at the rate of 1.5 kg per ton of pig iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 247 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 383 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 422 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 10 The test of Example 10 was redone using the inoculant O mixture at the rate of 1.5 kg per ton of pig iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 273 / mm 2 at the heart of the 24 mm thick zone, 457 / mm 2 at the heart of the 6 mm thick zone, and 517 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Example 11 The test of Example 11 was redone using the inoculant P mixture at the rate of 1.5 kg per ton of pig iron.
  • This liquid cast iron was used to make a plate 24 mm thick having in the perpendicular position fins 6 and 2 mm thick.
  • the density of graphite nodules observed is 260 / mm 2 at the heart of the zone of thickness 24 mm, 410 / mm 2 at the heart of the zone of thickness 6 mm, and 459 / mm 2 at the heart of the area of thickness 2 mm.
  • Examples 12 and 13 show that by combining in a mixture several inoculants, including a bismuth inoculant even in a small proportion, it is possible to significantly reduce the structural differences obtained in cast iron pieces having very different sections in thickness.

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