EP3570993A1 - Casting method - Google Patents
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Definitions
- This invention relates to a casting process for the production of castings.
- the process is a levitation melting process in which the melt does not come into contact with the material of a crucible so that contamination by the crucible material or by reaction of the melt with crucible material is avoided.
- Such metals include titanium, zirconium, vanadium, tantalum, tungsten, hafnium, niobium, rhenium and molybdenum. However, this is also important for other metals and alloys such as nickel, iron and aluminum.
- Heated melting processes are known from the prior art.
- DE 422 004 A already discloses a melting process in which the conductive melt is heated by inductive currents and at the same time free-floating is obtained by electrodynamic action.
- a casting process in which the molten Good is mediated by a magnet pressed into a mold (electro-dynamic pressure casting). The process can be carried out in vacuo.
- a molten charge is sufficient to fill the mold.
- No. 2,686,864 A also describes a process in which a conductive melt, e.g. is levitated in a vacuum under the influence of one or more coils without the use of a crucible.
- a conductive melt e.g. is levitated in a vacuum under the influence of one or more coils without the use of a crucible.
- two coaxial coils are used to stabilize the material in suspension. After the melt, the material is dropped or poured into a mold. With the method described there, a 60 g aluminum portion was suspended. The removal of the molten metal is carried out by reducing the field strength, so that the melt escapes down through the tapered coil. If the field strength is reduced very rapidly, the metal drops out of the device in a molten state. It has already been recognized that the "weak spot" of such coil arrangements lies in the middle of the coils, so that the amount of material that can be so melted is limited.
- US 4,578,552 A discloses a device and a method for levitation melting.
- the same coil is used both for heating and for holding the melt, since In, the frequency of the applied alternating current for controlling the heating power is varied while the current is kept constant.
- the particular advantages of levitation melting are that contamination of the melt by a crucible material or other materials that are in contact with the melt in other processes is avoided.
- the floating melt is only in contact with the surrounding atmosphere, which may be e.g. can act by vacuum or inert gas. Due to the fact that a chemical reaction with a crucible material is not to be feared, the melt can be heated to very high temperatures. In addition, especially in comparison with the melt in the cold crucible, the rejects of contaminated material are reduced. Nevertheless, the floating melting has not prevailed in practice. The reason for this is that in the levitation melting process, only a relatively small amount of molten material can be held in suspension (see DE 696 17 103 T2, page 2, paragraph 1).
- the process should allow for high throughput and be able to melt a sufficient amount of material without the use of a supporting platform to allow for very economical production of very high quality castings.
- a method for producing cast bodies from a conductive material comprising the following steps:
- the volume of the molten charge is sufficient to fill the casting mold to a size sufficient for the production of a cast body ("filling volume") .
- filling volume a size sufficient for the production of a cast body
- the cast can then be removed from the mold, the cast may consist in dropping the charge, in particular by switching off the alternating electromagnetic field, or the cast may be slowed down by an electromagnetic alternating field, eg through the use of a coil.
- the method includes the step of moving the filled mold from the fill area after casting but before removing the solidified cast body.
- This embodiment is used particularly advantageously when using lost shapes, since thus the filling area is released for a further lost shape.
- the removal of the cast body in the filling area can take place.
- the removal of the solidified cast body can be done in different ways.
- the casting mold is destroyed during the removal of the cast body.
- the mold may be embodied as a permanent mold, in particular as a permanent mold, permanent molds are preferably made of a metallic material and are suitable for simpler components.
- a permanent mold preferably has two or more mold elements which can be separated from each other to demold the cast body. When removing from permanent molds one or more ejectors can be used.
- a "conductive material” is understood according to the invention to mean a material which has a suitable conductivity in order to inductively heat the material and to keep it in suspension.
- a floating state is understood according to the invention a state of complete levitation, so that the treated batch has no contact with a crucible or a platform or the like.
- fill volume of a mold is meant a volume that fills the mold to a degree sufficient to produce one or more complete castings to be molded with the mold, which does not necessarily correspond to a complete mold filling; It is not necessary to fill the mold beyond the filling volume, in particular a casting mold in the context of this invention may have channels or filling sections, the filling of which is not necessary to make complete castings, but merely serve the
- the casting mold is not filled beyond the volume of the molten charge.
- the casting molds used according to the invention have cavities which correspond to the shape of the casting to be produced. It is also such molds can be used in the context of this invention, which have more than one such cavity and thus are suitable for the simultaneous production of multiple castings.
- the casting molds used according to the invention have exactly one cavity for producing exactly one cast body.
- the casting mold has a filling section which has a larger diameter than the cavity of the casting mold to be filled. Such a filling section can in particular be configured funnel-shaped. It serves to facilitate the entry of the molten charge into the mold.
- the casting mold preferably consists of a ceramic, in particular oxide-ceramic,
- permanent forms can be made of a metallic material, ie a metal or a metal alloy.
- the cast body can still be removed from the casting mold in the filling area, without the casting mold having to be moved out of the filling area.
- a further charge of the conductive material can be introduced into the area of influence of the electromagnetic alternating field.
- the further batch can be equally melted and poured into the other mold. This process can be repeated any number of times, especially since no crucible is needed, which would be subject to wear.
- the method according to the invention can be carried out in such a timed manner that exactly one casting mold is assigned to each batch of conductive material.
- the mold is sufficiently filled with a batch and can be moved out of the fill area to make room for the next mold to receive the next batch. In this way, a particularly efficient process is made possible which enables high throughput even with the relatively limited capacity of the levitation melting process.
- the mold is preheated prior to filling.
- a preheated casting mold has the advantage that the molten charge does not solidify immediately upon contact with the casting mold.
- the casting mold can be rotated during the filling around a vertical axis, in particular a vertical axis of symmetry. As a result, the melt is thrown in the mold as it were in the cavities. Especially with material whose melt rapidly increases in viscosity with decreasing temperature, it is important to bring this material quickly into the cavities of the mold, so that no solidification occurs before the mold is sufficiently filled. It should be noted that the molten charge already begins to cool with the casting. A material which shows a pronounced dependence of the viscosity on the temperature is titanium and titanium alloys, in particular TiAl, so that especially in the case of titanium and titanium alloys as a conductive material, the casting mold should be rotated. In addition to the faster distribution of the molten charge in the mold, the rotation avoids turbulence, which has an extremely harmful effect on the quality of the castings.
- both the melting of the conductive material and the filling of the casting mold are carried out under vacuum or under protective gas.
- Preferred shielding gases are, depending on the material to be melted nitrogen, one of the noble gases or mixtures thereof. Most preferably, argon or helium is used.
- protective gas or vacuum serves to avoid undesired reactions of the material with components of the atmosphere, in particular with oxygen.
- the melting and / or filling of the mold is carried out in a vacuum, in particular at a pressure of at most 1000 Pa.
- the casting mold is displaced parallel to the casting direction of the charge, in particular in the casting direction, at the moment of filling.
- the casting mold is moved up or down, triggered by the casting process.
- the filling speed of the mold is controlled, that accelerates or slows down.
- This measure of translation can be carried out alternatively or in addition to the rotation described above. be led. Both measures contribute to an optimal filling in the sense of a complete and fast, but at the same time low-turbulence filling of the mold, so that the quality of the resulting castings is improved.
- a translation in the casting direction takes place at a speed which is lower than the falling speed of the molten charge.
- the acceleration of the casting mold in the casting direction should be lower than the acceleration of the charge.
- sensors may be provided which detect the casting and send a signal to a drive unit which triggers rotation and / or translation on the casting mold.
- Suitable sensors may detect, for example, a change in the electromagnetic alternating field or the presence of the molten charge in a transition region between a melting region and the casting mold (for example by means of a light barrier).
- sensors There are also many other sensors conceivable to trigger a corresponding signal.
- the conductive material used according to the invention comprises at least one refractory metal from the following group: titanium, zirconium, vanadium, tantalum, tungsten, hafnium, niobium, rhenium, molybdenum.
- a less high melting point metal such as nickel, iron or aluminum can be used.
- a conductive material a mixture or alloy with one or more of the aforementioned metals can be used.
- the metal has a content of at least 50% by weight, in particular at least 60% by weight or at least 70% by weight, of the conductive material. It has been found that these metals benefit particularly from the advantages of the present invention.
- the conductive material is titanium or a titanium alloy, in particular TiAl or TiAIV.
- Alloys can be processed particularly advantageously, since they have a pronounced dependency. viscosity of the temperature and beyond particularly reactive, especially with regard to the materials of the mold, are. Since the method according to the invention combines contactless melting in suspension with extremely rapid filling of the casting mold, a particular advantage can be realized precisely for such metals. With the method according to the invention, casting bodies can be produced which have a particularly thin or even no oxide layer from the reaction of the melt with the material of the casting mold.
- the conductive material is overheated during melting to a temperature which is at least 10 ° C, at least 20 ° C or at least 30 ° C above the melting point of the material.
- the overheating prevents the material from immediately solidifying on contact with the mold whose temperature is below the melting temperature. It is achieved that the charge can spread in the mold before the viscosity of the material becomes too high. It is an advantage of levitation melting that no crucible in contact with the melt needs to be used. Thus, the high loss of material of the cold crucible method is avoided as well as a contamination of the melt by crucible components. Another advantage is that the melt can be heated relatively high, since operation in a vacuum or under protective gas is possible and no contact with reactive materials takes place.
- the overheating is preferably limited to at most 300 ° C, especially at most 200 ° C, and more preferably at most 100 ° C above the melting point of the conductive material.
- the melting is carried out according to the invention preferably for a period of 0.5 min to 20 min, in particular 1 min to 10 min. These melting times can be realized well in the Schweehmmelz compiler because a very efficient heat input into the batch is possible and due to the induced eddy currents a very good temperature distribution takes place within a very short time.
- the molten charge is poured into the mold.
- the casting may consist in dropping the molten charge or controlled by electromagnetic interference with, for example, a (further) coil suitable for this purpose.
- the filled mold is moved and preferably replaced by a new, empty mold, so that can be filled in a few minutes molds.
- a batch of conductive material may according to the invention preferably have masses of 50 g to 2 kg, in particular 100 g to 1 kg. In one embodiment, the mass is at least 200 g. These masses are sufficient to produce turbine blades, turbocharger wheels or prostheses. But there are also any other forms conceivable, especially since the method can also be used to produce complex shapes with fine and branched cavities.
- the combination of high melting temperature and thus low viscosity, vacuum or inert gas to avoid reactions, rotation for rapid distribution of the melt in the mold, translation to set an optimal filling speed and clocked filling of the molds in only one filling step lead to an extremely versatile process which can be optimized depending on the material to be melted and the mold used.
- At least two electromagnetic fields of different AC frequency will be used to bring about the floating state of the batch.
- one or more conical coils are used to generate the required electromagnetic fields.
- Even such a classic levitation melting process with conical coils can be used according to the invention.
- the batch sizes are very limited, since in the area of the axis of symmetry only the surface tension of the molten charge prevents the outflow.
- This disadvantage can be avoided by using at least two electromagnetic fields of different frequencies (see Spitans et al., Magnetohydrodynamics Vol.51 (2015), No.1, pp.121-132).
- the magnetic fields should preferably be horizontal and in particular perpendicular to each other in the absence of a charge. In this way, relatively large masses of conductive material can be processed in a full-wick fusion process.
- the use of different frequencies prevents the rotation of the sample, a frequency difference of at least 1 kHz is preferred.
- At least one ferromagnetic element is arranged horizontally around the region in which the charge is melted.
- the ferromagnetic element can be arranged annularly around the melting region, whereby “annular” not only refers to circular elements but also to angular, in particular four- or polygonal ring elements
- the element can have a plurality of rod sections, which in particular project horizontally in the direction of the melting region.
- the ferromagnetic element consists of a ferromagnetic material, preferably with an amplitude permeability ⁇ 3 > 10, more preferably ⁇ 3 > 50 and particularly preferably ⁇ 3 > 100.
- the amplitude permeability relates in particular to the permeability in a temperature range between 25 ° C and 100 °
- the amplitude permeability is in particular at least one hundredth, in particular at least 10 hundredths or 25 hundredths of the amplitude permeability of soft magnetic ferrite (eg 3C92) .Approximate materials are known to the person skilled in the art.
- the electromagnetic fields of at least two pairs of induction coils are generated, whose axes are aligned horizontally, the conductors of the coils are thus preferably each wound on a horizontally oriented bobbin.
- the coils can each be arranged around a projecting in the direction of the melting region rod portion of the ferromagnetic element.
- the coils may have coolant cooled conductors.
- a coil in particular a conical coil, with a vertical axis of symmetry is additionally arranged below the charge to be melted in order to influence the casting speed.
- This coil may, in a preferred embodiment, generate an electromagnetic field of a third AC frequency (see Spitans et al., Numerical and Experimental Investigations of a Large-scale Electromagnetic Lifting of Metals, Conference Paper 10th PAMIR International Conference - Fundamental and Applied MHD, June 20 -24, 2016, Cagliari, Italy).
- This coil may also preferably serve to protect the ferromagnetic element from the influence of excessive heat.
- the conductor of this coil can be flowed through by a coolant.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a casting mold below a melting region with a ferromagnetic element, coils and a charge of conductive material.
- FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the structure of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective sectional view of the structure according to FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 shows a coil arrangement which can be used according to the invention in plan view.
- FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a permanent mold in a filling region with charge in the melting region.
- FIG. 6 shows a sectional view of a permanent mold in a filling region, also with charge in the melting region.
- FIG. 1 shows a charge 1 of conductive material which is within the range of influence of alternating electromagnetic fields (melting range) which are generated with the aid of the coils 3.
- Below the batch 1 is an empty mold 2, which is held by a holder 5 in the filling area.
- the holder 5 is adapted to set the mold 2 in rotation and / or translation, which is symbolized by the arrows.
- the batch 1 is melted floating in the process according to the invention and poured into the casting mold 2 after the melt has been melted.
- the casting mold 2 has a funnel-shaped filling section 7.
- FIG. 2 shows the same components as FIG. 1.
- FIG. 2 also shows the rod sections 6 protruding in the direction of the melting region, around which the coils 3 are arranged.
- the rod sections 6 are in this preferred embodiment parts of the ferromagnetic element 4 and form the cores of the coils 3.
- the axes of the coil pairs 3 are aligned horizontally and at right angles to each other, with two opposing coils 3 forming a pair.
- Figure 3 shows the same components as Figures 1 and 2, wherein in Figure 3, the rectangular arrangement of the rod sections 6 and the coil axes is clearly visible.
- FIG. 4 again shows the arrangement of the coils 3 within a ferromagnetic element 4.
- the ferromagnetic element 4 is designed as an octagonal ring element. Each two lying on an axis A, B coils 3 form a coil pair. Below the coil arrangement, the filling section 7 of a casting mold can be seen.
- the coil axes A, B are arranged at right angles to each other.
- Figure 5 shows an arrangement for carrying out a method according to the invention with a permanent mold as a mold 2.
- the permanent mold 2 is a permanent mold with two mold elements 8, 9, which can be separated from each other for the purpose of demolding.
- An ejector 10 is passed through one of the mold elements 8 to assist in demolding.
- the permanent mold 2, like the molds designed as lost molds, is arranged on a holder 5, so that the mold 2 can be set into a rotational and / or translational movement.
- the demolding of the permanent mold 2 can take place in the filling area.
- FIG. 6 shows a sectional view of an arrangement for carrying out the method according to the invention with a permanent mold 2 with two mold elements 8, 9 and ejector 10.
- the permanent mold 2 also has a funnel-shaped filling section 7.
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