US2671019A - Method for adding metallic components to molten metals - Google Patents

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US2671019A
US2671019A US194571A US19457150A US2671019A US 2671019 A US2671019 A US 2671019A US 194571 A US194571 A US 194571A US 19457150 A US19457150 A US 19457150A US 2671019 A US2671019 A US 2671019A
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  • Patented Mar. 2, 1 954 METHOD FOR ADDING METALLIC COMPO- NENTS TO MOLTEN METALS Georges Levesque Du Rostu, Paris, France, assignor to Socit Anonyme Andre Citroen, Paris,
  • Adding metal components to a molten metal bath is a difficult operation when conventional means are employed such as immersing a metallic fragment or forcing the metal into the bath by means of a bell.
  • thermo-insulating material (a) A refractory thermo-insulating material
  • the refactory material which is a component of the conglomerate is one which does not react either with the metal bath or with the metal components to be added, or at most reacts very slightly.
  • binding material which must be appropriately chosen in order to prevent any undesired reaction such as the occlusion of gas in the metal. Binding materials conventional in the foundry art and methods generally followed in the manufacture of cores are advantageously used.
  • the substances to be added are used in the form of small pieces such as grains, metal shot, outtings, filings, and the like and are admixed in suitable proportions with the refractory material, so that, due to the low conductivity and porosity of the conglomerate, the metal components exude only as the temperature of the latter rises in the bath.
  • the conglomerate is shaped to provide a suitable relationship between its volume and its surface in order that the heating of the bulk will follow the desired processing procedure and in order that it will be easy to keep it immersed in the bath of molten metal by means of tapping irons, a common bell, or other conventional devices.
  • the method of the invention makes it possible to increase the period of time during which the added component comes into contact with the 2 metal bath.
  • the conglomerate may consist of concentric layers of different kinds.
  • the method also prevents violent reactions of the added element or elements with the bath, avoids the necessity of making expensive and difficultly-fabricated alloys, eliminates the danger of accidents, and provides a better yield by reducing the losses of costly elements.
  • this method makes it possible to produce in the core of the conglomerate itself the product of the reaction, as the components to be added come into contact with the bath.
  • the method may be applied to the treating of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys, e. g. cast iron, steels, alloys of copper, aluminum, magnesium, and the like.
  • ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys e. g. cast iron, steels, alloys of copper, aluminum, magnesium, and the like.
  • the conglomerate does not corrode, with the result that there is no increase in the amount of slag nor is there formation of non-metallic occlusions in the bath.
  • Example 1 Cadmium Cadmium is utilized in the form of shot having a diameter of 8 mm.
  • the briquettes or conglomerate are made from the following mixture:
  • the briquettes first dried in air, are then heated in a room at 100/150 C.
  • the briquettes which are cylindrical, when immersed in cast iron at 1300/1350 C. have completely reacted after 3 or 4 minutes.
  • Example 2 Zinc Zinc is utilized under the same conditions as described for cadmium in Example 1.
  • Example 3 Magnesium Magnesium is used in the following mixture:
  • the briquettes are heated for 20 minutes at 225? C.
  • Example 4 Maghesiam Briquettes having the same constituents as in Example 3, in the same proportions, but containing 1 kg. of magnesium, react in 9 to 10-minutes when immersed in 500 kg. of cast iron at 1350 C.
  • Example 5 Magnesium molten metal without producing an exothermic reaction of explosive strength which comprises introducing said magnesium in the form of magnesium chips in a briquette formed from alumina, linseed oil and glycol-polynol, wherein the constituents are in the relationship of 100 parts by weight of magnesium chips, 320 parts by weight of alumina, 18 parts by weight of linseed oil, and

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Patented Mar. 2, 1 954 METHOD FOR ADDING METALLIC COMPO- NENTS TO MOLTEN METALS Georges Levesque Du Rostu, Paris, France, assignor to Socit Anonyme Andre Citroen, Paris,
France No Drawing. Application November 7, 1950, Serial No. 194,571
' Claims priority, application France November 9, 1949 1 Claim.
Adding metal components to a molten metal bath is a difficult operation when conventional means are employed such as immersing a metallic fragment or forcing the metal into the bath by means of a bell.
These difficulties arise either from the high susceptibility to oxidation of the components introduced, or from the violent reaction between the bath and the added components, or by reason of the sudden volatilization of the added component when the temperature of the bath is higher than the volatilization point of the component.
The method according to the invention makes it possible to effect such additions of the components by immersing in the metal bath a refractory conglomerate obtained by mixing in suitable proportions:
(a) A refractory thermo-insulating material;
(1)) The substance or substances to be added which have a melting or boiling point which is lower than the bath temperature;
() A binding material.
The refactory material which is a component of the conglomerate is one which does not react either with the metal bath or with the metal components to be added, or at most reacts very slightly.
The same precautions must be taken in selecting the binding material, which must be appropriately chosen in order to prevent any undesired reaction such as the occlusion of gas in the metal. Binding materials conventional in the foundry art and methods generally followed in the manufacture of cores are advantageously used.
The substances to be added are used in the form of small pieces such as grains, metal shot, outtings, filings, and the like and are admixed in suitable proportions with the refractory material, so that, due to the low conductivity and porosity of the conglomerate, the metal components exude only as the temperature of the latter rises in the bath.
The conglomerate is shaped to provide a suitable relationship between its volume and its surface in order that the heating of the bulk will follow the desired processing procedure and in order that it will be easy to keep it immersed in the bath of molten metal by means of tapping irons, a common bell, or other conventional devices.
The method of the invention makes it possible to increase the period of time during which the added component comes into contact with the 2 metal bath. The conglomerate may consist of concentric layers of different kinds.
The method also prevents violent reactions of the added element or elements with the bath, avoids the necessity of making expensive and difficultly-fabricated alloys, eliminates the danger of accidents, and provides a better yield by reducing the losses of costly elements.
Moreover, this method makes it possible to produce in the core of the conglomerate itself the product of the reaction, as the components to be added come into contact with the bath.
It also makes it possible to add non-miscible elements simultaneously or successively.
The method may be applied to the treating of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys, e. g. cast iron, steels, alloys of copper, aluminum, magnesium, and the like.
The conglomerate does not corrode, with the result that there is no increase in the amount of slag nor is there formation of non-metallic occlusions in the bath.
Three examples of the method of the invention are given hereinafter.
Example 1: Cadmium Cadmium is utilized in the form of shot having a diameter of 8 mm.
The briquettes or conglomerate are made from the following mixture:
Cadmium g.
Sand 240 g.
Sodium silicate 7% of the total weight.
The briquettes, first dried in air, are then heated in a room at 100/150 C.
The briquettes, which are cylindrical, when immersed in cast iron at 1300/1350 C. have completely reacted after 3 or 4 minutes.
Example 2: Zinc Zinc is utilized under the same conditions as described for cadmium in Example 1.
Example 3: Magnesium Magnesium is used in the following mixture:
Cuttings of magnesium 100 g. Alumina 320 g. Glycol-polynol 4% of the total weight. Linseed oil 4% of the total weight.
The briquettes are heated for 20 minutes at 225? C.
The cylindrical briquettes, when immersed in 50 kg. of cast iron at 1350" 0., react in about 7 minutes.
a Example 4 Maghesiam Briquettes having the same constituents as in Example 3, in the same proportions, but containing 1 kg. of magnesium, react in 9 to 10-minutes when immersed in 500 kg. of cast iron at 1350 C.
Example 5: Magnesium molten metal without producing an exothermic reaction of explosive strength which comprises introducing said magnesium in the form of magnesium chips in a briquette formed from alumina, linseed oil and glycol-polynol, wherein the constituents are in the relationship of 100 parts by weight of magnesium chips, 320 parts by weight of alumina, 18 parts by weight of linseed oil, and
18 parts by weight of glycol-polynol.
GEORGES LEVESQUE DU ROSTU.
References Citedin the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,555,978 Hunt Oct. 6, 1925 2,111,344 Weitzenkorn Mar. 15, 1938
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US2834668A (en) * 1954-05-10 1958-05-13 Union Carbide Corp Mixture for treating cast iron
US2839393A (en) * 1957-04-24 1958-06-17 Int Nickel Co Addition agent and method for treating cast iron
US2873188A (en) * 1956-02-10 1959-02-10 Union Carbide Corp Process and agent for treating ferrous materials
US2911297A (en) * 1956-05-05 1959-11-03 Hugo Wachenfeld Processes for the introduction of alloying constituents into metal melts
US2988444A (en) * 1952-05-29 1961-06-13 Hurum Fredrik Jorgen Ording Method and apparatus for treating molten metal
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US2793949A (en) * 1950-12-18 1957-05-28 Imich Georges Method of preparing composite products containing metallic and non-metallic materials
US2988444A (en) * 1952-05-29 1961-06-13 Hurum Fredrik Jorgen Ording Method and apparatus for treating molten metal
US2834668A (en) * 1954-05-10 1958-05-13 Union Carbide Corp Mixture for treating cast iron
US2873188A (en) * 1956-02-10 1959-02-10 Union Carbide Corp Process and agent for treating ferrous materials
US2911297A (en) * 1956-05-05 1959-11-03 Hugo Wachenfeld Processes for the introduction of alloying constituents into metal melts
US2839393A (en) * 1957-04-24 1958-06-17 Int Nickel Co Addition agent and method for treating cast iron
DE2645296A1 (en) * 1975-11-14 1977-05-26 Aikoh Co MAGNESIUM CONTAINING AGENT FOR TREATMENT OF MOLTEN IRON
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