US3060053A - Method and apparatus for accreting molten copper on a moving member - Google Patents

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US3060053A
US3060053A US55469A US5546960A US3060053A US 3060053 A US3060053 A US 3060053A US 55469 A US55469 A US 55469A US 5546960 A US5546960 A US 5546960A US 3060053 A US3060053 A US 3060053A
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  • This invention relates to a method and apparatus for accreting molten copper on a moving member, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus wherein molten copper accretes on, and is bonded to, a moving member.
  • a large portion of the cost of manufacturing stock materials such as rod, tube and sheet is incurred in the manufacture of the primary and intermediate forms of material from which the stock material is ultimately man ufactured.
  • special equipment such as melting furnaces, large casting apparatus, reheating furnaces, roll equipment, pickling equipment, etc., are utilized to produce intermediate core wire stock which is drawn into wire or other shapes.
  • the problem of gas contamination may manifest itself in the creation of a product wherein the accreted material may not be bonded to the core material and the outer surface of the accreted material may be undulating in shape and also may be affected by the presence of cracks and fissures.
  • the presence of contaminant gases either as a precipitated gas or in combined form with the material to be accreted, affects the heat exchange between the core material and the molten material which causes these irregularities and also harmfully influences the bond between the accreted material and the core material.
  • Contaminant gases may originate from the core member upon which the accretion occurs or as an impurity in the material to be accreted.
  • this may be as surface dirt such as grease or as a gas which is introduced by viscous friction of the moving surface of the member into the crucible wherein accretion takes place.
  • these impurities enter the crucible, the liquid and solid impurities are vaporized creating expanding gases. Gaseous impurities on the surface of the core member are similarly expanded by the high temperature.
  • the present invention recognizes that the gas contaminant is usually oxygen.
  • the chief object of the present invention is to provide an improved method and apparatus for continuously accreting molten copper on a moving member to form a substantially uniform product wherein the accreted material is substantially bonded to the core member.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an improved method and apparatus for accreting molten copper on a moving core member wherein sources of gas contaminants are removed from the core member and molten copper at the time of accretion to provide a uniform product having the accreted material substantially bonded to the core member.
  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus wherein a moving core rod is substantially cleaned and degassed before being introduced through a nozzle located in a lower portion of a crucible containing molten copper, the oxygen content of the molten copper which is accreted onto the core member being maintained less than approximately 20 parts per million whereby the accreted material is substantially bonded to the core member.
  • the term rod as used herein denoted elongated bodies which may have various crosssections being either solid or hollow.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view partially in section of an apparatus for practicing the present invention.
  • FIGURE 1 there is shown an apparatus for practicing the invention in which core rod 2 is supplied to a drawing apparatus 3 located adjacent a suitable shaving apparatus 4.
  • the dies of apparatus 3 may support the rod as it is introduced into a shaving cutter which removes a thin layer of metal from around the entire periphery of the rod to remove the oxide coating or other surface contaminants therefrom and also to be in sufliciently intimate contact therewith to form a seal between the shaving cutter and the rod.
  • the construction and manner of operation of drawing apparatus 3 and shaving apparatus 4 are more fully described in the copending application of J. A. Russell and G. Carlson, Serial No. 55,470, filed Sept. 20, 1960, and entitled, Method and Apparatus for Accreting Molten Material on a Moving Member.
  • other cleaning means such as the chemical cleaning means may be utilized for removing the oxide coating and other contaminants from the surface of the rod.
  • Core rod 2 having been cleaned enters into a passage partially defined by tube 5.
  • This passage which is maintained in an evacuated condition by the previously men- .tioned seal between the shaving cutter and the rod, is provided to assure that the surface of the rod is free from oxidation when the accretion process occurs.
  • the rod passes into idler pulley housing 6 which has located therein a rotatably mounted pulley 7 which changes the direc tion of rod 2 permitting it to pass into housing 8 wherein drawing apparatus 3 and rod shaving apparatus 4 require that the rod be pulled therethrough.
  • Rotative motion is applied to the drive rolls by suitable drive means (not shown) connected to shaft extending from gear reducer 16.
  • One output from gear reducer 16 is shaft 17 which is connected to pulley 1Q.
  • Pulley & is mounted upon shaft and is conected by means of gears 18 and 19 to shaft 17. By this means pulleys 9 and ill rotate in opposite directions to urge rod 2. in an upward direction.
  • Suitable shaft seals may be provided around shafts 17 and 19 to maintain the evacuated condition of the passage.
  • Gear reducer 16 has a second output shaft 21 connected to gear box 22 having an output shaft 23 which is connected to a second drive means more fully described hereinafter.
  • a plurality of pulleys 11 which engage the rod to perform a supporting and straightening function before the rod is introduced into crucible 26 are located in housing 8.
  • the rod passes from housing 8 into tube 25 which may have connected thereto an exhaust tube 2'7 being in communication with a suitable pump to maintain a vacuum in a passage defined by members 5, 6, 8, and 25.
  • Nozzle 29 which extends into crucible 26 is mounted at the upper end of tube 25 and performs the function of supplying rod 2 into crucible 26. At the discharge end 29 of nozzle 29, core rod 2 comes into contact with molten copper in a manner wherein the copper accretes onto the rod in a manner more fully described hereinafter.
  • the molten copper which is supplied to crucible 26 is provided by furnace 31 which may be heated by suitable heating means such as electric induction heaters (not shown).
  • the material supplied to furnace 31 preferably is copper of low oxygen content such as cathode copper. If copper is supplied having greater than approximately 20 parts per million of oxygen, reducing means must be utilized to lower the oxygen content of the copper.
  • the reducing means may be located in either furnace 31 or crucible 26 or in both.
  • the reducing means may take the form of materials placed in intimate contact with the molten copper which unite with the oxygen therein forming a gaseous product which is precipitated from the molten copper.
  • the reducing means is a form of carbon, such as graphite, or in the event that low conductivity copper is being produced, phosphorous may be utilized.
  • the furnace lining may be of graphite and substantial amounts of graphite or charcoal particles 24 may be floated in the melt, this graphite uniting with the oxygen to reduce the content to less than approximately 20 partsper million.
  • the furnace preferably is enclosed by cover 39 and the surface of the melt preferably is covered with a blanket of inert gas such as nitrogen supplied through line 41'.
  • the molten copper is supplied to crucible 26 by means of a spout 33 which extends into liner 28 of crucible 26.
  • the level in liner 28 may be sensed by a suitable control means 38 which may also incorporate therein means'to sense the temperature in the crucible.
  • Control means 38 regulates servo motor 37 which is connected by means of rod to a graphite piece 34.
  • the size of graphite piece 34 is such that movementthereof in the body of molten material 32 in furnace 31 controls the level and the rate of supply of material into liner 28. Before initiation of the accretion process, this piece of graphite 34 is substantially removed from the body of material 32.
  • the graphite piece When it is desired to supply molten material into the crucible, the graphite piece may be immersed into the copper melt 32 by servo motor 37 in response to control means 38.
  • the manner of initiating and terminating the accretion process is more fully described in the copending ap- 4 plication of H. H. Bixler, Serial No. 55,471, filed Sept. 12, 1960, and entitled, Method and Apparatus for Accreting Molten Material.
  • Crucible 26 includes a liner 2% adapted to contain molten material 3i? and which preferably is fabricated of graphite. Particles of graphite 24 may also be floated on the surface of the melt to unite with any oxygen in the melt to maintain or achieve lower oxygen content. To prevent further oxidation of the molten copper, an inert gas, such as nitrogen, may be supplied through line 41 to maintain an inert gas atmosphere above the melt.
  • an inert gas such as nitrogen
  • rod 2 which is supplied into the crucible has been cleaned by apparatus 4, passed into an evacuated passage which not only maintains the surface of the rod remote from an oxidizing atmosphere but acts to remove any gases which may have been introduced into the passage by viscous friction of the moving rod so that the rod supplied nozzle 29 is substantially clean and substantially degassed.
  • the copper introduced adjacent the rod at the discharge end of the nozzle 2.? is of a low oxygen content.
  • the copper supplied to furnace 31 is of low oxygen content, for example, lower than approximately 20 parts per million and preferably between 4 and 10 parts per million, the reducing agents and the inert atmosphere above the melt maintain the low oxygen content by preventing oxidation which may occur due to leakage.
  • the oxygen content of the copper supplied to furnace 31 is of a higher oxygen content, the reducing agents in furnace 31 and also in crucible 26 act to reduce the oxygen content so that at the point of accretion the oxygen content is within tolerable limits so that substan tially no gases are precipitated during solidification of the copper.
  • the rod as molten material accretes thereon, becomes greater in diameter and finally passes through the inert gas blanket located above the melt and is discharged from the crucible through nozzle 43.
  • suitable cooling means 41 such as spray nozzles, may be utilized to cool the highly heated rod as it leaves the crucible.
  • a suitable shock isolation loop 45 may be provided.
  • This construction may change the direction of the rod through an angle greater than Shock isolation loop construction 45 comprises a suitable arm 46 which pivots about a shaft 47.
  • the arm has located thereon a plurality of pulleys 48 which because of counter weight 4-9 located on an extension of arm 46 causes a bias on the rod.
  • the reaction of the moving rod causes rotation of arm 46 in a manner whereby valve 50. is actuated.
  • Pneumatic valve 50 is connected by means of line 51 to a suitable source of pneumatic pressure and is adapted to control an air motor 52 asso ciated with second drive means for driving the rod from the isolation loop in a manner more fully described hereinafter.
  • the rod emerging from the crucible is of an increased cross-sectional area because of the accretion of metal thereon. Because of thermal expansion, the rod length is substantilly increased and compensating means must be incorporated in the driving means for removing the rod from the discharge side of the crucible.
  • the previously described arm 46 with its connection to valve 51 comprises a sensing means associated with drive rolls 55 and 56 located adjacent the shock isolation loop. Power is supplied to drive rolls 55 and 56 through the previously described shaft 23 which is associated with the first drive means including drive rolls 9 and 10. Rotation of shaft 23 is transmitted through gear box 60, through pulleys 61 and 62 which are connected by a suitable belt 63. Pulley 62 is mounted on driving shaft 71 which drives differential mechanism 64.
  • differential mechanism 64 The output of differential mechanism 64 is connected to shaft 65 upon which is mounted pulley 55.
  • Drive roll 56 is driven by shaft 65 through gears 66 and 67.
  • air motor 52 is associated with differential mechanism 64 through driving shaft 72.
  • the speed of air motor 52 is controlled by the previously mentioned valve 50 connected to the air motor by means of lines 68 and 69.
  • Manipulation of valve 50 causes rotation of shaft 72 in either direction to control the speed of drive rolls 55 and 56.
  • a plurality of pulleys 70 are provided adjacent drive rolls 55 and 56.
  • a continuous rod 2 is introduced into drawing apparatus 3 and into shaving apparatus 4 wherein the surface of the rod has the oxide coating or other material removed from the surface thereof, the intimate contact of the cutter with the rod forming a seal between the atmosphere and the evacuated passage starting at tube 5 and terminating at tube 25.
  • the rod passes through tube 5 which is in sealing engagement with shaving apparatus 4 and housing 6.
  • the rod passes through housing 6 round pulley 7 and is engaged by drive rolls 9 and 10 in housing 8. These pulleys urge the rod up through housing 8 and also pull the rod through the drawing and shaving operations previously described.
  • As the rod passes through housing 8 it is supported by suitable pulleys 11.
  • the rod enters tube 25 and into nozzle 29 having the surface thereof clean and substantially degassed.
  • the rod As the rod enters the crucible filled to a predetermined level with molten material 30, it has accreted progressively thereon a layer of molten copper thus forming a rod of greater diameter wherein the molten material is substantially bonded to the core member.
  • This bonding is achieved because the rod introduced into the crucible is substantially free of all gas, solid and liquid contaminants which at elevated temperatures could vaporize to harmfully affect the accretion process.
  • the oxygen content of the molten copper supplied at the point of accretion is sufiiciently low so that substantially no gas is precipitated at the time the liquid copper solidifies.
  • Rod 2 passes through nozzle 43 and is dicharged from the crucible.
  • suitable cooling means 44 such as spray nozzles, may 'be employed to lower the temperature of the rod.
  • the rod encounters shock isolation loop 45 which because of the bias of counter weight 49 urges pulleys 48 mounted on the arm to engage the high temperature rod whose length has been increased by thermal expansion and whose cross-sectional area has been increased by accretion.
  • Opposing the bias of counter weight 49 is the driving effect of drive rolls 55 and 56 which attempt to remove the rod as it is discharged from the crucible.
  • the driving speed of drive rolls 55 and 56 is varied in response to the force applied to pulleys 48 by the rod in the shock isolation loop. Movement of the pulleys causes rotation of shaft 47 which controls valve 50. Air from valve 50 passes through lines 68 and 69 which varies the speed and direction of rotation of output shaft 72 of motor 52.
  • rotational motion is transmitted from shaft 15 through shaft 23, gear box 60, and pulleys 61 and 62 to driving shaft 71 of differential mechanism 64. If air motor 50 is not in operation there may be no increase or decrease in the rotational speed of driven shaft 65 over the speed of driving shaft 71. Passage of air through either line 68 or 69 determines the direction of rotation of air motor 52. The direction of rotation of output shaft 72 of air motor 52 determines whether the speed of drive rolls 55 and 56 is less or greater than the speed of the drive rolls 9 and 10. The rod is guided through pulleys 70 to a suitable storage area from whence the rod is directed to other drawing apparatus as desired.
  • the present invention provides a method and apparatus for continuously accreting molten copper on a moving core rod to form a product wherein the accreted material is substantially bonded to said core rod. This is achieved by providing means for substantially cleaning and degassing the surface of the core rod supplied to the crucible and further substantially reducing the oxygen content of the molten copper accreted on the core rod to less than 20 parts per million.
  • the core rod may be copper or other metal such, as nickel or steel, upon which it is desired to accrete copper.
  • a method for accreting molten copper on a continuously moving core rod the steps which consist in cleaning the surface of the core rod, passing the core rod from the atmosphere into an evacuated passage, introducing the moving core rod from the evacuated passage into a nozzle located in the lower portion of a crucible containing molten copper, passing the core rod through said molten copper, supplying molten copper containing less than approximately 20 parts per million of graphiteremovable oxygen adjacent the core rod to accrete molten copper on the moving core rod to form a rod having a greater thickness, said accreted copper being substantia -lly bonded to said core rod.
  • a method for accreting molten copper on a continuously moving core rod the steps which consist in cleaning the surface of the core rod, substantially degassing the surface of the core rod, introducing the moving degassed core rod into a nozzle located in the lower portion of a crucible containing molten copper, passing the core rod through said molten copper, supplying molten copper containing less than approximately 20 parts per million of graphite-removable oxygen adjacent the core rod to accrete molten copper on the moving core rod and supplying an inert atmosphere above the molten material in the crucible to maintain the low oxygen content of the copper in the crucible, to form a rod having a greater thickness, said accreted copper being substantially bonded to the core rod.
  • the method of continuously casting copper rod which comp-rises the steps of heating and melting copper to provide a molten mass of copper for contact with an elongated core rod as a continuous casting substrate body, reducing the graphite-removable oxygen content of the resulting copper melt to less than approximately 20 parts per million, and then running core rod through the copper melt and continuously accreting copper on the core rod while maintaining the graphite-removable oxygen content of the said melt at less than approximately 20 parts per million.
  • an apparatus for accreting molten copper on a continuously moving core rod the combination of means for cleaning the surface of the core rod, means defining an evacuated passage, a crucible, nozzle means located in the lower portion of said crucible connected to said evacuated passage and being adapted to introduce the core rod into the crucible, means for passing the core rod from the atmosphere through said evacuated passage and into said crucible, means for supplying to the crucible molten copper having a graphite-removable oxygen content less than 20 parts per million, means for maintaining the graphite-removable oxygen content of the molten copper in the crucible less than approximately 20 parts per million, the molten copper accreting on the moving core rod to form a rod having greater thickness, said accreted copper being substantially bonded to said core rod.
  • an apparatus for accreting molten copper on a continuously moving core rod the combination of means for cleaning the surface of the core rod, means defining an evacuated passage, a crucible, nozzle means located in the lower portion of said crucible connected to said evacuated passage and being adapted to introduce the core rod into the crucible, means for passing the core rod from'the atmosphere through said evacuated passage and into said crucible, means including a furnace vessel for supplying molten copper to the crucible, means comprising carbonaceou bodies in the furnace vessel for reaction with oxygen in molten copper to be delivered to the crucible, means for maintaining an inert atmosphere above the molten copper in the crucible and reducing means located in said crucible for maintaining the graphite-removable oxygen content of the molten copper less than approximatelyZO parts per million, the molten copper accreting on the moving core rod to form a rod having greater thickness, said accreted copper being substantially bonded to said core rod.
  • the core rod being' adapted to introduce the core rod into the crucible, means for passing the core rod from the atmosphere through said evacuated passage aud into said crucible, means for supplying'molten copper into said crucible and means to reduce the graphite-removable oxygen content of the molten copper to less than approximately 20 parts per million prior to its introduction into the crucible, the molten copper accreting on the moving core rod to form a rod having greater thickness, said accreted copper being substantially bonded to said core rod.
  • an apparatus for accreting molten copper on a continuously moving core red the combination of means for cleaning the surface of the core rod, means defining an evacuated passage, a crucible, nozzle means located in the lower portion of said crucible connected to said evacuated passage and being adapted to introduce the core rod into the crucible, means for passing the core rod from the atmosphere through said evacuated passage and into said crucible, means including a furnace vessel for supplying molten copper to the crucible, means comprising graphite bodies in the furnace vessel for reaction with oxygen in molten copper to be delivered to the crucible means for maintaining an inert atmosphere above the molten copper in the crucible and graphite means located in said crucible for maintaining the oxygen content of the molten copper less than approximately 20 parts per million, the molten copper accreting on the moving core rod to form a rod having greater thickness, said accreted copper being substantially bonded to said core rod.

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