US585036A - Making ingots or castings of iron or steel - Google Patents
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- 229910000831 Steel Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 30
- 239000010959 steel Substances 0.000 title description 30
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 28
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 14
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 28
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 28
- XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N silicon Chemical compound [Si] XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 28
- 229910052710 silicon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 28
- 239000010703 silicon Substances 0.000 description 28
- OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N carbon Chemical compound [C] OKTJSMMVPCPJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 12
- 229910052799 carbon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 12
- 229910000616 Ferromanganese Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 229910000519 Ferrosilicon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- 238000009835 boiling Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000005266 casting Methods 0.000 description 4
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 4
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 4
- 229910001018 Cast iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000005242 forging Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000003647 oxidation Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000007254 oxidation reaction Methods 0.000 description 2
- OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N phosphorus Chemical compound [P] OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052698 phosphorus Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000011574 phosphorus Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000005096 rolling process Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229910010271 silicon carbide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000007787 solid Substances 0.000 description 2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
- B22D27/00—Treating the metal in the mould while it is molten or ductile ; Pressure or vacuum casting
- B22D27/20—Measures not previously mentioned for influencing the grain structure or texture; Selection of compositions therefor
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- the object of my invention is to provide for the addition of carbon to ingots or cast- IO ings of soft steel and at the same time to quiet the metal by preventing or reducing ebullition or boiling of the same during or after the pouring of the metal into the mold, thereby producing solid ingots 0r castings of I 5 increased tensile strength and otherwise improving the same, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.
- My invention consists in adding to the molten steel a small quantity of carbid of silicon, or, as it is commercially termed, carborundum, which consists of a combination of carbon and siliconin certain proportions usually about seventy per cent. of silicon to thirty per cent. of carbon.
- IrVhen a steel ingot or casting is being preduced which is to contain more than onetenth of one per cent. of silicon in the finished steel, I prefer to add the carbid of silicon to the steel when the latter is being poured into the ladle, the carbid being placed in definite quantity, according to the result desired, in an envelop of paper or other readily-combustible material, which is deposited in the ladle either before, with, or after the 5 usual addition of ferromanganese, or if the ingots or castings are of sufficiently large size the carbid of silicon may be added to the liquid steel while the ingot or casting is being poured.
- Carbid of silicon added to ingots of soft steel not only serves to increasethe percentage of carbon therein, and thereby increase the tensile strength of the metal, but it also quiets the metal by preventing or reduc- 5 ing ebullition of the same, a portion of the silicon being oxidized and the unoxidized portion, together With the carbon, remaining in the metal. It alsoigives to steel the property of making sounder and more perfect castings than can be obtained without its use.
- the carbid of silicon may be added to the bath of metal in a Bessemer converter with the effect, by its oxidation, of increasing the heat and fluidity of the metal, and if added to cast-iron the carbid has a softening effect upon the same.
- Carbid of silicon constitutes avery efficient substitute for the ferrosilicon now extensively employed in metallurgical furnaces for the purpose of adding silicon to the metal, as a much smaller quantity of the carbid has to be used, and said carbid is practically free from the phosphorus which is frequently found in combination With ferrosilicon.
- Oarbid of silicon does not lower the melting-point of iron or steel, the melting-point So of the carbid being much higher than that of iron or steel, although in practice it has been found that when the carbid is placed in a bath of molten iron or steel it readily gives up its silicon and carbon to the metal.
- the carbid When used in connection with ferromanganese, the carbid permits of a material reduction in the amount of ferromanganese employed.
- the quantity of carbid of silicon employed in carrying out my invention may be varied in accordance with the desired conditions in the finishedsteel, although I may say that I have obtained very good results by the addition to three thousand pounds of steel of five pounds of the carbid.
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Description
.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ALFRED E. HUNT, OE PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- TI-IIRDS TO PERCIVAL ROBERTS, J E, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND BENJAMIN TALBOT, OF PENGOYD, PENNSYLVANIA.
MAKING moors R CASTINGS 0? IRON OR STEEL.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,036, dated June 22, 1897.
Application filed September 29, 1896. Serial No. 607,351. (No specimens.) I
To aZZ whom, it may concern.-
Be it known that-I, ALFRED E. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Making Ingots or Castings of Iron or Steel, of which the following is a specification.
The object of my invention is to provide for the addition of carbon to ingots or cast- IO ings of soft steel and at the same time to quiet the metal by preventing or reducing ebullition or boiling of the same during or after the pouring of the metal into the mold, thereby producing solid ingots 0r castings of I 5 increased tensile strength and otherwise improving the same, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.
My invention consists in adding to the molten steel a small quantity of carbid of silicon, or, as it is commercially termed, carborundum, which consists of a combination of carbon and siliconin certain proportions usually about seventy per cent. of silicon to thirty per cent. of carbon.
IrVhen a steel ingot or casting is being preduced which is to contain more than onetenth of one per cent. of silicon in the finished steel, I prefer to add the carbid of silicon to the steel when the latter is being poured into the ladle, the carbid being placed in definite quantity, according to the result desired, in an envelop of paper or other readily-combustible material, which is deposited in the ladle either before, with, or after the 5 usual addition of ferromanganese, or if the ingots or castings are of sufficiently large size the carbid of silicon may be added to the liquid steel while the ingot or casting is being poured.
4o Carbid of silicon added to ingots of soft steel not only serves to increasethe percentage of carbon therein, and thereby increase the tensile strength of the metal, but it also quiets the metal by preventing or reduc- 5 ing ebullition of the same, a portion of the silicon being oxidized and the unoxidized portion, together With the carbon, remaining in the metal. It alsoigives to steel the property of making sounder and more perfect castings than can be obtained without its use.
As a result of the quieting of the metal the outside surfaces of the ingot rapidly solidify and harden, thus preserving the shape of the ingot and preventing exposure of fresh surfaces of the metal to the air by the boiling 5 5 of the metal in the mold. I thereby diminish the quantity of oxid of iron in the metal, reduce the amount of crop to be removed from the top of the ingot after the latter has been rolled or forged, and permit the ingot to be stripped from the mold more rapidly than usual and removed in a hotter condition to the heating-furnace preparatory to the subsequent rolling or forging.
The carbid of silicon may be added to the bath of metal in a Bessemer converter with the effect, by its oxidation, of increasing the heat and fluidity of the metal, and if added to cast-iron the carbid has a softening effect upon the same.
Carbid of silicon constitutes avery efficient substitute for the ferrosilicon now extensively employed in metallurgical furnaces for the purpose of adding silicon to the metal, as a much smaller quantity of the carbid has to be used, and said carbid is practically free from the phosphorus which is frequently found in combination With ferrosilicon.
Oarbid of silicon does not lower the melting-point of iron or steel, the melting-point So of the carbid being much higher than that of iron or steel, although in practice it has been found that when the carbid is placed in a bath of molten iron or steel it readily gives up its silicon and carbon to the metal.
-When used in connection with ferromanganese, the carbid permits of a material reduction in the amount of ferromanganese employed.
The quantity of carbid of silicon employed in carrying out my invention may be varied in accordance with the desired conditions in the finishedsteel, although I may say that I have obtained very good results by the addition to three thousand pounds of steel of five pounds of the carbid.
Having thus described my invention, I name to this specification in the presence of claim and desire to secure by Letters Pattwo subscribing Witnesses.
611t ALFRED E. HUNT.
As an improvement in the process of in uk- 5 ing ingots or castings of iron or steel, the ad- Witnesses:
dition of carbid of silicon to the molten metal. GEO. II. CLAFF,
In testimony whereof I have signed my EDITH O. KNESTER.
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Cited By (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2444424A (en) * | 1945-05-12 | 1948-07-06 | Carborundum Co | Steel metallurgy |
| US2569146A (en) * | 1949-11-30 | 1951-09-25 | American Metaliurgical Product | Metallurgical addition agent |
| US2755180A (en) * | 1952-03-15 | 1956-07-17 | Jr Carl George De Laval | Reverberatory furnace practice |
| US2760859A (en) * | 1952-09-10 | 1956-08-28 | Edward H Graf | Metallurgical flux compositions |
| US2771356A (en) * | 1953-09-25 | 1956-11-20 | United States Steel Corp | Method of deoxidizing semi-killed steel |
| US3058822A (en) * | 1959-04-17 | 1962-10-16 | Ct Technique Des Ind Fonderie | Method of making additions to molten metal |
| US3521695A (en) * | 1966-04-27 | 1970-07-28 | Hoerder Huettenunion Ag | Method of producing a steel ingot |
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Cited By (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US2444424A (en) * | 1945-05-12 | 1948-07-06 | Carborundum Co | Steel metallurgy |
| US2569146A (en) * | 1949-11-30 | 1951-09-25 | American Metaliurgical Product | Metallurgical addition agent |
| US2755180A (en) * | 1952-03-15 | 1956-07-17 | Jr Carl George De Laval | Reverberatory furnace practice |
| US2760859A (en) * | 1952-09-10 | 1956-08-28 | Edward H Graf | Metallurgical flux compositions |
| US2771356A (en) * | 1953-09-25 | 1956-11-20 | United States Steel Corp | Method of deoxidizing semi-killed steel |
| US3058822A (en) * | 1959-04-17 | 1962-10-16 | Ct Technique Des Ind Fonderie | Method of making additions to molten metal |
| US3521695A (en) * | 1966-04-27 | 1970-07-28 | Hoerder Huettenunion Ag | Method of producing a steel ingot |
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