WO2014103245A1 - チタン連続鋳造装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a titanium continuous casting apparatus for casting while continuously drawing a cylindrical ingot of titanium or a titanium alloy.
- Titanium metal products manufactured with such pure titanium and titanium alloys are manufactured through processes such as rolling and forging on titanium ingots, but the technology for manufacturing titanium ingots is a consumable electrode type as described below.
- VAR Vauum Arc Remelting
- Hearth melting EB Electro Beam
- PAM Pullasma Arc Melting
- the consumable electrode type vacuum arc melting VAR method is a technique that has been widely used as a melting method of a titanium ingot made of pure titanium or a titanium alloy.
- This VAR method is used in a melting furnace in a high vacuum or in an inert gas (Ar, He) atmosphere, between a consumable electrode manufactured in advance using a raw material of a titanium ingot and a molten metal in a water-cooled copper crucible.
- an arc direct current arc
- a consumable electrode is melted using the arc as a heat source, and a titanium ingot is obtained from the melted molten consumable electrode.
- the titanium ingot obtained by the first melting is used again as the consumable electrode for the second time.
- dissolve titanium alloys for aircraft use may be melted three times in order to reduce component segregation by further homogenizing the components of the titanium ingot.
- this EB method is a technique suitable mainly for the production of pure titanium ingots.
- Both the EB method and the PAM method are attracting attention as a melting method with higher productivity than the VAR method because it is not necessary to create a consumable electrode as in the VAR method and a titanium ingot can be produced directly from the melting raw material.
- Patent Document 1 is an example of the EB method, and discloses a method for producing a refractory metal ingot that is drawn while irradiating the surface of a molten metal with an electron beam.
- molten metal is supplied into a mold constituting an electron beam melting furnace to form a mold pool, and the cooled and solidified ingot portion near the bottom of the mold pool is rotated.
- the EB method employed in the technique of Patent Document 1 is a melting method with higher productivity than the VAR method because a titanium ingot can be produced directly from a melting raw material. It must be carried out in a vacuum environment and is not suitable for the production of ingots of titanium alloys that require component control of the melting raw material.
- the PAM method has started to be recommended as a means for producing a titanium alloy ingot having a homogeneous component having no internal defects, and in particular, having little evaporation loss.
- the diameter of the ingot is limited, and it is difficult to produce a high quality ingot by suppressing the component segregation in the titanium alloy. there were.
- the central portion of the upper surface of the molten metal is heated with plasma. Then, the molten metal pool where the said center part becomes deepest is formed.
- the molten metal pool is the position of the solidification interface of the molten metal.
- the diameter of titanium ingots where component segregation does not become a problem is conventionally limited to ⁇ 300 to 400 mm, and titanium alloy ingots are said to have a maximum diameter of 900 mm (melted three times) in the VAR method and a maximum diameter of about 500 mm in the PAM method. .
- ⁇ 800 mm or more, preferably ⁇ 1,000 mm or more Large diameter ingots are required. Therefore, there is a need for a casting method that can control component segregation in large-diameter titanium ingots and titanium alloy ingots to be equal to or less than component segregation in small-diameter ingots.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a titanium continuous casting apparatus capable of suppressing the segregation of components of the ingot even when continuously casting a large-diameter titanium ingot or titanium alloy ingot.
- a first titanium continuous casting apparatus has an upper portion having a circular upper opening for pouring a molten titanium or titanium alloy and a lower opening for continuously extracting a titanium or titanium alloy ingot.
- a mold having a bottom portion, a first and a second plasma arc irradiating unit arranged to face the upper opening of the mold and irradiating a plasma arc toward the upper opening of the mold, and at least the first And a driving device for rotating the plasma arc irradiating portion of the second mold around the center of the upper opening of the mold.
- the first plasma arc irradiation part is arranged closer to the center of the upper opening than the second plasma arc irradiation part.
- the second titanium continuous casting apparatus has an upper portion having a circular upper opening for pouring a molten titanium or titanium alloy and a lower opening for continuously extracting the ingot of titanium or titanium alloy. And a plurality of plasma torches that heat the molten metal in the mold from the upper opening side of the mold using a plasma arc.
- the plurality of plasma torches are arranged such that the amount of heat input to the molten metal existing in the outer peripheral portion surrounding the central portion of the upper opening is larger than the amount of heat input to the molten metal existing in the central portion of the upper opening.
- the titanium continuous casting apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the direction of gravity is referred to as the downward direction
- the opposite direction is referred to as the upward direction.
- FIG. 1 shows a titanium continuous casting apparatus 1 according to this embodiment.
- the titanium continuous casting apparatus 1 is an apparatus capable of producing a titanium ingot and a titanium alloy ingot. In this embodiment, a case of producing a titanium alloy ingot will be described.
- the titanium continuous casting apparatus 1 includes a water-cooled copper hearth 2, a water-cooled copper mold 3, and a plurality of heating torches.
- the water-cooled copper hearth 2 is a box type for accumulating a molten titanium alloy (hereinafter referred to as a molten titanium alloy or molten metal) as a raw material for a titanium alloy ingot.
- the water cooling mold 3 corresponds to the mold according to the present invention.
- a molten titanium alloy is poured into the water-cooling mold 3 from the water-cooled copper hearth 2, and the titanium alloy ingot 11 is drawn downward from the water-cooling mold 3.
- the plurality of heating torches heat the molten titanium alloy injected into the water-cooled copper mold 3, and a central heating torch 4 for heating the central part of the molten metal surface that is the molten titanium surface of the molten titanium alloy.
- an outer peripheral heating torch 5 for heating the outer peripheral part individually.
- the water-cooled copper hearth 2 is a copper container having a shape similar to, for example, a box-shaped water tank, and the inner wall of the container is made of copper.
- a water cooling mechanism is provided inside the copper wall to prevent damage to the water-cooled copper hearth 2 due to the heat of the injected high-temperature molten titanium alloy.
- the water-cooled copper hearth 2 has a discharge port 2a for discharging the molten titanium alloy in the water-cooled copper hearth 2 at a predetermined flow rate.
- the molten titanium alloy once injected and stored in the water-cooled copper hearth 2 is injected into the water-cooled copper mold 3 from the discharge port 2a.
- the plurality of heating torches are provided above the water-cooled copper hearth 2 so that the molten titanium alloy stored in the water-cooled copper hearth 2 is not cooled and solidified by using a plasma arc. Heat.
- the central heating torch 4 is a first heating torch provided above the water-cooled copper mold 3
- the outer peripheral heating torch 5 is a second heating torch similarly provided above the water-cooled copper mold 3.
- FIG. 2A and 2B show the arrangement of the water-cooled copper mold 3, the center heating torch 4 and the outer periphery heating torch 5.
- FIG. 2A is a plan view showing the molten titanium alloy molten metal surface 6 when viewed from above, and the arrangement of the central heating torch 4 and the outer peripheral heating torch 5 with respect to the molten metal surface 6. These are perspective views which show arrangement
- the water-cooled copper mold 3 has a shape similar to a bowl having a cylindrical appearance.
- the water-cooled copper mold 3 has an inner peripheral surface that surrounds the through hole.
- the inner peripheral surface is tapered, and more specifically, from one end to the other along the axis of the cylindrical water-cooled copper mold 3.
- the end of the through-hole has a shape that is reduced in diameter in a substantially truncated cone shape, and the end on the side having the larger diameter constitutes the upper opening 3 a of the water-cooled copper mold 3.
- the water-cooled copper mold 3 has a copper inner wall.
- a water cooling mechanism is provided inside the copper inner wall to prevent damage to the inner wall due to the heat of the injected high-temperature molten titanium alloy.
- the water-cooled copper mold 3 is disposed below the discharge port 2 a of the water-cooled copper hearth 2. Specifically, the upper opening 3a, that is, the opening having the larger diameter among the openings constituting the end portion of the through hole is located below the discharge port 2a.
- the water-cooled copper mold 3 has a bottom portion that surrounds the lower opening having the smaller through-hole diameter among the openings, and a molten titanium alloy injected from the water-cooled copper hearth 2 into the water-cooling mold 3 is formed on the bottom portion.
- a drawing device 12 for drawing the titanium alloy ingot 11 from the water-cooling mold 3 is provided.
- the taper angle of the through hole and the inner peripheral surface surrounding the through hole is set so as to cope with the solidification shrinkage of the titanium ingot or the titanium alloy ingot that changes depending on the drawing speed.
- the inner peripheral surface is not necessarily tapered as long as it can prevent a gap that may occur between the water-cooled copper mold and the ingot due to solidification shrinkage.
- the titanium continuous casting apparatus 1 further includes a plurality of electromagnetic stirring devices 9. These electromagnetic stirrers 9 are provided along the outer wall surface of the water-cooling mold 3 and apply a magnetic field from the outer peripheral side to the molten titanium alloy injected into the water-cooling mold 3. The outer periphery of the alloy is flowed and stirred.
- the use of the electromagnetic stirrer 9 makes it possible to obtain an effect of changing the flow state of the molten titanium alloy so as to make the temperature of the molten titanium alloy higher and uniform, and the solidification interface of the molten titanium alloy. It is also possible to change the shape of the molten metal pool as the position.
- the central heating torch 4 that is a first heating torch is a torch that generates a plasma arc, and is located above the central portion of the upper opening 3a of the water-cooled copper mold 3, which is the upper side of the mold 3 in this embodiment.
- the central heating torch 4 is disposed above the portion of the molten titanium alloy molten metal surface 6 injected into the water-cooled copper mold 3 above the portion present in the central portion of the upper opening 3a, and the generated plasma arc is melted into the molten titanium alloy.
- the central portion of the molten titanium alloy is heated from above.
- the outer peripheral heating torch 5 as the second heating torch is also a torch that generates a plasma arc, and is disposed above the outer peripheral portion surrounding the central portion in the upper opening of the water-cooled copper mold 3. Accordingly, the outer peripheral heating torch 5 is disposed above the portion of the molten titanium alloy molten metal surface 6 poured into the water-cooled copper mold 3 above the outer peripheral portion of the upper opening 3a, and the generated plasma arc is melted into the molten titanium alloy. By irradiating the molten metal surface 6, the outer peripheral portion of the molten titanium alloy molten metal surface 6 is heated from above.
- the molten metal surface 6 of the molten titanium alloy has a substantially congruent circular shape with the upper opening 3 a of the water-cooled copper mold 3.
- the radius of the upper opening 3a is r.
- the definitions of the upper opening and the center and outer periphery of the hot water surface according to the present invention are relative.
- the central portion of the opening of the water-cooled copper mold 3 that is a mold can be, for example, a surface portion of the molten metal in a region within a radius r / 3 from the center of the upper opening 3 a and the molten metal surface 6. In that case, the outer peripheral portion becomes the surface portion of the molten metal in the region of radius r / 3 to r.
- a region within a radius r / 2 from the center of the circular upper opening 3a and the molten metal surface 6 can be set as a central portion, and a region having a radius r / 2 to r surrounding the central portion can be set as an outer peripheral portion.
- the central heating torch 4 is provided above the central portion of the upper opening 3 a and irradiates the central portion of the molten metal surface 6 with a plasma arc from above the water-cooled copper mold 3.
- the outer peripheral heating torch 5 is provided above the outer peripheral portion of the upper opening 3 a and irradiates the plasma arc from above the water-cooled copper mold 3 toward the outer peripheral portion of the molten metal surface 6.
- FIG. 2A shows the plasma irradiation position of the central heating torch 4 and the plasma irradiation position of the outer peripheral heating torch 5 with respect to the molten metal surface 6 . Furthermore, it is preferable to arrange them at substantially opposite positions across the center along the radial direction of the upper opening 3a and the molten metal surface 6.
- FIG. 2A shows the central torch effective range 7 and the outer peripheral torch effective range 8.
- the central part torch effective range 7 is an area where the molten metal surface 6 is directly heated by the plasma arc spreading from the central part heating torch 4 and overlaps a part of the central part.
- the outer peripheral part torch effective range 8 is an area where the molten metal surface 6 is directly heated by a plasma arc spreading from the outer peripheral part heating torch 5 and overlaps a part of the outer peripheral part. As can be seen from FIGS. 2A and 2B, the area of the central torch effective range 7 is smaller than the total area of the central part, and the area of the outer peripheral torch effective range 8 is smaller than the total area of the outer peripheral part.
- a driving device 10 as shown in FIG. 2B is further provided.
- the driving device 10 rotates the central heating torch 4 and the outer peripheral heating torch 5 in the same direction around the center of the molten metal surface 6 while maintaining the relative positional relationship shown in FIG. 2A.
- the torch effective range 7 is allowed to pass through almost the entire center of the hot water surface 6 at the center of the upper opening 3a, and the outer peripheral torch effective range 8 is passed through substantially the entire outer periphery of the hot water surface 6 at the outer periphery of the upper opening 3a. Pass through.
- a specific configuration of the driving device 10 is not limited.
- the drive device 10 may include, for example, two arms having different lengths and one motor that rotates these arms.
- a short arm of the two arms is connected to the motor and the central heating torch 4, and a long arm is connected to the motor and the outer peripheral heating torch 5.
- the motor rotates both the central heating torch 4 and the outer peripheral heating torch 5 by simultaneously rotating and driving the two arms.
- the passing area of the central torch effective range 7 and the passing area of the outer peripheral torch effective range 8 cover almost the entire surface of the molten metal 6.
- the entire surface that is, the entire molten metal surface 6 can be reliably heated. That is, in the present embodiment, soaking of the molten metal is realized by the rotation of the heating torches 4 and 5 as described above.
- the heating torches 4 and 5 may be rotated in the same rotation direction, and may be clockwise or counterclockwise.
- the driving device 10 Only the outer peripheral heating torch 5 of the both heating torches 4 and 5 may be rotated.
- the plasma arc output of the outer peripheral heating torch 5 is made larger than the plasma arc output of the central heating torch 4 by making the voltage applied to the outer peripheral heating torch 5 larger than the voltage applied to the central heating torch 4.
- the amount of heat input to the outer peripheral portion can be increased with respect to the amount of heat input to the central portion of the molten metal to control the heating of the molten titanium alloy.
- the amount of heat input to the melt in the region of radius r / 3 to r is larger than the amount of heat input to the melt in the region within radius r / 3 from the center of the upper opening 3a and the molten metal surface 6.
- the outputs of the center heating torch 4 and the outer periphery heating torch 5 can be set.
- FIGS. 3 to 6 are the results of computer simulation of the behavior of the molten titanium alloy (molten metal) in the water-cooled copper mold 3 of the present embodiment.
- the graphs labeled “uniform heating (strong)” and “uniform heating (weak)” are molten metal heating according to the comparative example, and the graph labeled “rotary torch”
- a plurality of plasma torches are disposed above the upper opening 3a, and the plurality of plasma torches are disposed along the radial direction of the upper opening 3a and the molten metal surface 6 and the upper opening. 3a and the center of the hot water surface 6 are rotated.
- the output of the rotating plurality of plasma torches is greater in the amount of heat input to the molten metal existing in the outer peripheral portion surrounding the central portion of the upper opening 3a than the amount of heat input to the molten metal existing in the central portion of the upper opening 3a.
- FIG. 4 shows the result of examining the distribution of the molten pool depth in consideration of heat transfer and solidification for a large-diameter titanium alloy ingot (for example, ⁇ 1,200 mm).
- the surface area is 1.06 MW / m 2 per unit area.
- the amount of heat input is required. That is, if uniform heating to the molten metal is 2000 kW or more, the solidified surface exposure distance A at that time is small as shown in FIG. 4, and the molten metal exists in the molten state near the periphery of the opening of the water-cooled copper mold 3. Become.
- the depth of the molten metal pool is very deep, and there is a high possibility of component segregation. It is clear from FIG. 6 that the component segregation is more remarkable as the depth of the molten pool increases.
- a state similar to the state of uniform heating of 2000 kW can be realized on the molten metal surface. That is, the solidified surface exposure distance of the molten metal is small, and the molten metal exists in the molten state in the vicinity of the periphery of the opening of the water-cooled copper mold 3, which is suitable for continuous casting. Moreover, the depth of the molten metal pool is medium, which is convenient for suppressing the occurrence of component segregation.
- the inventors of the present application have also obtained knowledge that the amount of heat input to the molten metal is very small in the rotary torch of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 3 shows the distribution of heat input to the molten metal by uniform heating and a rotating torch in the molten metal pool state of FIG.
- the amount of heat input per unit area with respect to the surface area is 1.06 MW / m 2.
- the amount of heat input to the molten metal surface 6 may be about 1/3, and the amount of energy applied to the molten metal can be greatly reduced.
- Fig. 5 and the following Table 1 summarize the matters found in Figs. 3 and 4.
- a rotary torch by adopting a rotary torch, it is possible to achieve a smaller molten steel pool depth compared to soaking (strong) while having a small heat input.
- soaking strong
- component segregation can be controlled to the same level as in conventional titanium alloy ingots with a large diameter exceeding ⁇ 800 mm by selectively increasing the heating amount in the outer peripheral area rather than the central part of the molten metal. it can.
- the rotary torch of the present embodiment is considered suitable for casting a titanium alloy ingot.
- embodiment disclosed this time is an illustration and restrictive at no points.
- matters that are not explicitly disclosed, for example, operating conditions and operating conditions, various parameters, dimensions, weights, volumes, and the like of a component deviate from a range that a person skilled in the art normally performs. Instead, values that can be easily assumed by those skilled in the art are employed.
- the output of the outer peripheral heating torch 5 disposed above the molten metal surface 6 at the outer peripheral portion of the upper opening 3a is output above the molten metal surface 6 at the center of the upper opening 3a.
- An amount of heat greater than the amount of heat input can be applied to the outer periphery of the hot water surface.
- the number and arrangement of the heating torches to be used can be variously devised within a range that satisfies the condition that a heat amount larger than the heat input to the hot water surface existing in the central portion is applied to the hot water surface existing in the outer peripheral portion.
- a titanium continuous casting apparatus capable of suppressing component segregation of the ingot even when continuously casting a large-diameter titanium ingot or titanium alloy ingot.
- a first titanium continuous casting apparatus has an upper portion having a circular upper opening for pouring a molten titanium or titanium alloy and a lower opening for continuously extracting a titanium or titanium alloy ingot.
- a mold having a bottom portion, a first and a second plasma arc irradiating unit arranged to face the upper opening of the mold and irradiating a plasma arc toward the upper opening of the mold, and at least the first And a driving device for rotating the plasma arc irradiating portion of the second mold around the center of the upper opening of the mold.
- the first plasma arc irradiation part is arranged closer to the center of the upper opening than the second plasma arc irradiation part.
- the heating of the molten metal can be made uniform by the combination of the first and second plasma arc irradiation sections and at least the rotation of the second plasma arc irradiation section. Component segregation in the ingot or titanium alloy ingot can be suppressed.
- the first plasma arc irradiation unit is disposed at a position off the center of the upper opening of the mold when the titanium continuous casting apparatus is viewed from the upper opening side of the mold. It is preferable that the second plasma arc irradiation unit is rotated around the center of the upper opening of the mold. Thus, in addition to the second plasma arc irradiating unit, the first plasma irradiating unit also rotates, so that more uniform heating of the molten metal is realized.
- the first and second plasma arc irradiating parts are on the same straight line passing through the center of the upper opening of the mold when the titanium continuous casting apparatus is viewed from the upper opening side of the mold, and It is preferable that the driving device is disposed at opposite positions across the center, and the driving device rotates the first and second plasma arc irradiation units in the same direction.
- Such arrangement of the first and second plasma arc irradiation units can further improve the uniformity of the heating of the molten metal due to the rotation of both plasma arc irradiation units.
- the plasma arc output of the second plasma arc irradiation unit is larger than the plasma arc output of the first plasma arc irradiation unit.
- the first and second plasma arc irradiators are first and second plasma torches, respectively, and the plasma arc output of the second plasma torch is the plasma arc of the first plasma torch.
- the first plasma arc irradiation unit has at least one plasma torch, and the second plasma arc irradiation unit has a plurality of more than the plasma torches of the first plasma arc irradiation unit. Those having a plasma torch are preferred.
- the first plasma arc irradiation unit may be arranged so as to overlap with the center of the upper opening of the mold when the titanium continuous casting apparatus is viewed from the upper opening side of the mold.
- the second titanium continuous casting apparatus includes an upper part having a circular upper opening for pouring a molten titanium or titanium alloy and a lower part for continuously drawing out an ingot of titanium or titanium alloy.
- a mold having a bottom having an opening; and a plurality of plasma torches for heating the molten metal in the mold from the upper opening side of the mold using a plasma arc.
- the plurality of plasma torches are arranged such that the amount of heat input to the molten metal existing in the outer peripheral portion surrounding the central portion of the upper opening is larger than the amount of heat input to the molten metal existing in the central portion of the upper opening. .
- component segregation of the ingot can be suppressed even in a large-diameter titanium ingot and a titanium alloy ingot.
- the central portion and the outer peripheral portion of the upper opening can be set as appropriate.
- the central portion of the upper opening is a portion of a region within a radius r / 3 from the center of the upper opening, and the outer peripheral portion of the upper opening has a radius r / 3. It can be a part of the region of r.
- the plurality of plasma torches include a plurality of rotating torches arranged at positions different from each other in the radial direction of the upper opening and rotatable around the center of the upper opening.
- the rotation of these rotary torches makes it possible to greatly expand the range of melting that can be directly heated by the plasma torch.
- the plurality of plasma torches include a first plasma torch disposed above a central portion of the upper opening, and a second plasma torch disposed above an outer peripheral portion of the upper opening,
- the output of the second plasma torch is preferably larger than the output of the first plasma torch.
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- チタン連続鋳造装置であって、
チタン又はチタン合金の溶湯を流し込むための円形の上側開口を有する上部及びチタン又はチタン合金の鋳塊を連続的に引き抜くための下側開口を有する底部を有する鋳型と、
それぞれが前記鋳型の上側開口に対向するように配置され、前記鋳型の上側開口に向けてプラズマアークを照射する第1及び第2のプラズマアーク照射部と、
少なくとも前記第2のプラズマアーク照射部を前記鋳型の上側開口の中心周りに回転させる駆動装置と、を備え、
前記第1のプラズマアーク照射部は、前記第2のプラズマアーク照射部よりも前記上側開口の中心寄りに配置される、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - 請求項1に記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、
前記第1のプラズマアーク照射部は、前記鋳型の上側開口側からチタン連続鋳造装置を見たときに、前記鋳型の上側開口の中心から外れた位置に配置され、
前記駆動装置は、前記第1及び前記第2のプラズマアーク照射部を前記鋳型の上側開口の中心周りに回転させる、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - 請求項2記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、
前記第1及び第2のプラズマアーク照射部は、前記鋳型の上側開口側からチタン連続鋳造装置を見たときに、前記鋳型の上側開口の中心を通る同一直線上に、かつ、前記中心を挟んで反対の位置に配置され、
前記駆動装置は、第1及び第2のプラズマアーク照射部を同じ方向に回転させる、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - 請求項2記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、
前記第2のプラズマアーク照射部のプラズマアーク出力は、前記第1のプラズマアーク照射部のプラズマアーク出力よりも大きい、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - 請求項4に記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、
前記第1及び第2のプラズマアーク照射部は、それぞれ第1及び第2のプラズマトーチであり、
前記第2のプラズマトーチのプラズマアーク出力は、前記第1のプラズマトーチのプラズマアーク出力よりも大きい、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - 請求項4に記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、
前記第1プラズマアーク照射部は、少なくとも一つのプラズマトーチを有し、前記第2プラズマアーク照射部は、前記第1プラズマアーク照射部のプラズマトーチよりも多くの複数のプラズマトーチを有する、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - 請求項1に記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、
前記第1のプラズマアーク照射部は、前記鋳型の上側開口側からチタン連続鋳造装置を見たときに前記鋳型の上側開口の中心と重なるように配置される、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - チタン連続鋳造装置であって、
チタン又はチタン合金の溶湯を流し込むための円形の上側開口を有する上部及びチタン又はチタン合金の鋳塊を連続的に引き抜くための下側開口を有する底部を有する鋳型と、
プラズマアークを利用して前記鋳型の上側開口側から前記鋳型内の溶湯を加熱する複数のプラズマトーチと、を備え、前記複数のプラズマトーチは、前記上側開口の中央部に存在する溶湯への入熱量に対して前記上側開口の中央部を取り囲む外周部に存在する溶湯への入熱量が大きくなるように配置される、チタン連続鋳造装置。 - 請求項8記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、前記上側開口の半径をrとしたときに、当該上側開口の中央部は前記上側開口の中心から半径r/3以内の領域の部分であり、前記上側開口の外周部は半径r/3~rの領域の部分である、チタン連続鋳造装置。
- 請求項8記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、前記複数のプラズマトーチは、前記上側開口の径方向について互いに異なる位置に配置されかつ前記上側開口の中心周りを回転可能である複数の回転トーチを含む、チタン連続鋳造装置。
- 請求項8記載のチタン連続鋳造装置であって、前記複数のプラズマトーチは、前記上側開口の中央部の上方に配置された第1のプラズマトーチと、前記上側開口の外周部の上方に配置された第2のプラズマトーチとを含み、前記第2のプラズマトーチの出力が、前記第1のプラズマトーチの出力より大きい、チタン連続鋳造装置。
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