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Title:
CASTING MOLD FOR FERROALLOY CASTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/105340
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of metallurgy, in particular, casting equipments of ferroalloys. Technical result is in increasing of efficiency and improvement of resistance. A casting mold comprises a body (1) with a tip (2), longitudinal partitions (3), transverse partitions (4), cells (5) formed in result of intersection of said partitions, metal flow canals (6) of the tip (2) and metal flow canals (7) of the longitudinal partitions (3).

Inventors:
JANDIERI GIGO (GE)
GVELESIANI DAVID (GE)
VASADZE HAMLET (GE)
TSKITISHVILI IUZA (GE)
MACHAVARIANI TAMAZ (GE)
KHOMASURIDZE SHOTA (GE)
CHUBINIDZE TENGIZ (GE)
Application Number:
PCT/GE2005/000003
Publication Date:
November 10, 2005
Filing Date:
April 28, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
JANDIERI GIGO (GE)
GVELESIANI DAVID (GE)
VASADZE HAMLET (GE)
TSKITISHVILI IUZA (GE)
MACHAVARIANI TAMAZ (GE)
KHOMASURIDZE SHOTA (GE)
CHUBINIDZE TENGIZ (GE)
International Classes:
B22D3/00; B22D7/08; (IPC1-7): B22D7/08
Domestic Patent References:
WO1997012069A11997-04-03
Foreign References:
US5875832A1999-03-02
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Description:
CASTINGMOLDFORFERROALLOYCASTER

Proposed invention relates to metallurgy, in particular, casting equipment and may be used, practically, for casting the preferable grain-size composition (factiousness) of processing alloys of any brand into ingots. There is known a casting mold comprising cells with an egg end formed with longitudinal and transverse partitions, lop-sided sides and canals for the metal flow, ends of said canals are placed below the plane of the canals ends identical with the casting mold tip [1]. Drawback of the known casting mold is a low efficiency and resistance in the conditions of conveyer casting of ferroalloy expressed in necessity of forced (mechanized) releasing of the casting mold from kished ferroalloy in cells and increased output of ill-conditioned factions formed in result of partial breaking of ferroalloy skin due to the dynamic loads developed during said operation, as well as growth of crevices formed in result of the thermal unbalance (asymmetric thermal strains) of the casting mold construction and intensification of adhesive destruction process of the cell surfaces. Necessity of forced release of the casting mold from the ferroalloy ingots is conditioned by remaining of a substantial portion of the ferroalloy in the metal flow canals of the casting mold tip and in the spaces of cells canals (partitions). The kished metal remaining in said spaces forms 5-10 cm skin. In conditions of casting a comparably fluid ferroalloy the thickness of the skin may reach 15-20 cm. Due to formation of the skin on the top of the casting mold partitions the kished ingots in separate cells remain connected. By solid shrinkage of the ferroalloy between the casting mold partitions and side surfaces of the ingot the reaction forces are formed conditioning binding of the ingots in the cells of casting mold. By mechanical effect on the skin hard in comparison with other alloys but small resistance surface layer of the ferroalloy is crashed adding to ill-condition faction formed of selvage crashed by the impact force developed during falling of the ingots from the cells into the special containers. The circumstance, that in conditions of casting the ferroalloy non-uniform and non-predicted crash of said skin takes place, should be also taken into account that frequently is the reason of forming larger factions than it was provided for by the schedule. In result of above mentioned and to bring the size of the ingots to the preferable scope it is necessary to break them up. This makes the production technical and economic rate worse. In addition, the residual stresses (in particular, tensile stresses) received in result of cyclic alternating thermal loads, practically during the first casting forms micro-cracks in the effective area of the casting mold cells. In spite of covering said surfaces with slack lime layer, the micro-cracks transform into the macro-cracks growth of which continue during each new casting process. Cracks formed in the casting mold cells after several hundred castings grow so that condition fracture failure (corrode) of surfaces further forming macro-dimples. Of course, the latter is an additional promoting factor for binding of ingots making more difficult the operation of releasing the casting molds and conditions the necessity of increasing intensity of mechanical impact, this reduces significantly the operating period of casting molds and transforms into the two times more "high-wear" construction in comparison with iron or aluminum casting. Technical effect of the invention is in improvement of the casting mold efficiency and resistance. The technical effect is achieved by placing of the longitudinal partitions on the level of a casting mold tip, metal flow canal ends of the tip and said partitions are also placed in the same plane, at the same time the transverse partitions do not have said canals and their edges are disposed in one plane with the longitudinal partitions and metal flow canals of the casting mold tips. The outer surface of the casting mold end in respect to the half-round end of the casting mold is made in the form of concentric coupled half-cylinders. The essence of the invention is illustrated by figures showing the top view of the casting mold (Fig. 1) and the longitudinal section in the vertical plane (Fig. 2). A casting mold comprises a body 1 with a tip 2, longitudinal partitions 3, transverse partitions 4, cells 5 formed in result of intersection of said partitions, metal flow canals 6 of the tip 2 and metal flow canals 7 of the longitudinal partitions 3. The casting mold works as follows: The alloy supplied from the casting passage of the caster is cast in the central zone of the casting molds fixed in the datum position on the chain conveyor. As soon as the central cells 5 are filled the alloy by means of the metal flow canals 7 of the longitudinal partitions 3 and through the surfaces (edges) of the transverse partitions 4 flows into the adjacent cells. As soon as these last are filled, the alloy still flows into the following cells. Immediately after filling the peripheral cells of the casting molds the alloy by means of the metal flow canals 6 of the tip 2 flows to the next casting mold that will be filled according to the above described order. Placing of the metal flow canals 6 ends of the casting mold 1 tip 2, edges of the transverse partitions 4 and metal flow canals 7 ends of the longitudinal partitions 4 in one plane excludes formation of the above mentioned skin solving the problem of binding the ingots kished in separate cells and sticking of the ingots in the cells. The enables to avoid the necessity of mechanical impact on the surface of alloy, i.e. the maximal output of lump ferroalloy having preferable grain-size composition (factiousness). Concentric in respect to the half-round end of the casting mold cells, coupled half-cylinders repeating the profile of cells provide comparable balance of tension and compression stresses, thus slowing the process of crash formation and growth in the surfaces of cells. Use of the casting molds of the ferroalloy casters will be especially effective for conveyor casting of manganese, silicum, molybdenum and chromic ferroalloys.