电渣重熔工艺对GH4169脱硫的影响

 为进一步降低GH4169中的硫含量,进行了大气下、氩气氛保护及氩气氛保护下向渣池加钙精炼3种工艺条件对脱硫效果影响的电渣重熔试验。结果表明,大气下重熔时脱硫效果明显,硫含量(质量分数,下同)由18×10-6降低到6×10-6,渣中的硫通过气化反应脱除;氩气氛保护不利于电渣重熔工艺的脱硫,硫含量降低到7×10-6后提高到9×10-6,熔渣中的硫不断富集;硫分配比的计算值与实测值的对比研究表明,电渣重熔脱硫热力学条件优越,动力学条件是限制实际脱硫效率进一步提高的主要因素;氩气氛保护下通过向渣池加钙后,熔渣中钙元素能够对合金进行脱硫且脱硫率有较大幅度的提升,合金中硫含量随钙含量的增加而减少,重熔结束时硫含量降至3×10-6。     

Electroslag Remelting Withdrawing Technology for Offshore Jack-up Platform Rack Steel Manufacturing Process

Offshore jack-up platform rack steel must exhibit high strength and toughness as well as excellent welding properties.A high-quality large ingot is a prerequisite for obtaining a high-performance rough part.The electroslag remelting withdrawing(ESRW)technology using a T-shaped mold and bifilar mode was introduced to replace casting technology.Numerical simulation of the ESRW process was performed to determine the distribution of the temperature and velocity fields and to determine the optimum process for producing rack steels.Several A514 Qslab ingots with dimensions of 0.32m×1.40m×4.00 m were produced using ESRW technology in an industrial plant.The industrial test indicated that slab ingots produced by the ESRW method exhibited uniform chemical compositions and compact macrostructures.A 115.4mm thick plate was produced from the rough ingot after 11 rolling passes.Samples were obtained from different positions in the steel plate to test the mechanical performance and examine the microstructure,and the results revealed that the properties of the steel plate satisfied ASTM standards.The ESRW process improved the tensile strength and toughness of the slab ingot,enabling significant improvements in the anisotropy and low temperature toughness,which are critical for the development of rack steel for offshore platforms.     

The Cellular Automata Model of Electroslag Remelting Ingot Structure

Electroslag remelting (ESR) is an advanced process for the production of high quality steels. The microstructure of remelted steel which affect the mechanical properties and the performance of the ingot was determined by the technological parameters. A two-dimensional axisymmetric geometry which was established in this paper was divided into macro-grid finite element in order to compute temperature field; then the grid was divided into more detailed and uniform cells, and at last the continuous nucleation model based on the Gaussian distribution and KGT growth model was established for nucleation and growth calculations using cellular automaton method (CA) on the solidification of molten steel. The results show that: a vertical columnar grain zone and a inverted V-shaped columnar crystal zone appeared in the ESR ingot. In addition, the temperature field with different electrode melting rate and slag pool temperature parameters and the microstructure with different average nucleation under cooling and maximum grain density were studied in this paper. The simulation results agree well with the experimental results, so it is proved that the model and calculation method is reliable. To produce ideal solidified ingot and achieve the purpose of optimizing the production process, the production process was adjusted according to the simulation results.     

电渣重熔高氮钢技术的进展

 高氮钢,尤其是高氮不锈钢,由于其优异的性能和诱人的应用前景受到国内外钢铁材料界的广泛关注。在理论计算分析氮在钢中溶解行为的基础上,指出了高氮钢制备的主要技术难点;概述了目前高氮钢的主要制备方法,重点讨论了常压和高压电渣重熔高氮钢的特点和存在的问题;分析了用电弧渣重熔(ASR)法生产高氮钢的技术优势,认为用ASR法生产高氮钢是目前比较可行的方案。     

Segregation of Niobium During Electroslag Remelting Process

 Experiment was carried out after the process parameters were calculated by the model previously established. The relationship between interdendritic spacing and local solidification time (LST) mainly determined by process parameters was exposed. Furthermore, the extent of segregation was studied. The results indicate that LST and interdendritic spacing are the largest and the amount of Laves phase as a result of the niobium segregation is the highest in the center of the ingot, whereas the opposite results are obtained at the edge of ingot. The extent of element segregation and the amount of Laves phase can be reduced when appropriate parameters are used. Therefore, the duration of subsequent homogenization treatments for 718 is shortened and the alloy quality is improved.     

电渣重熔H13钢中一次碳化物形成机制

 H13热作模具钢在电渣重熔过程中会在凝固末端形成粗大的碳化物及氮化物,由于生成温度高,热稳定性好,会保留到最终热处理状态,对钢材的性能产生严重影响。应用偏析模型计算并说明了凝固过程生成粗大的共晶碳化物和氮化物的可能,当固相率达到0.82时由残余液相生成TiN,随着温度进一步下降在接近凝固终点时生成VC0.88,由于碳化物中固溶了其他合金元素,认为生成的VC0.88的活度不为1,试验检测的碳化物合金元素含量与理论假设基本吻合。对粗大的碳氮化物的特点及细化减少碳化物进行简单讨论。     

Assessment of Oxygen Control and Its Effect on Inclusion Characteristics during Electroslag Remelting of Die Steel

Deoxidation during electroslag remelting of S136 die steel was experimentally studied. The characteristics of inclusions in the electrode and ESR ingots were determined by image analyzer and SEM‐EDS. The results show that the oxygen content can be reduced from 89 ppm in the electrode to the lowest (12 ppm) in the ingot only when protective Ar gas remelting in combination with specially designed slag deoxidation treatment were employed simultaneously. The proportion of the oxygen combined as oxide inclusions increases with decreasing the total oxygen content in ESR ingot. The original inclusions in the electrode are mainly large (Mn,Cr)S and the large inclusions in the form of Al₂O₃ core surrounded by an outer sulfide layer, besides a few pure Al₂O₃ inclusions. After ESR process, while only pure Al₂O₃ inclusions with the size of about 1 µm were observed in ESR ingots. The large inclusions in the electrode were removed during ESR process. With higher oxygen content in the ingot, the contents of inclusions and large inclusions would be relatively higher. The results from industrial experiments have confirmed the availability of the present oxygen control technique. The mechanisms of oxygen behavior and control as well as inclusion evolution during ESR process were proposed based on experimental results along with thermodynamic analysis.     

Effect of the Slag Composition on the Process Behavior,Energy Consumption,and Nonmetallic Inclusions during Electroslag Remelting

Electroslag remelting (ESR) is an important process to produce high-quality tool steels. The slag composition has a strong effect on the remelting behavior, particularly on energy consumption and the removal of nonmetallic inclusions (NMI). The latter aspect is strongly related to chemical reactions between the slag and the metal and determines the necessary composition of the slag. Also, the electrical conductivity of the slag is determined by the slag composition, and a high resistivity is desirable. The effect of different slag compositions with 0%–60% CaF₂ and a corresponding wide range of electrical conductivities is investigated regarding slag movement, slag surface temperature, and slag skin thickness, as well as their impact on chemical reactions and the removal of NMI. Therefore, a laboratory-scale ESR unit and the plastic mold steel X40Cr14 are used for the experimental trials. The results show a strong impact on the remelting behavior as well as on the specific energy consumption ranging from ≈900 to over 1700 kWh h⁻¹. The findings from the chemical analysis and detection of NMI indicate that a similar metallurgical behavior is feasible, leading to comparable amounts of dominantly Al₂O₃–MgO-type inclusions with some variation due to different activities in the slag.     

Numerical Study on the Effect of Low-Frequency Power Supply on Desulfurization in the Electroslag Remelting Process

In the electroslag remelting (ESR) process, low-frequency power supply can significantly reduce power consumption and achieve three-phase balance of power supply. Therefore, a transient coupling model of fluid flow, heat transfer, and component transport in the ESR process, which is coupled to the electromagnetic field calculated using Maxwell 3D software, is established to study the influence of low-frequency power supply on desulfurization. When a 50 Hz power supply is used, a skin effect is observed in the metal, and the direction of the Lorentz force at the slag/metal interface changes. However, this effect becomes less pronounced with decreasing current frequency. Sulfur is mainly transferred at the electrode tip, and the desulfurization rate is approximately 50%. Electrochemical reactions mainly occur at the electrode tip/slag interface and the metal pool/slag interface. The removal rate of sulfur using direct current (DC) power supply is less than that using an alternating current power supply. The DC reverse polarity power supply leads to higher desulfurization rate than DC straight polarity, which is 74% and 31%, respectively. The sulfur removal rate increases from 81.37% to 84.59% as the frequency decreases from 50 to 2 Hz because of the longer electrochemical reaction time at this lower frequency.     

Effect of Low-Frequency AC Power Supply During Electroslag Remelting on Qualities of Alloy Steel

The effect of frequencies of AC power supply on the quality of the electroslag-melted ingot is studied. The results show that with a decrease in the frequency, electromagnetic force becomes more violent, and the temperature in the slag bath becomes more homogeneous, and therefore, the depth of molten metal pool is decreased; electrochemical reactions occur with the decrease in the frequency, and the atomic oxygen electrolyzed dissolves in the molten metal pool; the nonmetallic inclusions, which are distributed dispersively in the ingot, have an increased content,and their size is approximately in the range of 2-3 μm.     

Modeling of Microstructure Evolution in 22MnB5 Steel during Hot Stamping简

Automobile manufacturers have been inereasingl~r adopting hot-stamped parts for use in newly designed ve- hicles to improve crash worthiness and fuel efficiency. However, the simulation of hot stamping is rather complex and challenging, and further research still needs to be done on hot stamping hardening mechanism. The microstruc- ture evolution and hardening mechanisms during hot stamping of 22MnB5 steel were thoroughly investigated, using information provided in the literatures as well as experimental results. New models were developed to predict the grain growth during heating and the flow stress of a manganese boron steel （22MnB5） with high hardenability by the Gleeble simulation experimental results. The deformed austenite decomposition during stamping and quenching was emphatically quantified based on the transformation thermodynamic and kinetic theories, and the relationship of mi- crostructure to properties was analyzed. The results showed that the optimal process to obtain homogeneous and small lath martensite is heating at 900--950 ℃ for 5 min and then auenching at 50 ℃/s with a Dressing time about 8 s.     

Microstructure Evolution and Microhardness of Ultrafine-grained High Carbon Steel during Multiple Laser Shock Processing

Surface microstructure and microhardness of(ferrite+cementite)microduplex structure of the ultrafinegrained high carbon steel after laser shock processing(LSP)with different impact times were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),X-ray diffraction(XRD)and microhardness measurements.Equiaxed ferrite grains were refined from 400 to 150nm,and the cementite lamellae were fully spheroidized,with a decrease of the particle diameter from 150 to 100nm as the impact times increased.The cementite dissolution was enhanced significantly.Correspondingly,the lattice parameter ofα-Fe and microhardness increased with the impact times.