6061铝合金半固态坯料二次加热工艺及组织演变

针对近液相线半连续铸造技术制备的6061铝合金半固态坯料,在不同加热温度及保温时间下进行二次加热,采用光学显微镜及图像分析仪考察试样的微观形貌及尺寸特征,结合差热分析的方法研究加热过程中的液相形成、组织演变及晶粒长大过程。结果表明,二次加热温度及保温时间共同影响着微观组织演变过程,随着加热温度升高及保温时间延长,晶粒逐渐球化并长大。加热温度越高,组织演变速度越快;保温时间越长,晶粒球化并长大越明显。有效地控制二次加热温度及保温时间,能够获得均匀、圆整且相对细小的半固态组织。     

加热工艺对AZ91D镁合金部分重熔组织的影响

提出半固态金属坯料先在液相线以上温度适当加热再降低温度至两相区温度继续等温保温的二次加热工艺。采用该工艺对晶粒细化AZ91D镁合金坯料进行部分重熔,研究了其组织演变规律,并与等温二次加热工艺进行比较。结果表明,与等温二次加热工艺相比,坯料先在液相线以上温度适当加热再降低温度至两相区温度继续保温,坯料重熔速度明显加快,相同加热时间时,晶粒更加细小和圆整。组织演变机理分析表明,加快液相形成速度可适当抑制晶粒的合并,降低晶粒长大速度,并促进晶粒球化。     

AZ61合金半固态二次加热工艺及组织演变

研究了应力诱发熔体激活法(SIMA)制备的AZ61镁合金半固态坯料在二次加热时加热温度和保温时间对其组织的影响,研究表明,二次加热初期半固态组织首先熔合合并,随着保温时间延长,晶粒逐渐长大和球化,液相份数增加;保温温度越高,晶粒长大和球化速度加快。在592℃加热、保温20min~40min,可以获得均匀、圆整的半固态组织,晶粒大小为80μm~90μm,液相率为40%~42%。高于597℃时,试样重熔过程中易发生严重变形。     

镁合金ZK60-RE半固态坯的微观组织演变

采用常规铸造法和等径道角挤压分别制备了镁合金ZK60-RE半固态坯;用金相显微镜研究了2种半固态坯料在等温热处理过程中的微观组织演变。结果表明：与传统铸造方法制备的半固态坯相比,采用等径道角挤压制备的半固态坯的晶粒细小、圆整,适合于半固态成形。在等温热处理过程中,2种坯料晶粒粗化的机制是合并长大和Ostwald长大。铸态坯料晶粒液相来源于非平衡凝固时在晶内产生的共晶组织,以及在随后的合并长大过程中晶粒所包裹的液相。随着保温时间的延长,铸态坯料的晶粒尺寸变化情况是：增大、减小然后又增大;而挤压态坯料的晶粒尺寸呈单一增大趋势。     

Microstructure evolution of semi-solid 2024 alloy during two-step reheating process

A two-step reheating process was proposed and applied to perform reheating experiments on the semi-solid 2024 alloy billet. In this process, the semi-solid billet was firstly heated over liquidus temperature and then isothermally held at solid-liquid zone temperature. Microstructure evolution of the semi-solid billet during two-step reheating was studied by optical microscope and compared with that during isothermal reheating. The results show that the remelting rate of the semi-solid billet during two-step reheating is faster than that during isothermal reheating. Under the same reheating time, the grains of the semi-solid billet reheated by two-step reheating process are finer and rounder than those by isothermal reheating process. The present experimental results indicate that accelerating the formation of liquid phase during the two-step reheating process can restrain the coalescence of grains to a certain extent, and thus refine the grain size and promote the grain spheroidization.     

半固态铝合金重熔组织演变的研究

通过自行研制开发的新型半固态连续机械搅拌设备,制备了半固态铝合金,并对半固态坯料在半固态温度区间重熔加热,研究不同重熔温度、时间下半固态组织的变化规律.研究表明:保温温度越高,晶粒长大和球化速度加快,保温时间越短;随着保温时间延长,晶粒逐渐长大和球化,液相份数增加.半固态铝合金Y112重熔加热适宜温度区间为565～575℃.     

SEMI-SOLID MICROSTRUCTURE AND ITS EVOLUTION OF WROUGHT ALUMINUM ALLOY BY DIRECTLY HEATING-ISOTHERMAL TREATMENT

Microstructure evolution of wrought aluminum alloy extruded rods and the mechanism of liquid phase formation during reheating were investigated. And the relation between the volume fraction of liquid phase and the recrystallization microstructure was proposed. The results show that increase in reheating temperature and time can augment the volume fraction of liquid phase and accelerate the grain spheroidization, as a result of which the requirement of semi-solid forming can be satisfied. Due to the higher aberration energy of grain boundary, the melting point is lowered as a result of the easy diffusion of atoms. At higher reheating temperature the grain boundary melts, the growth of the recrystallized grain is inhibited and the grain is refined. The composition of the low melt-point phase along the recrystallized grains was determined using EDS. It can be seen from the experimental results that when the extrusion rod of the wrought aluminum alloy is reheated at 610℃ for 20min, perfect fine equiaxial grains can be obtained, the average grain size is about 66.34μm and the volume fraction of solid phase is about 68%.     

半固态流变铸造镁合金浆料的组织特征

采用自制的镁合金半固态成形机组,研究半固态浆料的微观组织特征.结果表明,浆料的铜模激冷凝固得到的微观组织既不同于半固态压铸成形之后得到的近球状组织,也不同于镁合金液态压铸的细小枝晶组织,他是一种玫瑰状组织.压铸过程中对浆料的二次搅拌剪切作用可以促进近球状非枝晶组织的形成.     

原位内生TiB_2/Al-4Cu复合材料半固态二次加热组织演化

对原位内生TiB2/Al-4Cu复合材料半固态坯料进行二次加热,利用光学显微镜,图像分析仪等手段,对坯料二次加热微观组织的演化进行了研究。结果表明,随着加热温度的升高和保温时间的延长,液相分数增加,α(Al)晶粒发生了长大和圆整化。TiB2/Al-4Cu复合材料合适的半固态重熔参数为:加热温度570～600℃,保温时间小于10min。组织演化机制分析表明,二次加热初期,液相少,晶粒主要通过快速合并长大。随着加热温度的升高和保温时间的延长,液相增加,晶粒主要通过原子扩散缓慢长大并发生球化。     

变形程度对7A04合金半固态触变组织的影响

获得具有触变特性的均匀的、近球形的显微组织是半固态触变成形工艺的基础和关键。以挤压态7A04合金SIMA法生成触变组织为例．研究变形程度对其半固态触变组织的影响。结果表明：在加热前的变形程度对显微组织的影响很大，随着变形程度的增加，晶粒尺寸减小，晶粒形状越趋于球形；当变形程度超过0．3时，晶粒尺寸及其球形化速度逐渐减慢并趋于稳定值。此外，经过冷变形后，晶粒内及晶粒间的偏析减小，晶界易被低熔点液相浸润．更易获得均匀的、近球形的触变组织。     

7 A04合金半固态触变模锻的组织演化

研究了SIMA法制备的7A04合金在半固态触变模锻工艺中的组织演化规律.结果表明:在半固态重熔加热过程中,随着加热温度的升高和保温时间的延长,晶粒逐渐球化和长大,且加热温度对重熔加热组织的影响比保温时间大;当将具有此特征的坯料进行半固态触变模锻后,其获得的触变模锻件的显微组织与半固态重熔组织密切相关.当模锻温度达到600℃以上时,模锻件的显微组织变化不大,仍是均匀的近球形的显微组织,而且模锻件各区域的合金成分基本一致.揭示了采用半固态触变模锻工艺可获得形状复杂的高质量制件.     

Reheating microstructure of refined AZ91D magnesium alloy in semi-solid state

By means of equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) test, upsetting test and metalloseope, reheating mierostruetures of raw casting ingots, materials prepared by SIMA and materials extruded by ECAE in semi-solid state were investigated. The results show that compared with those of raw casting ingots and materials prepared by SIMA, reheating microstrueture of materials extruded by ECAE is the best and the final grain size is the finest. With increasing holding time, a growing phenomenon occurs in reheating microstrueture of materials extruded by ECAE, which can be described by Ostwald ripening law. The average grain size increases firstly, subsequently decreases and the shape factor of grains approaches to 1 as the reheating temperature increases. With increasing equivalent strain, the average grain size decreases. This demonstrates that reheating material extruded by ECAE technology is a good method to prepare AZ91D magnesium alloy semi-solid billets.     

Research and Applications of Semi-solid Processing

Since it was pioneered by Flemings and otherresearchers [11, the semi-solid metal processingtechnique has been widely stUdied in the world.Especially in the past decade, SSM as a newproduct forming technique has been rapidly developed and put into commercial applications[2, 31. In recent years, with the development ofthe ado-industry of China, a lot of researchwork on SSM has been done, including the preparation of slumes, reheating and thixoforming[Al6]; moreover, great achievements have …     

The melting behaviour of extruded Mg–8%Al–2%Zn alloy

Microscopical techniques were used to provide the microstructural details and identify mechanisms governing phase and morphological transformations during the heating of Mg–8%Al–2%Zn pellets in solid and semisolid states. It was found that an as-extruded matrix of equiaxed α-Mg grains with a twinning substructure, was thermally unstable and experienced complete recrystallization after reheating to 200 °C. The precipitates of the Mg₁₇Al₁₂ phase and augmented concentrations of alloying elements within migrating grain boundaries and triple junctions played a key role in transformation of the equiaxed grains into thixotropic structures during partial melting. A direct link exists between sizes of equiaxed grains in the solid state and unmelted particles in the semisolid slurry. Although the morphology of primary solid particles did not change during the melting progress, the rate of particles’ coarsening at high temperatures and their internal microstructure in subsequently solidified alloy were influenced by the solid–liquid ratio. The importance of these findings for semi-solid injection molding practice is emphasized.     

ZL101合金半固态二次加热

采用半固态合金二次加热，对半固态坯料施加合理的二次加热路径，重新获得适于后续加工的具有近球状固相颗粒均匀分布的半固态组织。采用功率为20kW，频率为30kHz的高频感应加热装置，研究了采用再熔融加热法制备的ZL101半固态合金坯料的二次加热过程。结果表明：为了获得适于最终成形的半固态组织，有必要把半固态坯料二次加热过程分为几个加热速率不同的加热阶段，然后在半固态温度区间某一需要加工温度下进行适度保温。通过实验给出了ZL101合金半固态坯料二次加热条件，并讨论了二次加热条件对半固态组织演化的影响。     

新型半固态成形用Al-Si-Cu合金的成分设计

借助Thermo-Calc软件分析了Al-Si-Cu合金的热力学特点,结合半固态成形所需条件,提出了该系合金适合半固态成形的成分区间,并对AlSi5Cu3Mg合金半固态坯料的加热过程进行验证。结果表明,获得的半固态坯料完全满足半固态成形的组织需要。     

Mg-Al系镁合金半固态坯料制备及触变挤压研究

采用拉伸试验机、金相显微镜和等径道角挤压等试验方法对Mg-Al系镁合金半固态坯料制备及触变挤压过程进行了研究.结果表明,等径道角挤压工艺对Mg-Al系镁合金有很好的应变诱导效果.经过等径道角挤压的Mg-Al系镁合金力学性能高,晶粒细小.等径道角挤压+等温处理方法制备的Mg-Al系镁合金半固态坯的微观组织晶粒细小,球化程度高,微观组织非常均匀.生产的AZ61、AZ80、AZ91D和AM60镁合金角框零件的微观组织细小,抗拉强度分别达到306.8、308.3、299.8、321.6MPa.伸长率分别达到21.6%、28.4%、14.6%和29.6%.     

A356铝合金半固态成形坯料二次加热工艺的优化

使用多工位电磁感应旋转加热装置对A356圆棒料进行重熔加热。选用不同的加热功率和工位,得到不同的非树枝晶组织,借助晶粒参数(如晶粒平均大小、形状系数、固相率等)对得到的显微组织进行研究,选出综合指标最优的加热工艺,再对该工艺加热的坯料压铸成阶梯试样。通过对阶梯试样性能分析,验证了该工艺的合理性和优越性。结合凝固理论,分析了坯料二次加热的演变规律。     

Microstructural characteristics of near-liquidus cast AZ91D alloy during semi-solid die casting

Near-liquidus cast ingot was reheated to semi-solid firstly, and then a bracket of motor was prepared by die casting the semi-solid ingot into mould. The microstructural characteristics of AZ91D alloy in these processes were investigated. In the process of near-liquidus casting, primary α-Mg grains tend to be rosette-like because of the increase of plentiful quasi-solid atom clusters in molten alloy with the decrease of pouring temperature. These rosette-like α-Mg grains in ingots fabricated by near-liquidus casting are fused off and refined into near-globular structure owing to the solute diffusion mechanism and the minimum surface energy mechanism during reheating. After semi-solid die-casting, α-Mg grains, located in biscuit, impact and connect with each other; α-Mg grains, located in inner gate, congregate together; while α-Mg grains, located in component, distribute uniformly and become into globularity or strip. Because the inner gate limits the flowing of semi-solid slurry, and the pressure acted on the semi-solid slurry decreases gradually along the filling direction of semi-solid slurry in cavity, microstructural segregation of unmelted α-Mg grains appears along this direction. Shrinkage holes in casting are caused by two different reasons. For biscuit, the shrinkage holes are caused by the blocked access of feeding liquid to the shrinkage zone for the agglomerated unmelted α-Mg grains. For component, the shrinkage holes are caused by the lack of feeding of liquid alloy.     

Ti14钛合金半固态下的变形行为研究

研究了Ti14钛合金半固态条件下的变形行为。半固态变形后．由于液相的出现，加快了原子扩散的能力．其变形激活能明显高于钛合金固态变形时的激活能。结果表明，变形后，晶界、晶内液相长大，形成了宽化的晶界和网格状结构。