《Influence of Mould and Insulation Design on Soundness of Tool Steel Ingot by Numerical Simulation》.pdf

Availableonlineatwww．sciencedirect．com 精 静秽ScienceDirect JOURNAL OFIRON AND STEELRESEARCH，INTERNATIONAL．2013，20(7)：78—83 InfluenceofM ouldandInsulationDesignonSoundnessof ToolSteelIngotbyNumericalSimulation M Heidarzadeh． H Keshmiri EEsfarayenIndustrialComplex(EICO)，Esfarayen9661784568，NorthKhorasan，Iran] Abstract：Thesolidificationof4．4tcoldworktoolsteelingottypeX210Crl2wassimulatedbyMagmasoftware．By thereductionofingotheight，solidificationmodelingandpouringofanew 3tingotwereperformedanddecreasing theporosityformationpotentialin3tingotincomparisonwith4．4tingotonthebasisofNiyamacriterionwasob～ servedwhichwasingood accordancewith experimentaldata．Inorderto producesoundingot，anew 2．8 tingot mouldwasdesigned which includessomeparametericchangesinmould such asmould slope，slendernessratio， mouldconcavityradius，filletradiusofmould internalcornersandfeedingdiameterto ingotupperdiameterratio． Furthermore，theeffectsofinsulatingbetweenkokilandfeedingringandalsoinsulatingtheoutersurfaceoffeeding ringaswellasinsulatingtheoutersurfaceofonethirdofkokilupperpartoncenterlineporosityformationwerein— vestigatedinboth2．8and4．4tingots．Theresultsshow thattheingotwhichwasproducedinnew designed2．8t mouldhasabetterNiyamapatternandthecenterlineporositieswereeliminated． Keywords：numericalmodeling；steelingot；mouldparameter；porosity Porosityincastingscontributesdirectlytocustomer casting parameters involved casting temperature， concernsaboutreliabilityandquality．Controllingpo— pouringvelocity and interfaceheattransfer to de— rositydependsonunderstandingitssourcesandcau— creaseshrinkageporeandmicroporosity．K Tashiro ses． Significantimprovements in productquality， etal