Research and application of numerical simulation to optimization of ingot casting process.pdfVIP

BaosteelTechnicalResearch Volume9，Number3，September2015，Page29 Research andapplication ofnumericalsimulation tooptimization ofingot castingprocess ZHOUTong]un，LIUJunz~nandLUOHui BaosteelSpecialSteelCo．，Ltd．，Shanghai200940，China Abstract：Duringtheingotcastingprocess，theparametricchangesofthemoltensteelpouringprocessoftencause bothingotsurfaceand internalquality defects．W ith theincreasinglywide application ofcomputersin industrial technology，numericalsimulationsofthemolten steelpouring processenablepredictionsofthe defectsthatwill ariseduringthepouringand solidificationprocessespeciallyforthemolten steelflow during theearlystagesof ， casting．Inaddition，usingacomputertosimulatethecastingprocessofa40tingotandsolidificationcanprevent manydefects．Thesimulationresultsindicatethatcontrolling thepouring speed to lessthan80 kg／shanging the ， castingpowderinamoldwiththehangingheightmaintainedat100—150inlYl，andcontrollingthetaperangleofthe moldbrickoutletto asuitablelevelcan reducetheprobability ofslag entrapmentnad improvetheinternalnad surfacequalityoftheingot． Keywords：pouring；numericalsimulation；ingotquality；ingotcasting doi：10．3969／j．issn．1674—3458．2015．03．005 and temperature field in the mold using various casting speeds，temperatures，coolingconditions，riser 1 Introduction insulation， and other methods． The computer Ingotqualityisdirectlyrelatedtothepurposeand simulationisaimed to improve the inspection pass performanceofingots[]and isclosely linkedwith rateoflrage—sized ingots，determinetheappropriate themold castingprocessfrom thebeginning to the