Melt Conditioned Direct Chill Casting (MC-DC) Process for Production of High Quality Aluminium Alloy Billets

Jayesh B. Patel; Hu Tian Li; Ming Xu Xia; Simon Jones; Sundaram Kumar; Keyna O'Reilly; Zhong Yun Fan

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.794-796.149

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Melt Conditioned Direct Chill Casting (MC-DC) Process for Production of High Quality Aluminium Alloy Billets

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A novel direct chill (DC) casting process, melt conditioned direct chill (MC-DC) casting process, has been developed for production of high quality aluminium alloy billets. In the MC-DC casting process, a high shear device is submerged in the sump of the DC mould to provide intensive melt shearing, which in turn, disperses potential nucleating particles, creates a macroscopic melt flow to uniformly distribute the dispersed particles, and maintains a uniform temperature and chemical composition throughout the melt in the sump. Experimental results have demonstrated that, the MC-DC casting process can produce aluminium alloy billets with significantly refined microstructure and reduced cast defects. In this paper, we give an overview of the MC-DC casting process and report on results obtained from an industrial scale trial.

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Materials Science Forum (Volumes 794-796)

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Jayesh B. Patel*, Hu Tian Li, Ming Xu Xia, Simon Jones, Sundaram Kumar, Keyna O'Reilly, Zhong Yun Fan

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Direct Chill Casting, Grain Refinement, Intensive Melt Shearing, Solidification

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