The concerned paper presents results of wide scope of liquid steel filtering tests by means of ceramic filters, including laboratory, model and industrial testing in the conditions of conventional (ingot) and continuous steel casting. Multi-hole (sieve) ceramic filters made of mullite and corundum, of the structure adjusted to the type of conducted experiment were used for testing. Selection of ceramic material for filter construction accounted for the conditions of filter operations including: high temperature (liquid steel temperature), filtering duration determined by mass of the filtered steel, hydrodynamics of steel flow through filter holes an and wettablity of filter ceramics by non-metallic inclusions. In order to assess the effectiveness of liquid steel filtering in reference to unfiltered steel, the following criteria have been adopted:-change in surface share of non-metallic inclusions, -change in the quantity of non -metallic inclusions and dimensions thereof, -change in total oxygen content (summary).The obtained results of tests confirm high effectiveness of liquid steel filtering by means of ceramic filters and may constitute a basis for development of a new technology of steel refining by means of filtration.Keywords: ceramic filter, casting, continuous casting, refining of steel, metallurgical purity of steel W prezentowanej pracy przedstawiono wyniki szerokiego zakresu badań procesu filtracji ciekłej stali filtrami ceramicznymi, obejmującego badania laboratoryjne, modelowe i przemysłowe w warunkach konwencjonalnego (do wlewnic) i ciągłego odlewania stali. W badaniach stosowano filtry ceramiczne wielootworowe (sitkowe) wykonane z mulitu i korundu o konstrukcji dostosowanej do rodzaju prowadzonego eksperymentu. Wybór tworzywa ceramicznego do budowy filtrów uwzględniałwarunki pracy filtra do których zaliczano: wysoką temperaturę (temperaturę ciekłej stali), czas filtrowania określony masą filtrowanej stali, hydrodynamikę przepływu stali przez otwory filtra oraz zjawisko zwilżalności ceramiki filtra przez ciekłe wtrącenia niemetaliczne. Dla oceny skuteczności procesu filtrowania ciekłej stali w odniesieniu do stali niefiltrowanej, przyjęto następujące kryteria:-zmianę udziału powierzchniowego wtrąceń niemetalicznych, -zmianę liczby wtrąceń niemetalicznych i ich wymiar, -zmianę zawartości tlenu całkowitego (sumarycznego). Uzyskane wyniki badań świadczą o dużej skuteczności metody filtrowania ciekłej stali filtrami ceramicznymi i mogą stanowić podstawę do opracowania nowej technologii rafinacji stali metodą filtracji.
The paper presents the course and results of research into the production of cathodes for sputtering bactericidal coatings on glass surfaces in an industrial magnetron line at D.A. Glass. The study included the development of an innovative and comprehensive technology for producing various types of cathodes using a vacuum induction furnace. FactSage software was used for numerical simulations of phase transformations in the liquid and solid phase during the cooling and solidification of alloys, and the liquidus and solidus temperatures were determined using the thermal analysis method (DTA). The cathodes were made by casting plates that are components of ready-made cathodes. Zonal macrosegregation tests were carried out in the plate casting, which showed that the cast plates were characterised by high homogeneity in the entire volume. The chemical compositions of the cathodes corresponded to the required compositions, and their quality met the requirements for installation in a magnetron, which proves the correctness of the developed technologies of their production. The layers on the glass, sputtered in a magnetron device, were subjected to microbiological tests to determine the bactericidal (biocidal) properties of the glass. Preliminary results of these studies showed that the cathodes based on brass and bronze of the following type exhibited the best bactericidal properties: Cu90Sn10, Cu90Zn10, Cu80Zn10Al10, Cu80Ti20 and Cu65Ni18Zn17. The layers produced on the glass with the use of these cathodes exhibited the ability to deactivate the tested strains of microorganisms, including the elimination of bacterial growth. To further improve these properties, the composition of copper-based cathodes with various additions of tin and titanium, and with the addition of the following rare earth elements: cerium and lanthanum, which will be subjected to layer sputtering in the magnetron and microbiological tests as part of the next stages of the project, was modified.
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