Model Experiments with New Lance for Pneumatic Powder Injection

Abstract

The paper presents the results of model experiments with new lance design. The lance was invented in Silesian University of Technology, Department of Foundry. It is dedicated for the pneumatic powder injection into liquid metal bath without lance submersion. The situation like that is common for small molten alloy volume when the problem of temperature decrease is significant. In such case the carrier gas introduction into metal as well as cooling with gas blowing onto metal bath surface should be avoided. The new lance was equipped with four parallel slots made on its outlet and a flange. This design causes the carrier gas evacuation before it reaches the molten metal surface. The article presents the model experiments made with use of the device for the diphase gas-powder jet forces recording. The comparison of two lances: normal steel pipe and this of new design was presented in the article, too.