Modeling of casting technology of large-sized ingots from deformable aluminum alloys

Abstract

Industrial technology has been developed for the semi-continuous casting of large-sized ingots from deformable aluminum alloys through the use of complex modeling, including computer modeling and physical modeling. The ProCAST and ANSYS software packages equipped with the FLUENT module were used for computer modeling. The physical modeling was carried out on a laboratory semi-continuous casting unit (SCCU), which represents a tenfold reduced physical model of an industrial casting unit for the vertical semi-continuous casting of ingots from aluminum alloys. An aluminum-magnesium alloy with the addition of 0.05% (wt.) of scandium was used as the object of modeling. The results of computer modeling were tested at the SCCU, and then computer modeling was carried out for casting a large ingot. According to the modes obtained in the simulation, an ingot with a section of 1310×560 mm was cast under industrial conditions, which had a good surface quality with the absence of casting defects. In the microstructure of an industrial ingot and an ingot cast on the SCCU, there were no primary intermetallic compounds Al 3 (Sc, Zr), which makes it possible to strengthen the alloy upon annealing. To check the manufacturability during rolling, billets with a size of 40×120×170 mm were cut from these ingots, which were hot-rolled to a thickness of 5 mm, and then cold rolled to a thickness of 1 mm. The rolling results revealed good workability of the alloy, which was re ected in the high quality of the surface and the absence of cracks at the edges of the rolled stock. The mechanical properties of sheets obtained from both ingots were at the same level, which proves the reliability of casting modes for ingots obtained by complex modeling and the validity of their use for industrial conditions of the semi-continuous casting of large ingots from aluminum alloys.

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