The Optimization of the Technologic Parameter in Strong Cooling with Single-Tube on the A356 Alloy

Abstract

The tube spread around strong cooling technology is new technology of the making semisolid slurry and semisolid billet in Semi-Solid Processing. The technologic parameter of its on the A356 Alloy is researched in the article. It is showed by the result of the experimentation: that the fine and form verge on rotundity crystal grain is made at 180L/h and at 640-650°C. It has met all the conditions in the semi-solid processing on semisolid billet. Semi-solid forming technology has been called the "new metal processing technology in the 21st century", which in foreign countries has certain industrial applications. In 1996 in the United States the sales of semi-solid casting was up to 1 billion dollars. But the industrial application in China is almost empty, one of the most important reasons is: the preparation of slurry or billet is too complicated or cost of production is too high, so that semi-solid forming technology in China has suffered serious setbacks on the road of industrialization. According to this situation, we have done a little attempts on manufacturing slurry and billet of semi-solid forming and have developed a new technology of spread around strong cooling whose intellectual property rights belong to us, equipment production is simple and the process is easy to control and the semi-solid slurry is east to prepare continuously. It will be discussed in this paper that process parameters of the single-tube strong cooling impacts on the microstructure of semi-solid