The Horizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC)) process has proven to be a viable castingCasting process for processingProcessing thin stripsThin strips (3–10 mm thick) of metallic alloys. Various grades of aluminum alloysAluminum alloy, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs), etc. have all been cast successfully at pilot and laboratory scales. Complementary Computational Fluid DynamicComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (CFDCFD) modellingModelling was used to test various process parameters. In the present work, 3D3D CFD modelling simulationsSimulation of four different types of aluminum alloysAluminum alloy (AA6111, AA2024, AA5182, and AA7068) were performed to test process feasibility for producing 250 mm wide strips. Transient simulationsSimulation were used to predict fluid flow behaviour. The effects of various process parameters, e.g., belt speed, inlet speed, on the process stability, and strip quality, were studied. The present results consistently demonstrate the flexibilityFlexibility of the HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC) process to cast a wide range of aluminum alloysAluminum alloy, in which process parameters can be tailored, promoting a stable castingCasting process.

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Three-Dimensional Mathematical Modelling of Casting Thin Strips of Aluminum Alloys (AA6111, AA2024, AA5182, & AA7068) Using the Horizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC Process)

  • Daniel R. Gonzalez-Morales,
  • Mihaiela M. Isac,
  • Roderick I. L. Guthrie

摘要

The Horizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC)) process has proven to be a viable castingCasting process for processingProcessing thin stripsThin strips (3–10 mm thick) of metallic alloys. Various grades of aluminum alloysAluminum alloy, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Bulk Metallic Glasses (BMGs), etc. have all been cast successfully at pilot and laboratory scales. Complementary Computational Fluid DynamicComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (CFDCFD) modellingModelling was used to test various process parameters. In the present work, 3D3D CFD modelling simulationsSimulation of four different types of aluminum alloysAluminum alloy (AA6111, AA2024, AA5182, and AA7068) were performed to test process feasibility for producing 250 mm wide strips. Transient simulationsSimulation were used to predict fluid flow behaviour. The effects of various process parameters, e.g., belt speed, inlet speed, on the process stability, and strip quality, were studied. The present results consistently demonstrate the flexibilityFlexibility of the HSBCHorizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC) process to cast a wide range of aluminum alloysAluminum alloy, in which process parameters can be tailored, promoting a stable castingCasting process.