Continuous casting proceedings of the International Conference on Continuous Casting of Non-Ferrous Metals ; [held from 14 - 16 November 2005 in Neu-Ulm

The Continuous Casting 2000 symposium maintains the tradition established in 1976 of holding regular events. This millennium event, however, is the first international meeting of the series. The aim is to highlight the importance of continuous casting - of aluminum, copper and magnesium - to the international fabricating industry, focusing on technological advances in all the sectors that are important for the manufacture of high quality continuous cast products. Continuous Casting Proceedings of the International Conference on Continuous Casting of Non-Ferrous Metals......Page 4 Preface......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Melt Treatment......Page 16 Melt Treatment of Copper and Aluminium – The Complex Step Before Casting......Page 18 A Study on Surface Defects Caused by Grain Refiners......Page 38 Effect of Grain Refiner on Surface Crack of 3004 Alloy during DC Casting......Page 44 Investigation of Factors Affecting the Extent of Microporosity in an Aluminum Casting......Page 51 Model Studies of Gas Bubbles Physical Characteristics at Inert Gas Purging into Molten Metals and Alloys......Page 57 Casting Technology......Page 64 Remarks about Process and Technology of Continuous Casting......Page 66 Continuous Strip Casting of Magnesium Alloy by a Horizontal Twin Roll Caster......Page 85 Strip Casting of Mg-Al based Alloy with Ca by Twin Roller Caster......Page 92 New Strip Casting Process for Magnesium Alloys......Page 96 Production of Twin Roll Cast AA6016 for Automotive Applications......Page 102 Magnesium Upward Direct Chill Casting......Page 110 Spray Forming of Advanced High Strength Aluminum Alloys......Page 116 A Method of VDC Hot Top Mould Design and Setting of Process Conditions......Page 121 Continuous Casting of Non Ferrous Metal Micro Wrought Shapes......Page 127 Influence of Quality of Water and Surface Roughness on Quenching Rate......Page 133 Electromagnetic Casting of Aluminum and Steel Billet Using Slit Mold......Page 139 Aluminium Alloy Strip Casting Using an Unequal Diameter Twin Roll Caster......Page 146 Fabrication of High Purity Copper Rod with Unidirectional Solidification Structure by Continuous Casting Using Cooled Mold......Page 152 High Speed Roll Casting of Al Alloy and Mg Alloy Strips......Page 158 Simulation / Modeling......Page 164 State-of-the-Art in the Modelling of Aluminium and Copper Continuous Casting Processes......Page 166 Numerical Simulation of the Growth of Interacting, Equiaxed Dendrites with a Two-Scale Model......Page 177 Monte Carlo Simulation of Grain Growth in Three Dimensions......Page 183 Thermal Conductivity of Ternary and Multi-Component Aluminum Alloys up to and above the Melting Temperature......Page 189 FEM Simulation of Near Net Shape DC Billet of High Strength Al-Mg-Si Alloy......Page 197 Numerical Simulation of DC Casting; Two Ways to Interpret the Results of a Thermo-Mechanical Model......Page 204 Continuous Casting of Hypermonotectic AlBiZn Alloys: Experimental Investigations and Numerical Simulation......Page 209 Numerical Simulation of the Upward Continuous Casting of Magnesium Alloys......Page 217 New Possibilities in the Simulation of Continuous Casting Processes with WinCast-Conti......Page 224 Modeling Continuous Casting of Metal Wire Rods......Page 228 Modeling of Macrosegregations in Continuous Casting of Sn-Bronze......Page 234 Continuous Casting Simulation: From Solidification and Fluid Flow to the Calculation of Grain Structures......Page 241 Mould Temperature Fields during Continuous Casting of DHP-Copper......Page 249 Simulation of Heat Transfer and Solidification in Continuous Casting of Copper Alloys and the Effect of Fluid Flow......Page 255 Micro / Macro Structure......Page 262 Spray Forming and Post Processing of Superalloy Rings......Page 264 Macro- and Microstructure of Spray-Formed Tin-Bronze......Page 271 Influence of the Crystallization Conditions on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of TiAl- and Ti(3)Al-Based Alloys......Page 280 Effects of Process Parameters on the Characteristics of the Billet Sump and Related Defect Formation during DC Casting of Aluminum Alloys......Page 286 Effect of Casting Speed and Grain Refining on Macrosegregation of a DC Cast 6061 Aluminum Alloy......Page 292 Effect of Melt Flow on Macrostructure and Macrosegregation of an Al–4.5% Cu Alloy......Page 298 Quenching Study on the Solidification of Aluminum Alloys......Page 305 Numerical Study of the Influence of an Applied Electrical Potential on the Solidification of a Binary Metal Alloy......Page 311 Microstructure and Strain Distribution Influence on Failure Properties in Eutectic AlNi, AlFe Alloys......Page 324 Dendrite Coarsening and Embrittlement in Continuously Cast Tin Bronzes......Page 329 Continuous Casting of Tin Containing Alloys and their Transformation......Page 335 Suplier Session......Page 342 Horizontal Casting Technology for Copper Products......Page 344 Horizontal Direct Chill (HDC) Casting of Aluminium – the HE Universal Caster......Page 351 Aluminium-Semi-Continuous Casting Technic, State of the Art......Page 359 OCP Crucible Monitoring System in Long-Term Tests......Page 368 A New Continuous Casting Process......Page 383 Authors......Page 392 Subject index......Page 394 Continuous casting has gained importance as a highly developed technology for the production of superior quality pre-forms for specific subsequent processing by both the copper and the light metals industry. This book reviews the processing chain, covering melt treatment and casting technology, and specific measures for micro-structural control.