高强度波纹板消失模铸造凝固过程数值模拟及工艺优化

Numerical Simulation of Solidification Process and Optimization for High-Strength Corrugated Plate by Lost Foam Casting

  • 摘要: 为解决高强度波纹板消失模铸造过程中易出现充型紊乱、泡沫模样分解不充分、缩松、缩孔等缺陷,该文采用数值模拟软件对其铸造工艺开展仿真分析与参数优化。结合铸件结构特征,设计阶梯中注立放式(A)、阶梯中注平放式(B)、阶梯侧注式(C)三种初始浇注方案,并对比不同方案的充型流动特性、温度场分布及凝固缺陷分布规律。模拟结果表明:方案A充型过程金属液存在明显湍流与卷气缺陷,流动稳定性较差;方案B、C充型过程相对平稳,但三种初始方案均存在不同程度的缩松、缩孔问题,其中方案B缺陷主要分布于铸件表层,方案C存在泡沫模样分解不完全、缺陷集中于铸件远端的问题。针对初始方案的缺陷成因,通过增设排气结构、优化补缩冒口、增大浇注系统截面积的方式优化得到方案D、E并再次进行仿真验证。结果表明,优化后的方案E可有效消除卷气、模样分解不彻底等问题,将缩松、缩孔缺陷集中于冒口区域,铸件凝固过程可控,整体铸造质量最优,可满足工程生产要求。

     

    Abstract: To solve the defects such as turbulent filling, incomplete decomposition of foam patterns, shrinkage porosity and cavities in the lost foam casting of high-strength corrugated plates, this paper adopts numerical simulation software to carry out simulation analysis and parameter optimization of the casting process. Combined with the structural characteristics of the casting, three initial pouring schemes are designed, including stepped middle-injection vertical placement (Scheme A), stepped middle-injection horizontal placement (Scheme B), and stepped side-injection (Scheme C). The filling flow characteristics, temperature field distribution and solidification defect distribution rules of different schemes are systematically compared. The simulation results show that Scheme A presents obvious turbulence and gas entrapment during metal liquid filling with poor flow stability. The filling process of Scheme B and C is relatively stable, but all three initial schemes have varying degrees of shrinkage porosity and cavities. Specifically, the defects of Scheme B are widely distributed on the surface of the casting, while Scheme C suffers from incomplete decomposition of foam patterns and defects concentrated at the distal end of the casting. Aiming at the defect causes of the initial schemes, Scheme D and E are optimized by adding exhaust structures, optimizing the riser feeding system and expanding the cross-sectional area of the gating system for re-simulation. The results indicate that the optimized Scheme E can effectively eliminate gas entrapment and incomplete pattern decomposition, concentrate shrinkage defects in the riser area, significantly improve the controllability of the casting solidification process, and achieve the optimal casting quality, which can meet the requirements of engineering production.

     

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