NUMERICAL OPTIMISATION OF CASTING FEEDING BY APPLICATION OF RISERS SOLIDIFYING IN AN INSULATING LAYER AND RISERS COATED WITH EXOTHERMIC POWDER

摘要

In the article numerical analysis is presented of the solidification and feeding processes of a steel plate casting fed with the selected cylindrical risers with the conicity in a downward direction. To the calculations of the feeding process parameters, the following risers have been chosen: risers without thermal insulation, risers solidifying in an insulating layer and risers coated with exothermic powder. The designed mathematical and physical model considers coupling with the heat exchange process, the formation of shrinkage cavities and the development of the porosity field in the casting area. The elaborated programme permits to carry out a series of numerical experiments enabling the selection of the more important factors, which decide on the effectiveness of the feeding process. Its application makes it possible to use the multi-variant analysis of a large game of risers with varied methods of insulation and coating with exothermic powder. The results of the carried out calculations shown in a graphic way with simultaneous tabular presentation allow to make a visual-quantitative analysis of the course of the essential parameters of the investigated thermo-physical processes. The carried out numerical experiments indicate that the significant influence of the formation of porosity and the shrinkage cavity has the time of the riser solidification. It depends on the shape, dimensions and technological methods of risers insulation and their coating with exothermic powder.