Control of equiaxed grains in a complicated Cu-Ni based alloy prepared by centrifugal casting

• Main Authors: Luo Zongqiang, Zhang Weiwen, Xin Baoliang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Foundry Journal Agency 2011-02-01
• Series: China Foundry
• Subjects: copper-nickel based alloy; centrifugal casting; macrostructures
• Online Access: http://www.foundryworld.com/uploadfile/201131449381193.pdf

A complicated Cu-Ni based alloy was developed to fabricate wear-resisting bush for high temperature application. The concern focuses on the control of equiaxed grains in the developed alloy ingot prepared by centrifugal casting. The results show that the equiaxed grains are determined by the pouring temperature of the melt, the cooling rate and the rotation speed of the mold. With the decrease in pouring temperature, the fraction of the equiaxed grains in the transverse section of the ingot increases and the average length of columnar grain decreases. When the pouring temperature is confined below 1,250℃, complete equiaxed grains can be obtained. Based on the optimal centrifugal casting processing, the tensile strength of the developed alloy ingot with complete equiaxed grains reaches to 810 MPa and 435 MPa at room temperature and 500℃, respectively, which is 14% and 110% higher than that of common commercial QAl10-4-4 alloy. The wear rate of the developed alloy is 7.0 × 10-8 and 3.8 × 10-7 mm3•N-1•mm-1 at room temperature and 500℃, respectively, which is 5 times and 39 times lower than that of QAl10-4-4 alloy.