Design of a Mould System for Horizontal Continuous Casting of Bilayer Aluminium Strips

The present article deals with a composite casting process that allows to produce bilayer AlSn6-Al strips based on the technique of horizontal continuous casting. In the first part experimental investigations on the production of a single layer AlSn6 strip are described. Afterwards essential results of basic compound casting trials using simple test specimen are presented to define the thermal conditions required for a metallurgical compound between the alloy AlSn6 and pure aluminium. Subsequently, numerical analyses are described. A finite element model was used to examine a continuous composite casting process. As a result of the simulations the main influencing parameters concerning the thermal conditions within the composite casting region could be pointed out. Finally, basic guidance is given for the design of an appropriate composite mould system.

• Ch. Nerl
• M. Wimmer
• P. Hofer
• E. Kaschnitz

• Aluminium alloys
• composite casting
• compound casting
• continuous casting
• numerical simulation

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