EP3356782A1 - Sampling device and method for sampling a liquid or viscous material - Google Patents
Sampling device and method for sampling a liquid or viscous materialInfo
- Publication number
- EP3356782A1 EP3356782A1 EP15770937.9A EP15770937A EP3356782A1 EP 3356782 A1 EP3356782 A1 EP 3356782A1 EP 15770937 A EP15770937 A EP 15770937A EP 3356782 A1 EP3356782 A1 EP 3356782A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- liquid
- sampling device
- receptacle
- periphery
- measuring
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Withdrawn
Links
Classifications
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N1/00—Sampling; Preparing specimens for investigation
- G01N1/02—Devices for withdrawing samples
- G01N1/10—Devices for withdrawing samples in the liquid or fluent state
- G01N1/12—Dippers; Dredgers
- G01N1/125—Dippers; Dredgers adapted for sampling molten metals
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
- B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
- B01L3/04—Crucibles
-
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
- C21C5/00—Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel or stainless steel
- C21C5/28—Manufacture of steel in the converter
- C21C5/42—Constructional features of converters
- C21C5/46—Details or accessories
- C21C5/4673—Measuring and sampling devices
-
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- F27D21/00—Arrangements of monitoring devices; Arrangements of safety devices
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
- G01N33/20—Metals
- G01N33/205—Metals in liquid state, e.g. molten metals
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
- B22D27/00—Treating the metal in the mould while it is molten or ductile ; Pressure or vacuum casting
-
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
- C21C1/00—Refining of pig-iron; Cast iron
- C21C1/10—Making spheroidal graphite cast-iron
-
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
- C21C5/00—Manufacture of carbon-steel, e.g. plain mild steel, medium carbon steel or cast steel or stainless steel
- C21C5/52—Manufacture of steel in electric furnaces
- C21C2005/5288—Measuring or sampling devices
-
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
- Y02P10/20—Recycling
Definitions
- the present disclosure relates to a sampling device for sampling and analyzing a phase transformation of a liquid or viscous material, such as a melt for casting metal.
- the disclosure also relates to a method of sampling a material and to a device for use in such sampling.
- the device is particularly suited for analyzing a phase transformation of a metal or metal alloy, and especially the solidification of a metal or metal alloy melt.
- Some defects are related to the composition of the melt and can, in some cases and within some limits, be compensated for by providing additives to the melt
- EP1032718B1 discloses a method of producing a compacted graphite iron casting or spheroidal graphite cast iron, wherein a sampling operation is performed for determining an amount of structure-modifying agent that is to be added to the melt in order to obtain the desired type of iron.
- EP0805964B1 discloses a sample holder that may be used in the method of EP1032718B1 .
- An object of the present disclosure is to provide an improved method for prediction of phase transformation processes, including solidification processes of a metal melt, and a sampling device which can be used in the method.
- a specific object is to provide increased reliability in predicting defects.
- a sampling device for sampling a liquid or viscous material.
- the sampling device comprises a receptacle, having a wall which is formed of a material having a higher melting point than that of the liquid or viscous material, and a probe channel extending from outside the receptacle and to the receptacle's center of gravity.
- the receptacle is substantially spherical.
- substantially is meant that the receptacle is formed as a sphere with a variation of less than 10 %, preferably less than 1 % or less than 0.5 % between a maximum radius and minimum radius. Moreover, it is meant that deviations from the perfect spherical shape are allowed by e.g. joint portions, where the device may be brazed, soldered or welded, and at openings.
- the wall may be a single wall having a thickness which is less than 5
- % of an inner radius of the receptacle preferably less than 2.5 % of the radius, preferably less than 1 .5 %.
- the channel may be formed by a tube, which extends through the wall.
- the channel may extend outwardly from the wall by a distance that is greater than a radius of the receptacle, preferably at least 200 % of the radius, at least 400 % of the radius or at least 600 % of the radius.
- the receptacle may present a liquid or viscous material entry opening.
- the receptacle may present only one opening.
- the sampling device may comprise a closure part for closing the liquid or viscous material entry opening.
- the closure part may be arranged freely on the inside of the liquid or viscous material entry opening.
- the term "arranged freely” means that the closure part is not attached to the receptacle. Hence, there is no hinge or other mechanism providing any guided connection between the receptacle and the closure part.
- the probe channel may extend through the closure. Hence, the position of the probe channel relative to the receptacle may be used to control an opening position of the closure part.
- the closure part may be substantially part spherical.
- the closure part is part spherical with the same radius as the receptacle. Hence, the closure part may provide as little impact as possible on the thermal field of the sample.
- the part spherical closure part may have a base surface that is greater than the opening.
- the sampling device may further comprise a splatter protection.
- the receptacle wall material may comprises at least 50 % of a constituent which also forms at least 50 % of the liquid or viscous material.
- the receptacle wall material may be selected from a group consisting of: a metallic material or a metal alloy, a polymeric material, a concrete material, and a glass material.
- a method of sampling a liquid or viscous material comprises at least partially submerging a sampling device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims into the liquid or viscous materialfor a time sufficient to fill the sampling device with the liquid or viscous material, withdrawing the thus filled sampling device from the liquid or viscous material and measuring at least one of a temperature in or on the sampling device and/or a deformation of the sampling device.
- the method may further comprise moving the sampling device to a measuring position.
- the method may further comprise tilting the sampling device while submerged in the liquid or viscous material.
- the method may further comprise measuring and recording a respective data series of core temperature, periphery temperature and periphery displacement during a phase transformation of the liquid or viscous material.
- the liquid or viscous material may be selected from a group consisting of a metallic material or a metal alloy, a polymeric material, a concrete material, and a glass material.
- a device for use in analyzing a phase transition process of a material comprises a gripping device for holding a spherical sample of the material, a core temperature measuring device for measuring a core temperature of the sample, a periphery temperature measuring device for measuring a
- a periphery displacement measuring device for measuring a respective displacement in a point on the periphery of the sample
- a processing device which is connected to the core temperature measuring device, the periphery temperature measuring device and the periphery displacement measuring device so as to receive a respective signal from said devices and to record a respective data series during a measurement period.
- the material may be a liquid or viscous material
- the device may further comprise a sampling device having a receptacle for receiving the sample of the liquid or viscous material, and the gripping device may be moveable between a collection position, wherein the sampling device is submerged in the material and a measuring position.
- the gripping device may comprise a heat insulator, adapted for preventing heat transfer from the sample.
- the periphery temperature measuring device may be arranged for measuring the periphery temperature in at least two, preferably four, different points on the periphery of the sample.
- the periphery displacement measuring device may be arranged for measuring the periphery displacement in at least two, preferably four, different points on the periphery of the sample.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a sample holder.
- Figs 2a-2d schematically illustrate steps of a sample collection and measurement method.
- Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method of analyzing a solidification process.
- Fig. 4 shows recorded and smoothed cooling curves in the central thermocouple (T c ) and the average outer temperature on the surface of the sample (T w ).
- Fig. 5 shows calculated volume change based on the measured diameter of the spherical sample.
- Fig. 6 shows calculated release of latent heat during solidification calculated by the Fourier Thermal Analyze method.
- Fig. 7 shows calculated change in pressure in the solidification interval represented as a function of temperature.
- phase transformation process in the form of a solidification process of a liquid metal melt transforming to solid phase.
- a sample holder 1 comprising a hollow receptacle 10, 1 1 , which presents a substantially spherical shape.
- the receptacle comprises a receptacle space 10, which is enclosed by a receptacle wall 1 1 .
- the receptacle may be spherical in that a radius R from a center C of the receptacle is the same for any direction inside the space 10.
- a radius R from a center C of the receptacle is the same for any direction inside the space 10.
- the radius may vary less than 10 %, preferably less than 1 % or less than 0.5 % between a maximum radius and a minimum radius.
- the receptacle wall 1 1 may be formed of a thin plate of a material having a higher melting point than the material that is to be sampled.
- the wall thickness Tw should be as small as possible. Where the receptacle is formed of a material that has a melting point that is close to that of the melt to be sampled, wall thickness Tw may be adapted to allow for a sufficient exposure time without collapsing.
- Typical wall thicknesses may be less than 3mm, less than 2 mm, less than 1 .5 mm, less than 1 mm, less than 0.75 mm or less than 0.5 mm.
- a sample holder for sampling an iron melt may be formed of a steel plate having higher carbon content than the iron melt.
- the receptacle may be formed by forging plate blanks into respective part-spherically shaped pieces and then assembling the pieces by e.g brazing, welding or soldering to form a hollow body having a sufficiently thin wall.
- Plate blanks may be forged or pressed into hemispheres or spherical lunes, which may be joined as mentioned above.
- the receptacle may be formed by casting or molding.
- the receptacle may be formed by metal spinning using a meltable or incinerable core of e.g. wax, polymer, or even ice, whereby a plate blank is shaped into a one piece spherical hollow body, after which the core is removed.
- a meltable or incinerable core of e.g. wax, polymer, or even ice
- An inside and/or outside of the receptacle may be surface treated to enhance or reduce adhesion of the melt that is to be sampled, or in order to protect the sample holder from premature degradation on contact with the melt.
- surface treatment may be provided in order to protect the receptacle surface from thermal shock, as would be the case with a graphite based surface coating.
- the receptacle 10 may have a single opening 12 through which the melt to be sampled may be let in and through which air may escape during such process.
- a cover member such as a lid 13 may be provided to cover the opening, prevent splashing and reduce heat flux at the opening 12, in order to keep the heat flux as even as possible over the receptacle surface.
- the cover member may be provided as a lid as illustrated in Fig. 1 .
- Such a lid 13 may be positioned on an inside of the receptacle and be given a shape of a segment of a sphere having a major diameter that is slightly greater than a major diameter of the opening 12. Hence, the size of the lid 13 may prevent it from leaving the receptacle through the opening 12.
- the lid could be attached to the receptacle by a hinge mechanism.
- a tube 15 extends to the center C of the receptacle space 10.
- the tube 15 may have an inner channel 14, which with a sufficient diameter for it to receive a temperature sensor and associated connection, such as wiring, for connecting the sensor to a measuring device.
- the tube 15 may extend into the space 10 to such an extent that a temperature sensor (not shown), when received in the channel 14, is positioned so as to provide a temperature reading at the center C of the receptacle.
- the tube 15 may extend to the center C of the receptacle, as illustrated in Fig. 1 .
- the tube 15 extends through the lid 13 and may be fixedly connected to the lid.
- the tube 15 may be prevented coming loose from the receptacle.
- the tube 15 may extend outside of the receptacle such that it can be gripped and used for example for holding the sample holder 1 when collecting the sample and/or when performing measurements on a collected sample.
- the tube 15 may be provided with a splash protection 16, which may prevent such splashing as may occur when air escapes out of the receptacle through the opening 12 when the sample holder is submerged into a metal melt.
- the splash protection may be provided in the form of a substantially flat disc.
- the tube 15 may extend through a wall 1 1 of the receptacle.
- a through hole through which the tube 15 extends into the space 10 may be spaced from the opening 12.
- the lid may be separate from the tube 15, as mentioned above.
- the lid may be dispensed with, e.g. provided the additional heat flux can be dealt with or ignored.
- a skeleton lid is provided, i.e. a lid which connects with the tube and prevents the tube from leaving the receptacle, but which has holes or openings that allow additional heat flux.
- protection 16 may be made of the same material.
- a sampling method will now be described, in which a sample holder 1 as described above may be used.
- sample collection may be performed by hand by simply lowering the sample holder receptacle into the melt until it has filled with molten metal and then withdrawing it and placing it in a measurement fixture.
- an automated sample collection device may be desirable.
- a device may comprise a holder gripping device 31 , a tilt joint 32 (which is optional), a holder cradle 33 and a guide rail 34, along which the cradle 33 may travel.
- the guide rail may be provided 34 with a first actuator (not shown) for causing the cradle 33 to travel along the guide rail 34 in a controlled manner.
- the cradle 33 and/or the tilt joint 32 may comprise a second actuator (not shown) for causing the gripping device 31 to tilt relative to the cradle 33.
- a measurement device 4 may be provided.
- the measurement device may be based on a programmable computer having an interface for connecting to a plurality of measurement probes 41 , 42, 43, 44.
- the measurement device may also comprise a controller that is arranged to provide signals for controlling the movements of the cradle 33 and/or the tilt joint 32.
- a sample collecting operation wherein a sample of liquid metal is collected from a vessel 2 may be performed as follows.
- a sample holder 1 is positioned to be held by the gripping device 31 .
- the tube 15, e.g. a free end thereof, may be grasped by the gripping device 31 .
- the gripping device 31 may be heat insulated so as to counteract heat transfer from the holder 1 .
- the gripping device may be formed of a material having very low heat conductivity, and the part of the gripping device engaging the holder 1 may be made as small as possible.
- a temperature probe 41 may be inserted into the channel 14 of the tube such that a sensing element is arranged at the center C of the space 10.
- the cradle 33 is displaced along the guide 34 such that the receptacle is submerged into the melt.
- the tube 15 and the lid which is attached thereto will shift downwardly relative to the opening 12, such that the liquid metal may flow into the space 10 through the opening 12.
- the sample holder 1 may be tilted by about 5 ° -30 ° in order to ensure that no air is trapped under the lid and the space 10 is completely filled with liquid metal.
- the sample holder 1 may be withdrawn and lifted from the liquid metal by the cradle 33 being displaced along the guide rail 34 to a measuring position. Before, during or after the withdrawal of the sample holder, any tilting may be reset such that the tube 15 is centered in the opening 12 and the lid 13 completely covers the opening 12.
- thermo and radial displacement will be measured and recorded at different spots on the receptacle wall 1 1 during a solidification period. Such measurement may commence immediately on the sample holder reaching the measuring position.
- four measurement spots may be provided with temperature and radial displacement being measured at each spot.
- temperature measurement spots and four radial displacement measurement spots are provided, each of which being spaced from a respective temperature measurement spot.
- Such displacement may be kept to a minimum, such as less than 1 cm, less than 0.5 cm or less than 0.25 cm.
- the temperatures and displacements may be recorded with a sampling rate of 0.5-20 Hz, preferably 5-10 Hz.
- the measurement, and thus the recording, may continue until the sample has reached a predetermined degree of solidification. If the
- predetermined degree of solidification may be where the solidification process has ended. The measurement may continue until a predetermined
- the time period that is analyzed may constitute a subset of the total measuring time.
- a first step 100 the sampling device containing melt is introduced into the measuring position and measurements of core temperature, four different surface temperatures and four different radial displacements are provided.
- each input data point may contain time, core temperature, first surface temperature, second surface temperature, third surface temperature, fourth surface temperature, first radial displacement, second radial displacement, third radial displacement and fourth radial displacement.
- a noise reduction algorithm may be applied to the measured data.
- a noise reduction algorithm may comprise a moving average or an interpolation algorithm. For example, for each point an average may be calculated based on the value in the point and in its neighboring points.
- each noise reduced data point may contain time, noise reduced core temperature, noise reduced first surface temperature, noise reduced second surface temperature, noise reduced third surface temperature, noise reduced fourth surface temperature, noise reduced first radial displacement, noise reduced second radial displacement, noise reduced third radial displacement and noise reduced fourth radial displacement.
- the surface temperatures T 2 may be averaged.
- an average may be calculated based on the four temperatures measured at the surface at each point in time.
- a temperature gradient may be provided based on the four points measured at each point in time, whereupon a difference in temperature between an actual temperature and a predicted temperature at one or more of the points may indicate that the receptacle is not entirely spherical and/or that the sensing element arranged at the center
- the material was melted in a 50-kg medium frequency induction furnace. The material was superheated to 1460 °C and held for 20 minutes. The material was provided with a strontium based inoculant where the added inoculant was 0.05 % by weight of the total melt. The inoculant was added in the stream while the metal was trapped to a two hand ladle at a temperature of 1440 °C. In a fourth step 130, the radial displacements are averaged.
- an average radial displacement may be calculated for each point in time.
- each data point may contain time, core temperature Ti, average peripheral temperature T 2 and average displacement R 2 .
- volume change of the sampling device is calculated based on the average displacement R 2 .
- release of latent heat during solidification q s (t) is calculated for a plurality of, or all, points in time.
- Z f (t) is termed the zero line since it coincides with the cooling curve when the source term is equal to zero, i.e. when the temperature is outside the solidification interval.
- the latent heat of solidification can be expressed as
- fM (t)dt (7)
- equation (4) the volumetric heat capacity is unknown and can for the general case of one solidifying new phase be expressed as a linear combination of the values at the beginning and the end of the solidification interval, i.e.
- the cooling rate can be determined from the experimental measurement.
- the Laplace operator can be approximated by a simple finite difference approximation for the 1 -D spherical case as shown in equation (14), involving the two measuring points.
- 2r fc ⁇ (14) where Ti and T 2 are the measured central and surface temperature.
- Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the released heat during solidification q s (t) as a function of time.
- a seventh step 150 the pressure in the inter granular liquid during solidification is calculated.
- a generally known formula from thermodynamics the Clapeyron equation (15) is used to calculate the pressure as a function of the local temperature, released latent heat and the volume change of the sample within the solidification interval.
- the outcome of the calculation ⁇ is the pressure variation during solidification as a function of temperature and is obtained by inserting the calculated heat release during solidification and the measured volume change.
- Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the pressure during the solidification as a fuction of temperature
- the main outcome of the calculation representing the pressure state variation under solidification is shown in Fig. 7.
- the solidification starts with a slow variation and increase of depression until the minimum pressure is reached at 1 185 ° C where the primary crystal coherency is expected.
- a release of the depression continue and a positive pressure is accumulated within the temperature interval 1 145 to 1 135 ° C corresponding the interval where the eutectic precipitation is dominated by graphite expansion.
- the last interval of the solidification develop once again a depression, deeper than during the primary austenite precipitation.
- the obtained solidification character can be interpreted as an alloy with a late depression which is not known from the literature and the max level of this negative spike can indicate the tendency for shrinkage porosity formation.
- the disclosure is directed to a phase transformation from liquid to solid phase of a metallic material.
- the method may be used for analyzing phase
- transformations from solid to solid in a material sample e.g. a metal or metal alloy, which may transform between different solid phases.
- the method may also be used to analyze phase transformations from solid to liquid, in which case the sample may need to be provided in a sample holder having sufficiently high melting point and the measurements may need to be provided in a temperature controlled, e.g. heated, environment.
- the method may be used to analyze multiple phase transitions, such as liquid-solid-solid phase transformations.
- the method and/or the sampling device may be used to analyze phase transformations in polymeric material, including phase transformations taking place during the "solidification” or “melting” of a thermoplastic material (i.e. a thermoplastic polymer or a thermoplastic elastomer, e.g. around a glass transition temperature or a melting
- thermosetting polymeric material a thermosetting polymeric material
- cross-linking of a rubber or rubber-like polymeric material a thermosetting polymeric material
- the method may be used to analyze a hardening process of a concrete material.
- the method may be used to analyze the melting and/or solidification process of a glass material.
- the material of the sampling device will be selected so as to be suitable for the material that is to be sampled.
Abstract
Description
Claims
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
PCT/EP2015/072424 WO2017054846A1 (en) | 2015-09-29 | 2015-09-29 | Sampling device and method for sampling a liquid or viscous material |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
EP3356782A1 true EP3356782A1 (en) | 2018-08-08 |
Family
ID=54199257
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
EP15770937.9A Withdrawn EP3356782A1 (en) | 2015-09-29 | 2015-09-29 | Sampling device and method for sampling a liquid or viscous material |
Country Status (2)
Country | Link |
---|---|
EP (1) | EP3356782A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2017054846A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
CN108627536B (en) * | 2018-04-04 | 2020-06-16 | 长安大学 | Method for estimating conduction heat effect of cast conductive asphalt concrete |
Family Cites Families (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
DE2507197A1 (en) * | 1975-02-20 | 1976-09-02 | Friedhelm Prof Dr Ing Kahn | High strength product casting system - has mould with inlet and air outlet openings immersed in melt and withdrawn as contents of mould start to solidify |
DE8707781U1 (en) * | 1987-06-01 | 1987-07-23 | Vsesojuznyj Naucno-Issledovatel'skij, Proektno-Konstruktorskij I Technologiceskij Institut Elektrotermiceskogo Oborudovanija, Moskau/Moskva, Su | |
SE9500297D0 (en) * | 1995-01-27 | 1995-01-27 | Sintercast Ab | A sampling device for thermal analysis |
SE506802C2 (en) * | 1996-03-18 | 1998-02-16 | Sintercast Ab | Process for producing compact graphite iron comprising a thermal analysis step |
SE9704208L (en) | 1997-11-17 | 1999-05-18 | Sintercast Ab | New procedure |
SE511376C2 (en) * | 1997-11-28 | 1999-09-20 | Sintercast Ab | Sampling device for thermal analysis of solidifying metal |
SE511655C2 (en) * | 1998-02-26 | 1999-11-01 | Novacast Ab | Device and method for thermal analysis of metal melts |
SE0104252D0 (en) * | 2001-12-17 | 2001-12-17 | Sintercast Ab | New device |
-
2015
- 2015-09-29 EP EP15770937.9A patent/EP3356782A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2015-09-29 WO PCT/EP2015/072424 patent/WO2017054846A1/en active Application Filing
Non-Patent Citations (2)
Title |
---|
None * |
See also references of WO2017054846A1 * |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
WO2017054846A1 (en) | 2017-04-06 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
Emadi et al. | Comparison of newtonian and fourier thermal analysis techniques for calculation of latent heat and solid fraction of aluminum alloys | |
Dour et al. | Development of a non-intrusive heat transfer coefficient gauge and its application to high pressure die casting: effect of the process parameters | |
Shabestari et al. | Thermal analysis study of the effect of the cooling rate on the microstructure and solidification parameters of 319 aluminum alloy | |
CN101303319B (en) | Texture thinning effect thermal analysis test method and apparatus for magnesium and magnesium alloy deteriorative processing | |
JPH0545643B2 (en) | ||
Stefanescu et al. | 90 years of thermal analysis as a control tool in the melting of cast iron | |
Djurdjevic et al. | Review of thermal analysis applications in aluminium casting plants | |
US4358948A (en) | Method and apparatus for predicting metallographic structure | |
Djurdjević et al. | Melt quality control at aluminum casting plants | |
US20100142585A1 (en) | Thermal analysis device | |
US10775328B2 (en) | Method of and device for analysing a phase transformation of a material | |
Caliari et al. | Fluidity of aluminium foundry alloys: Development of a testing procedure | |
EP3356782A1 (en) | Sampling device and method for sampling a liquid or viscous material | |
Larrañaga et al. | A computer-aided system for melt quality and shrinkage propensity evaluation based on the solidification process of ductile iron | |
EP3311157B1 (en) | Apparatus and method for analysis of molten metals | |
US5720553A (en) | Apparatus and process for rapid direct dip analysis of molten iron | |
CN105057608B (en) | A kind of apparatus and method detected for gravitational casting alloy critical solidification coefficient | |
RU2201966C2 (en) | Process of production of cast iron articles with compact graphite, method establishing quantity of structure modifying addition agent and gear for its implementation (versions), set to realize process of production of cast iron articles | |
JP2010042443A (en) | Apparatus for determining hot tearing susceptibility of metallic melt | |
Spittle et al. | The Niyama function and its proposed application to microporosity prediction | |
CN102430750B (en) | Method and device for carrying out online component detection and solidification structure control on magnesium alloy | |
WO2021255587A1 (en) | Apparatus for the analysis of non-ferrous metal alloys and particularly for 's.t.a.' type analyses, a system for the quality control of light alloys comprising such apparatus and a method of operation of such apparatus | |
Moravec et al. | Experimental casting of forging ingots from model material | |
Loizaga et al. | Thermal analysis applied to estimation of solidification kinetics of Al–Si aluminium alloys | |
GB1600876A (en) | Method and apparatus for prediciting metallographic structure |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION HAS BEEN MADE |
|
PUAI | Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012 |
|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION WAS MADE |
|
17P | Request for examination filed |
Effective date: 20180424 |
|
AK | Designated contracting states |
Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR |
|
AX | Request for extension of the european patent |
Extension state: BA ME |
|
DAV | Request for validation of the european patent (deleted) | ||
DAX | Request for extension of the european patent (deleted) | ||
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESS |
|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESS |
|
17Q | First examination report despatched |
Effective date: 20201118 |
|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: EXAMINATION IS IN PROGRESS |
|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN |
|
18D | Application deemed to be withdrawn |
Effective date: 20221208 |