采用蛇形通道制备较大容量的A356铝合金半固态浆料,对制备的半固态浆料的整体组织和管道冷却能力对组织的影响进行研究。结果表明,采用冷却能力良好的蛇形通道可制备出理想的较大容量半固态A356铝合金浆料。蛇形通道连续通冷却水时,较大容量半固态A356铝合金浆料轴向和径向的组织均由颗粒状的初生相组成,浆料的整体均匀性良好;而未通冷却水的蛇形通道只能在较大容量浆料的心、中部获得颗粒状初生相,靠近浆料的边部区域则主要为树枝状初生相,整个浆料径向的组织不均匀。浇注温度达到680°C,可以解决合金熔体在浇注过程中容易堵塞的问题。
The integral microstructure of semisolid A356 alloy slurry with larger capacity cast by serpentine channel was studied and the influence of cooling ability of serpentine channel on the microstructure was investigated. The results indicate that ideal slurry with larger capacity can be prepared through serpentine channel with good cooling ability. When the serpentine channel was continuously cooled, both the longitudinal and the radial microstructure of the slurry was composed of granular primary phase and the integral microstructure uniformity of the slurry was good. However, uncooled serpentine channel can only produce larger slurry with fine grains in positions adjacent to its centre and with a large number of dendrites in positions close to its edge, thus, the radial microstructure of larger slurry is nonuniform. The pouring temperature is set up to 680 °C and the solid shell inside the channel can be avoided at this pouring temperature.