Recent Developments and Future Potentials of Near Net Shape Casting Belt Casting Technology
Recent Developments and Future Potentials of Near Net Shape Casting Belt Casting Technology
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近终形连铸带式连铸技术的最新进展及未来潜力
DOI:
10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.638-642.3622
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发表时间:
2010
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M. Schäperkötter
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作者:
H. Fischer;M. Schäperkötter
In case that the demands for car body steels and chassis steels are the standard for the assessment whether or not a new car body steel is fit for use, than the material costs are the main criteria for the material selection. Other criteria are the availability of such new steels, the degree of ripeness as well as the workability within existing automotive production technologies. Especially for the last point the forming technology as well as the welding technology, here all thermal welding technologies, are key factors and play an important role, whether or not a new car body steel will find its way in the car. Other important points are the reliability with regards to the crash performance, the fatigue life time and the corrosion resistance and not to forget the requests for paintability with regards to surface quality and corrosion protection. A new class of car body steels discussed in this paper combines excellent formability with highest strength. Such HSD-steels (HSD = High strength and ductility) offer a tremendous range of possible applications e.g. improved or stage reduced production technologies. The reachable high strengths of HSD-steels enable a possible reduction in sheet metal thickness and can therefore safe weight. An improved safety aspect can be derived from the fact, that HSD-steels show high values for total elongation and with the fact that after forming a component still have a high residual elongation; facts that improve the energy absorption in a crash situation. Not to forget, that HSD-steels offer additional weight saving potential due to there lower density (decreased by 5%). All those aspects common is the fact that the full potential of such a new class of car body steels can only be reached, when those distinctive features are already considered in the component design phase. From a technological point of view HSD-steels offer a great range of applications. Kuntz [1] shows some possibilities for an exemplary use in a mid size car body. Such HSD-steels can not be produced by a conventional production route in a steel plant. Especially due to the fact that -the elements of the chemical composition could interact with the casting powder, lower the casting-viscosity and are segregating elements by itself as well as the fact that the produced HSD-steel has a decreased high-temperature deformability and needs high bending forces -a new steel casting and steel production process is needed.