ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Conventional production process of magnesium alloy strips involves many steps,including multi-hot rolling and multi-heat treatment, which is time-consuming and needs high energycost. By use of thin strip casting, magnesium alloy cast strip with a thickness of less than 8mm can beproduced and then rolled to the strip of the needed thickness, which is a short, energy saving and higheffective process. In this paper, development of magnesium alloy strips prepared by single and twinroll casting has been summarized. Existing problems have been discussed and its developmenttrends pointed out. Magnesium alloy strips prepared by single roll casting are suitable forMg-based functional materials but not for structural materials because of low quality or high cost.Horizontal twin roll casting of magnesium alloy, based on aluminium alloy thin strip casting, hasbeen industrialized in Australia and is close to industrialization in China. Vertical twin roll casting ofmagnesium alloy, based on steel thin strip casting, can reach a speed of more than 30m/min andhigher productivity, but the process stability is lower and its research and development is justbeginning. Horizontal twin roll casting should be developed for the thicker cast strip, more than 4mmthick, while vertical twin roll casting for the thinner, less than 4mm
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/16/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.546-549.361.pdf
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