Device and method for plasma arc melting through magnetostatic soft-contact stirring and compounding

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11057966-B2
Application number	US-201916502497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2019
Priority date	Jul 4, 2018
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

The present invention discloses a device for plasma arc melting through magnetostatic soft-contact stirring and compounding, which includes a furnace body, where a water-cooled copper crucible and a tungsten electrode are mounted in the furnace body, the tungsten electrode is located above the water-cooled copper crucible, and a groove for containing a metal raw material is opened in the water-cooled copper crucible; and a drive shaft penetrates through a side wall of the water-cooled copper crucible, one end, located at the exterior of the water-cooled copper crucible, of the drive shaft is connected with a stepper motor, one end, located in the water-cooled copper crucible, of the drive shaft is sleeved with two rotary tables, magnets having reverse magnetisms are interleaved in the rotary table, and the rotary tables are located on two sides of the groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for plasma arc melting through magnetostatic soft-contact stirring and compounding, wherein the device comprises a furnace body, a water-cooled copper crucible and a tungsten electrode are mounted in the furnace body, the tungsten electrode is located above the water-cooled copper crucible, and a groove for containing a metal raw material is opened in the water-cooled copper crucible; and a drive shaft penetrates through a side wall of the water-cooled copper crucible, one end, located at the exterior of the water-cooled copper crucible, of the drive shaft is connected with a stepper motor, one end, located in the water-cooled copper crucible, of the drive shaft is sleeved with two rotary tables, magnets having reverse magnetisms are interleaved in the rotary table, and the rotary tables are located on two sides of the groove.

2. The device for plasma arc melting through magnetostatic soft-contact stirring and compounding according to claim 1 , wherein the two rotary tables are fixed to the drive shaft in a splayed shape.

3. The device for plasma arc melting through magnetostatic soft-contact stirring and compounding according to claim 2 , wherein an included angle between the two rotary tables is 60 degrees.

4. The device for plasma arc melting through magnetostatic soft-contact stirring and compounding according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of same mounting slots are opened in a side face of the rotary table around the center, and the magnet is embedded in the mounting slot of the rotary table.

5. A method for plasma arc melting through magnetostatic soft-contact stirring and compounding, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
step 1: assembling a device, specifically assembling a furnace body, a tungsten electrode, a water-cooled copper crucible, magnets, rotary tables, a drive shaft and a stepper motor according requirements, and after the assemble is completed, commissioning the device;
step 2: placing a metal raw material in the water-cooled copper crucible after the commissioning of the device is completed;
step 3: starting the tungsten electrode to conduct plasma arc melting on the metal raw material in the water-cooled copper crucible; and
step 4: starting the stepper motor to drive the rotary tables on the drive shaft to rotate so as to generate an alternating magnetic field and then to generate an electromagnetic force, wherein the electromagnetic force is acted on the unmelted metal raw material at the bottom of the water-cooled copper crucible to push the unmelted metal raw material to move such that the unmelted metal raw material at the bottom is in contact with the plasma arc to be melted, and at this time, the melting is completed.

Assignees

• Univ Shanghai

Inventors

• Ren Zhongming
• Yu Jianbo
• Li Xia
• Yang Fan
• Liu Liang
• Zhang Yujia
• Kong Yang

Classifications

• C22B9/20 Primary

  Arc remelting · CPC title

• F27D11/08

  Heating by electric discharge, e.g. arc discharge · CPC title

• H05B6/24 Primary

  Crucible furnaces (H05B6/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C22C1/02

  by melting {(C22C1/1036 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F27B14/14

  Arrangements of heating devices · CPC title