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A Study of Process factors on the Recycling of Reactive Metal Scraps in Plasma Arc Remelting

Plasma Arc Remelting에서 활성 금속 Scrap 재활용에 미치는 공정인자의 연구

  • Jung, Jae-Young (Automobile Parts & Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Sohn, Ho-Sang (Automobile Parts & Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University)
  • 정재영 (경북대학교 자동차부품소재연구소) ;
  • 손호상 (경북대학교 자동차부품소재연구소)
  • Received : 2017.08.08
  • Accepted : 2017.10.23
  • Published : 2017.12.31

Abstract

In this study, plasma arc remelting behaviors according to arc current, arc voltage, and types of plasma gas were investigated using Kroll processed Ti sponges as anode. In the discharge pressure range of vacuum pump ($200{\sim}300kgf/cm^2$), the arc voltage did not vary greatly with the increase of discharge pressure at a given arc length. This means that the pressure in the vacuum chamber during operation hardly changes and the atmospheric pressure maintains. Under various conditions of arc currents (700~900A), the arc voltage slightly increased with arc current. The effects of anode materials and operational variables on the arc length-arc voltage relationship were compared with the results in previous studies. When the atmospheric gas changed from argon to helium, double effect of improvement on the output of the steady state was observed. The increase of output in the plasma arc device was accompanied by an increase in the melting rate of the Ti sponge and the quality of the ingot surface was also improved. The plasma arc remelting of the new scrap titanium and the old scrap zirconium alloy could result in the fabrication of an ingot with high surface quality.

본 연구에서는 anode로 Kroll 공정 처리된 Ti 스폰지를 사용하여 아크 전류, 아크 전압, 플라즈마 가스 종류에 따른 플라즈마 아크 재용해 거동을 조사하였다. 진공펌프의 토출 압력 범위($200{\sim}300kgf/cm^2$)에서는 토출 압력 증가에 따라 주어진 아크 길이에서 아크 전압이 크게 달라지지 않았다. 이것은 작업하는 동안 진공챔버내 압력이 거의 변화하지 않고, 주어진 분위기 압력을 잘 유지함을 의미한다. 여러가지 아크 전류 조건(700~900A)에서, 아크 전류 증가에 따라 아크 전압이 약간 증가하였고, anode 재료변화에 대한 효과도 이전 연구결과와 비교하였다. 분위기 가스가 Ar에서 He으로 변경되는 경우에는 정상상태의 출력이 2배 정도 향상되는 효과가 관찰되었다. 플라즈마 아크 장치의 출력 증가는 Ti 스폰지의 재용해 속도 증가와 함께 잉곳 표면도 양호해졌다. New 스크랩인 타이타늄과 old 스크랩인 지르코늄 합금을 플라즈마 아크 재용해한 결과, 매우 양호한 표면을 갖는 잉곳을 제조할 수 있었다.

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