• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.147-150
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• 2010

An eco-friendly production technique of Al-8.6Ti-0.025C refiner was developed by melting a Al-Ti master alloy in a graphite crucible, in which the potential nucleation site, TiC effectively formed by the spontaneous in-situ reaction between excessive Ti and carbon from graphite crucible. The A3003 alloy refined by the Al-8.6Ti-0.025C showed effectively refined macrostructure and enhanced mechanical properties comparable to the commercial Al-Ti-B refiner. The effective refinement was achieved in a shorter compare to the melt-treating time commercial Al-Ti-B refiner.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.1565-1574
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• 2011

Scheduling of die casting is a procedure of determining quantities of cast products so as to optimize a predetermined performance criterion. This paper presents a novel scheme of preventing product shortage raised by defective castings when die casting scheduling is applied to real casting operations. The previously developed linear programming (LP) model for die casting scheduling maximizes the average efficiency of melting furnaces in regard of the usage of molten alloy. However, the LP model is not able to cope with the problem of defective products occurring in the casting process. The proposed scheme is that whenever defective products are found in a shift, the foundryman produces additional cast products using the residue of molten alloy left at the end of the next shift. Neither the calculated amount of molten alloy nor the scheduling result of the LP model does not have to be altered for this method. The simulation result demonstrates the superiority and applicability of the newly proposed scheme.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.347-352
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• 2019

This study focused on improving the cast quality of small-sized induction motor rotors during the die casting process. A new rotor core cast model was proposed based on previous research results and parametric studies. Numerical analyses using 3-dimensional half models were performed to evaluate the filling patterns of aluminum molten metals into a mold and on-site experiment performed to verify the newly proposed cast model. The following were obtained from numerical filling analyses and experimental results. First, molten metals started to fill the lower end ring, then moved on to fill the core slot and upper end ring and finally stopped to fill at the rotor core slot. Second, significant circulation of molten metals was not observed on the lower end ring, resulting in fewer defects at the section of the lower end ring from the experimental results. Third, the new shape of a rotor core cast was effective in producing rotors with sound cast quality, and reducing the end ring cast defect area by approximately 70 %.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.714-721
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• 2016

This paper proposes a simple process to fabricate tin and brass metal discs with a large surface area from molten droplets for the wet-refining process of nonferrous metals by assuming they have precious metal elements. To optimize the droplet condition in a graphite crucible, the appropriate nozzle size was determined using a simulation program (STAR-CCM+) by varying the diameters (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mm). The simulation results showed that both tin and brass do not fall out with a 0.5 mm diameter nozzle but they do fall out in continuous ribbon mode with a 2.0 mm nozzle. Only the 1.0mm nozzle was expected to fabricate droplets. Finally, solidified metal discs were fabricated successfully with the 1.0 mm nozzle within 10 minutes by impacting the droplets with a cooling water flowing over a Ti plate placed at the $40^{\circ}$ falling direction. The weight, average thickness, and surface area of the tin discs were 0.15 g, $107.8{\mu}m$, and $3.71cm^2$, respectively. The brass discs were 1.16 g, $129.15{\mu}m$, and $23.98cm^2$, respectively. The surface area of the tin and brass disc were 8.2 and 17.6 times the size of the tin and brass droplets, respectively. This process for precious metal extraction is expected to save cost and time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.657-658
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1995.11a
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• pp.119-119
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• 1995

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.24-25
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.75-75
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• 1997

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.426-437
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• 1997

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.824-827
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• 2002

12inch 이상의 웨이퍼 성장에는 실리콘 용탕의 대류를 억제하여 웨이퍼의 순도를 높이기 위해 자기장 특히, 웨이퍼의 성장방향에 수직인 '수평자장'을 인가하는 방법이 사용된다. 현재 '자기장인가 방식', 특히 초전도를 사용한 자장인가 방식이 직경 1600mm에 이르는 용탕의 용액을 제어하는 유일한 방법으로 받아들여지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 12inch 실리콘 웨이퍼 성장용 초전도 마그네트 개발의 전단계로 개발중인 8inch 웨이퍼 성장용 수평자장형 초전도마그네트의 제작과정과 성능평가 결과에 대해 다루었다. 본 연구를 통해 액체헬륨의 증발을 최소화하기 위한 재응축형 극저온 용기에 대한 기술이 개발 되었으며, diode를 이용한 ��치보호부, HTS 전류리드의 ��치 protection부 등의 부속기술이 개발되었다. 초전도 마그네트는 내경 1400mm의 saddle type으로 이의 제작에 있어 많은 기술적 난재들을 경험해야 했다. 전체 시스템에 대한 성능평가 결과, 극저온용기 및 부속장치에 대한 결과는 만족스러웠으나, 코일부의 성능은 계획한 목표에 미치지 못했다.