Global Patent Index - EP 1242641 A1

EP 1242641 A1 20020925 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM-TITANIUM-BORON PREALLOY FOR USE AS A GRAIN REFINER

Title (en)

METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM-TITANIUM-BORON PREALLOY FOR USE AS A GRAIN REFINER

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER ALUMINIUM-TITAN-BOR-VORLEGIERUNG ALS KORNFEINUNGSMITTEL

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'UN PREALLIAGE D'ALUMINIUM-TITANE-BORE EN TANT QUE MOYEN D'AFFINAGE DU GRAIN

Publication

EP 1242641 A1 20020925 (DE)

Application

EP 00983193 A 20001130

Priority

  • EP 00983193 A 20001130
  • EP 0012015 W 20001130
  • EP 99811137 A 19991210

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0142521A1] The invention relates to a method for producing a grain refiner on the basis of an aluminum-titanium-boron prealloy. According to the inventive method, starting materials that contain Ti and B are introduced into an aluminum melt while TiB2 particles are formed, and the prealloy melt produced is allowed to solidify. The prealloy is set in motion at a temperature between the liquidus temperature (T<L>Al3Ti) of the Al3Ti phase and the solidus temperature (T<S>V) of the prealloy for a period ( DELTA td) sufficient to disperse the TiB2 particles in the melt. The melt is simultaneously cooled off at a first rate of cooling (v1) so that the TiB2 particles function as the nuclei for the Al3Ti phase that is formed below the liquidus temperature (T<L>Al3Ti) and the surface of the TiB2 particles is at least partially covered by an Al3Ti coating. The prealloy is then cooled off to a temperature below the solidus temperature (T<S>V) of the prealloy at a second rate of cooling (v2) that is higher than the first rate of cooling (v1). The inventive method is especially useful in the production of grain refiners for the grain refinement of aluminum and aluminum alloys.

IPC 1-7

C22C 1/02; C22C 1/03; C22C 21/00

IPC 8 full level

C22C 1/02 (2006.01); C22C 1/03 (2006.01); C22C 21/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C22C 1/026 (2013.01 - EP US); C22C 1/03 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0142521A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0142521 A1 20010614; WO 0142521 A8 20010712; CA 2394485 A1 20010614; DE 50005366 D1 20040325; EP 1114875 A1 20010711; EP 1242641 A1 20020925; EP 1242641 B1 20040218; US 2003075020 A1 20030424

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0012015 W 20001130; CA 2394485 A 20001130; DE 50005366 T 20001130; EP 00983193 A 20001130; EP 99811137 A 19991210; US 14865902 A 20020903