Patent Application
20120276387
The present invention relates to a high-temperature assembly such as a tundish upper nozzle, production method of high-temperature assembly and the heat-resistant sealing material used for these.
The gas blowing nozzle performing a gas bubbling by flowing the gas into a metal bath such as molten bath has been used. The gas blowing nozzle comprises a refractory material with gas channel for flowing the gas and an iron cover which surrounds the refractory material. (patent document 1). However, the improvement of sealing property at the boundary area between the refractory material and the iron cover has been requested. In addition the molten bath nozzle for passing a molten bath such as molten steel has been provided. The molten bath nozzle comprises a refractory material with molten bath channel for passing the gas and a iron cover surrounding the refractory material. In this case the improvement on sealing property at the boundary area between the refractory material and the iron cover has been also requested.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. JP2007-262471
The present invention is to provide the high-temperature assembly favorable for improving sealing property at the boundary area between the first and second members which are used in high temperature environment of heating, production method of the high-temperature assembly and heat-resistant sealing material.
The high-temperature assembly according to the present invention, being used in high temperature, comprises at least first and second members and a heat-resistant sealing material provided at a boundary area between said first and second members, characterized in that said heat-resistant sealing material comprises first and second ceramic particles as effective ingredients forming a ceramics, the volume of which increases when the first and the second ceramic particles are synthesized. The comprising as effective elements means to comprise as a ceramic particles forming a ceramics the volume of which increases when the ceramics is synthesized (baked). The high-temperature assembly is used in high temperature area, for example, 800˜2000° C. For example, the heat-resistant sealing material is heated in the high temperature area, for example, 800˜2000° C. for a long time.
The method for producing a high-temperature assembly according to the present invention is characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:
The ceramic material of the present invention is a heat-resistant sealing material located at the boundary area between the first and second members and it is characterized with comprising the first and second ceramic particles as effective elements to form a ceramics the volume of which increases when the ceramics are synthesized (baked).
As explained above, the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing (before baking) is interposed at a boundary area between the first and second members. Under such state, the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing (before baking) is heated and baked at least at one of a using temperature of said assembly at use, a heating temperature of said assembly before use and a heating temperature of said assembly before loading. The ceramics is formed by synthesizing (baking) the first and second ceramic particles constituting the heat-resistant sealing material to seal the boundary area between the first and second members of the assembly. In this case, the heat-resistant sealing material expands and forms a sealing layer. The expansion of the sealing layer remains. The sealing property between the boundary of first member and second member can be enhanced due to the residual expansion of the sealing layer. For example, the heating temperature (temperature at use) of the assembly falls in a high temperature range, for example in the range between 800˜2000° C. Accordingly, the first and second ceramic particles contained in the heat-resistant sealing material form a ceramics (for example, mullite and spinel, etc) the volume of which increases more than the volume before the reaction because the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing interposed at the boundary area between the first and second members is also heated at the high temperature.
As explained above, according to the present invention, the first and second ceramic particles which constitute the heat-resistant sealing material are synthesized (baked, calcined) and form a ceramics thereby to seal the boundary area between the first and second members of said assembly. In this case, the sealing performance at the boundary area between the first and second members can be improved. The heat-resistant sealing material can be coated directly on a member which is required to have a high sealing property before synthesizing because the heat-resistant sealing material is a heat-resistant sealing agent before synthesizing. When the heat-resistant sealing material is baked, the heat-resistant sealing material expands and forms a sealing layer with residual expansion thereof. The heat-resistant sealing material expands (residual expansion) and enhances the sealing effect at the gap. As for the baking (synthesizing) of the heat-resistant sealing part, it may be heated and baked at the temperature of the high temperature assembly at use. Otherwise, it may be heated and baked at the stage before the use of high temperature assembly and at the stage before loading into the factory of high temperature assembly. In addition, heating and baking at the temperature of high temperature assembly at use can simplify and facilitate the total process because the baking process of heating and baking the heat-resistant sealing part can be omitted.
1 is an upper porous refractory material, 2 is a lower porous refractory material, 3 is a dense refractory material, 3a is an upper dense refractory material, 3b is a lower dense refractory material, 4 is an upper gas induction channel, 5 is a lower gas induction channel, 6 is an exterior iron cover, 7 is a channel, 8 is a sealing layer and 9 is an iron cover.
According to the heat-resistant sealing material of the present invention, the ceramics the volume of which increases is preferably a mullite. In this case, it is preferable that the first ceramic particle is formed of silica and the second ceramic particle is formed of alumina. In this case, mullite is synthesized (baked, calcined) according to the chemical reaction shown in the following formula (1)
2SiO2+3Al2O3→3Al2O3·2SiO2 (mullite) (1)
The volume of the synthesized mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) increases more than the volume thereof before the reaction. In this case, pores in the sealing agent tend to be closed. When the formula (1) is considered, it is preferable that the heat-resistant sealing material comprises more alumina (Al2O3) than silica (SiO2) in terms of the mass ratio (mole ratio).
For example, the heat-resistant sealing material can be formed by mixing the material containing silica (SiO2) and more alumina (Al2O3) than SiO2 with the dispersion medium such as water.
In addition, the ceramics, the volume of which increases when the ceramics is synthesized, is preferably a spinel. In this case, it is preferable that the first ceramic particle is formed of magnesia and the second ceramic particle is formed of alumina. In this case, spinel is synthesized (baked, calcined) according to the chemical reaction shown in the following formula (2).
MgO+Al2O3→MgO·Al2O3 (spinel) (2)
The volume of the synthesized spinel (MgO·Al2O3) expands more than the volume thereof before the reaction.
The particle diameter of one of the first and second ceramic particles which constitute the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing is set to preferably 30 μm or less. In this case, the particle diameter of one of the first and second ceramic particles is preferably set to either 30 μm or less, 20 μm or less or 10 μm or less, and is set especially preferable to 5 μm or less. The reactivity can be raised when the particle diameter is smaller. When the particle diameter of the other of the first and second ceramic particles is preferably set to either 200 μm or less, 100 μm or less, 50 μm or less, 30 μm or less, and is set especially preferable to 20 μm or less. The thickness of the sealing layer made with the heat-resistant sealing material before and after synthesizing is for example set to 0.2˜20 mm and 0.2˜10 mm although such thickness depends on the. condition of use, the size or the type of the high temperature assembly.
The high temperature assembly of the present invention comprises a first member, a second member, and a heat-resistant sealing material located at a boundary area between the first member and the second member used in high temperature area. The heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing comprises the first and second ceramic particles as effective elements to form a ceramics the volume of which increases when synthesized. The sealability or the sealing performance at the boundary area between the first and second members is enhanced as the volume of the ceramics increases. With regard to the selection of combination of the first and second members, the combination of a refractory material and a metal, a refractory material and a refractory material, and a metal and a metal are exemplified. As far as the metal is concerned, carbon steel, alloy steel, cast iron, cast steel, titan, titan alloy, aluminum and aluminum alloy can be used. The thermal conductivity to the heat-resistant sealing material is heightened when the metal exists for the combination of the first and second members. As far as the refractory material, it is taken for example at least one of a porous refractory material and a dense refractory material. The metal has at least one of tube shape, box shape, wall shape and panel shape for example.
The heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing may comprise at least one of kyanite and andalusite mixed in response to the necessity in the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing. Kyanite and andalusite are the ores of sillimanite series. Here, assuming that the content of the ceramics in the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing is 100%, 0.01˜40% of mass ratio of at least either of a kyanite or an andalusite can be adopted. The sealing performance of the sealing layer can be improved because kyanite and andalusite expand respectively when they are heated. It is considered that the sillimanite series ores become mullite and silica when it is synthesized by heating. The volume of mullite changes (expansion) because the specific gravity thereof is smaller than that of the sillimanite series ores. The bigger the residual expansion is, the bigger the particle diameters of the kyanite and andalusite are, and the effect derived from the residual expansion cannot be obtained when the particle diameter is small.
Hereinafter, the first embodiment 1 of the present invention is explained with reference to
The upper gas induction pipe 4 is formed such that the edge 4a of the upper gas induction pipe 4 may face upwards along the outer periphery of the dense refractory material 3. The edge 4a of the upper gas induction pipe 4 is connected to the exterior part 1p of the upper porous refractory material 1, through a gas pool 18 having ring shape or tubular shape. The gas leakage is prevented since the sealing layer 8c is formed by filling the heat-resistant sealing material as same with the sealing layer 8 at a boundary area between the inner periphery of the iron cover 9 and the outer periphery of the dense refractory material. The lower gas induction pipe 5 is formed with the edge 5a thereof facing horizontally and is connected with the exterior part 2p of the lower porous refractory material 2 through the ring shaped gas pool 19. The upper porous refractory material 1 and the lower porous refractory material 2 have many connecting fine pores which can pass the gas therethrough and are preferably made of same or same series of material. Alumina series, magnesia series and zirconia series can be exemplified as examples of material. The dense refractory material 3 and the sub dense refractory material 16 are formed of a refractory material baked so as to have high density and having extremely low porosity, low gas penetrative performance, high density and high strength, different from the characteristics of the non-baked castable layer. In other words, the dense refractory material 3 has density due to the gas penetrative performance lower than the performance of the upper porous refractory material 1 and lower porous refractory material 2. The “low gas penetrative performance” means lower gas penetrative performance in the thickness direction under the same thickness condition.
The heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing which forms the sealing layer 8, 8c and 17 comprises alumina (Al2O3) and silica (SiO2) as main elements (effective elements). With regard to composition of the heat-resistant sealing material, it is desirable to comprise more alumina (Al2O3) than silica (SiO2) in mass ratio (mole ratio). For example, the silica (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3) the volume of which is more than that of silica (SiO2) are mixed together to form the heat-resistant sealing material. And the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing is applied to the boundary area between the lower surface 3d of the upper dense refractory material 3a (the first member) and the upper surface 3u of the lower dense refractory material 3b (the second member). Thus the sealing agent before synthesizing is coated at the boundary area. When the blowing nozzle is used in this state, the blowing nozzle is maintained in high temperature area. In this case, for example, the molten metal in high temperature, about 1400˜1600° C. flows through the channel 7 in the arrow direction A1. Thus during the use of the high temperature assembly, the following reaction represented by the formula (1) is taken place at the sealing agent by the influence of heat from the high temperature molten metal. Since the iron covers 6, and 9 and the refractory materials 1, 2, 3a, 3b, and 16 have thermally conductive property, these can contribute to heating of the heat-resistant sealing material.
2SiO2+3Al2O3→3Al2O3·2SiO2 (1)
As shown in the formula (1), mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) in SiO2 of mole ratio 2 and Al2O3 in mole ratio 3 is synthesized. The volume of the synthesized 3Al2O3·2SiO2 (mullite) expands more than the volume thereof before the reaction. When the sealing layer 8, 8c and 17 made of the mullite are observed with microscope, the pores in sealing layers 8, 8c and 17 are closed. Thus the heating process of synthesizing does not have to be performed separately, because mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) is synthesized and the volume of mullite expands more than the volume thereof before the reaction due to the heat generated during the use of the gas blowing nozzle as a high temperature assembly. Here, the smaller the particle diameters of silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are, the easier the synthesizing reaction in formula (1) occurs. Accordingly it is preferable to reduce the diameters of the silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) as smaller as possible. It is preferable to prepare the particle diameters of silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) to be either 100 μm or less, 30 μm or less, 10 μm or less, or 3 μm or less, and is desirably set to 1 μm or less.
According to one example pattern, the particulate diameter of the silica particle (SiO2) is set to 3 μm or less, or 1 μm or less, and the particulate diameter of the alumina particle (Al2O3) is set to 75 to 1 m or less in consideration of high density filling to the sealing layers 8, 8c and 17. Here, in the composition of the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing, the silica (SiO2) being 5˜50 mass % and the remained part being alumina (Al2O3) are desirable in terms of volume expansion. In addition, it is more desirable when the silica (SiO2) is set to 10˜20 mass % and the remained part contains alumina (Al2O3). It is preferable that the ceramics of the sealing agent before the synthesizing has 95% or more, 98% or more or 100% or more actually in summed mass ratio of alumina and silica. Therefore, it is considered to be preferable for the heat-resistant sealing material before the baking (before synthesizing reaction) not to comprise other elements such as magnesia, zirconia.
Accordingly, the composition of the ceramics of heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing may be proposed for samples as (a)˜(e). However, the composition is not limited thereto within the scope of the invention.
Next, the gas flow during the use of the gas blowing nozzle in continuous casting process according to this embodiment will be explained. A molten metal such as a molten steel in the tundish which transfers from a ladle flows towards the continuous caster during use, but the molten metal flows downwards (the direction of arrow A1 shown in
Since the dense refractory material 3 is made of a baked dense refractory material, which is different from non-baked castable, the dense refractory material 3 has smaller porosity and smaller gas penetration property than the porous refractory materials 1, 2, but a minute amount of gas may penetrate therethrough. In other words, a part of the gas supplied to the upper porous refractory material 1 may penetrate through the upper dense refractory material 3a and may be going to leak to the lower dense refractory material 3b. Similarly, a part of the gas supplied to the lower porous refractory material 2 may penetrate through the lower dense refractory material 3b and may be going to leak to the upper dense refractory material 3a. On the other hand, according to this embodiment, shown in
In addition, the heat-resistant sealing material forming the sealing layer 8 has a composition with difficulties in creating a gap between the upper dense refractory material 3a and lower dense refractory material 3b because the volume increases by baking (synthesizing). Accordingly, leakage of the gas from sealing layer 8 can be prevented even under a high temperature use. In addition, iron cover 9 surrounding the exterior face of the upper dense refractory material 3a, lower dense refractory material 3b and lower porous refractory material 2 is installed. It inhibits the gas from flowing along the exterior of the upper dense refractory material 3a, lower dense refractory material 3b and lower porous heat-resistant sealing material 2 because the outer periphery rim 8p of the sealing layer 8 is in contact with the interior wall of iron cover 9. Accordingly, it becomes more advantageous for supplying the gas to upper porous refractory material 1 and lower porous refractory material 2 independently. In addition, sealing layer 8c formed of the same heat-resistant sealing material as the sealing layer 8 is filled between the iron cover 9 and dense refractory material 3 which is in contact with the pipe 4. Thus the gas is not exposed through the exterior of the pipe 4. Accordingly, the gas supply can be performed more independently than the upper porous refractory material 1 and lower porous refractory material 2.
According to this embodiment, the set of an upper part comprising the upper porous refractory material 1 and upper dense heat-resistant sealing material 3a and the set of a lower part comprising the lower porous refractory material 2 and lower dense refractory material 3b can be assembled by gluing with the heat-resistant sealing material constituting the sealing layer 8, as the heat-resistant sealing material fills the gap between the upper dense heat-resistant sealing material 3a and the lower dense refractory material 3b. In addition, according to this embodiment, as explained above, the sealing layer 17 formed of the heat-resistant sealing material is interposed between the iron cover 6 (one of the first and second members.) and iron cover 9 (the other of the first and second members.). The refractory material forming the sealing layer 17 comprises the silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) as effective elements.
The sealing layer 20 is formed by coating the heat-resistant sealing material at the boundary area of the lower part 6d of external iron cover 6 (one of the first and second members) and the lower porous refractory material 2 (the other of the first and second members). Moreover, the sealing layer 25 is formed by coating the heat-resistant sealing material at the boundary area between the internal circumference of upper part 6u of the exterior iron cover 6 (the first member) and the exterior of the sub dense refractory material 16 (the second member). And the sealing agent constituting the sealing layers 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 are made of heat-resistant sealing material as explained above. The sealing layers 8, 8c, 17, 20, 25 are heated at high temperature by transferring heat from molten metal such as molten steel as the molten metal passes through the channel 7 in the high temperature molten steel when using the gas blowing nozzle. Therefore, the silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) constituting the corresponding sealing agent synthesize mullite and expand in the thickness direction relative to the sealing layer. Owing to this structure, the sealing property of the above described sealing layers 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 are heightened. In addition, as described in detail above, even though the sealing layers 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 are formed with the heat-resistant sealing material according to this embodiment, but without limitation thereto, at least one of the sealing layers 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 may be formed of the heat-resistant sealing material according to this embodiment and others may be formed of known sealing agent (mortar and etc).
This embodiment 3 has the same constitution and functional effect with embodiment 1 and 2 basically. Assuming that the ceramics in the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing is 100%, in mass ratio, the ceramics comprises 0.1˜30% of silica particle (SiO2), 50˜70% of alumina particle (Al2O3), and 0.1˜20% (0.1˜10%, 0.1˜50%) of one or two particle of andalusite and kyanite. As the andalusite and kyanite (called also as kayanite.), being aluminum silicate (Al2SiO5), expand when heated, they expand during the use and the sealing property can be heightened. The particle diameter of the andalusite or kyanite can be selected when necessary, and 1˜1000 μm, 1˜100 μm and 5˜50 μm can be taken as examples, but not limited thereto. The larger the particle diameters of kyanite and andalusite are, the bigger the residual expansion. The effect of residual expansion is hardly obtained when the particle diameter is small. Depending on the situation, the mixing ratio of the andalusite particle and/or kyanite particle can be made in 1˜30% of mass ratio. The uniform texture is hardly obtained when the particles of the andalusite and kyanite are too big. In addition, it is considered that the expansion continues due to the increase of change ratio of the residual expansion curve after baking when the adding quantity of andalusite or kyanite increase. However, when the adding quantity of the andalusite or kyanite increase excessively, the residual expansion enlarges too much, and the texture may be weakened as the expansion continues thereby generating delamination.
MgO+Al2O3→MgO·Al2O3 (2)
The spinel is synthesized with MgO of mole ratio 1 and Al2O3 of mole ratio 1. The volume of spinel (MgO·Al2O3) expands than before the reaction. The heating process (synthesizing process) does not have to be performed independently because spinel is synthesized (baked, calcined) at use the volume of which expands more than before the reaction by the heat in using the gas blowing nozzle which is a high temperature assembly as described in the above. The easier the synthesizing reaction as shown in formula (2) occurs, the smaller the particle diameters of magnesia particle (MgO) and alumina particle (Al2O3). Thus it is preferable that the diameters of the magnesia particle (MgO) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are small. The particle diameters of magnesia particle (MgO) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are preferably 100 μm and less, more preferably 50 μm or less, or 10 μm or less, desirably 1 μm or less.
According to one embodiment, for example, it is preferable that the particle diameter of magnesia particle (MgO) is 1 or less, the particle diameter of alumina particle is 75˜1 μm in consideration of filling the sealing layer 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 with high density. Here, the ceramics made with the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing preferably comprises substantially 95% or more of alumina and silica, 98% or more thereof, or 100% thereof. It is preferable that the ceramics constituted with the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing preferably comprises 1˜50 mass % of the magnesia (MgO) and the residual of alumina (Al2O3) in terms of volume expansion. In addition, it is more preferable that it comprises 1˜20 mass % of magnesia (MgO) and the residual of alumina (Al2O3). The following patterns of (a)˜(c) can be adopted.
The sealing layer 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 are formed of the heat-resistant sealing material in this embodiment which synthesizes spinel when is baked. Without limitation to this, at least one of the sealing layers 8, 8c, 17, 20, and 25 is formed of the heat-resistant sealing material synthesizing spinel according to this embodiment, but the formation of the residual with publically known sealing agent is accepted.
Then, the refractory material layer 30 and the iron cover 32 are assembled. The blowing nozzle is maintained in the high temperature area in case of using the blowing nozzle in this state. In this case, the blowing plug is embedded in the floor W of ladle which stores the molten metal at the high temperature for example 1400˜1650° C. Thus the following reaction of formula (1) occurs and mullite is synthesized in the sealing material due to the heat received from the molten metal M. Owing to this structure, the sealing performance can be heightened at the boundary area of the outer periphery 30p of refractory material layer 30 (one of the first and second members) and inner periphery 32i of the iron cover 32 (another one of the first and second materials). Kyanite can be mixed into the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing depending on necessity.
This embodiment has basically the same constitution, function and effect as have been explained in the above embodiment 5 shown in
The test was made for the heat-resistant sealing material. In ceramics in the heat-resistant sealing material, mass ratio 70% of alumina particle (Al2O3) having the particle diameter of 75 μm or less, 15% of alumina particle (Al2O3) having the particle diameter of 10 μm or less and 15% of silica particle (SiO2) having the particle diameter of 1 μm or less was mixed in this test example. The heat-resistant sealing material was formed by mixing the dispersion medium of water and ceramics. This heat-resistant sealing material was coated at the boundary area of the first member (material: high alumina) and the second member (material: high alumina). The thickness of the coating was made in 1 mm. And the gas was flown from the inlet to the outlet while heated at 1500° C. with flame from a burner. And the amount of gas leakage from the outlet was measured. The back pressure of the nozzle was maintained to 0.2 kg/cm2. Another test was performed with use of the mortar adopted conventionally as a reference example in the same condition of the test example. The results of the test were shown in
The seal layer after 120 minutes from the start was observed with the optical microscope. Its results are shown in
As it is shown in the
This heat-resistant sealing material is baked (synthesized) by the heating in pre-heating, heating before the high-temperature assembly use (loading) or heating due to the molten bath at use of high temperature assembly. Thus the sealing layer 1R in ring shape around the axial line P1 is formed. The sealing layer 1R is expanded by the residual expansion along the diameter direction and height direction due to the baking (synthesizing). Owing to this result, the boundary area between the upper part of the tubular porous refractory material 1X and the upper part of the tubular exterior iron cover 6 is sealed. Especially, the residual expansion amount of the sealing layer 1R is fairly acquired along the diameter direction because the sealing layer 1R after synthesizing is thicker than the exterior iron cover 6. Thus the boundary area between the upper part of the tubular porous refractory material 1X and the upper part of the tubular exterior iron cover 6 is sealed in good condition. Thus the sealing layer 1R inhibits the gas flown into the gas pool 18 from leaking from the boundary area to the upper part 6up of the exterior iron cover 6. The entire height of the iron cover 6 (assembly) is expressed with HA, the central location of the height is expressed with Hm and the point in the place of ⅔ from the lower part 6d out of the height dimension is expressed with Hx. As it is shown in
The heat-resistant sealing material making the above described pool part 1R before synthesizing contains the alumina (Al2O3) and silica (SiO2) as main elements (effective elements). It is preferable that the composition of the heat-resistant sealing material contains more alumina (Al2O3) than silica (SiO2) in its mass ratio. For example, the heat-resistant sealing material formed by mixing the material comprising silica (SiO2) and more alumina (Al2O3) than silica with water are used. The alcohol and so on can be used for dispersion medium. And such heat-resistant sealing material is filled in the concave shaped pool part 1W. When the blowing nozzle is used in this state, the blowing nozzle is maintained in the high temperature area. In this case, for example, the high temperature molten metal in 1400˜1700° C. flows through the channel 7 in the arrow direction A1. In use for the high temperature assembly as it was explained, the following reaction represented in formula (1) is taken place in the sealing agent due to the influent heat from the high temperature molten metal. The iron cover 6 and refractory material lx can contribute to the heating of the sealing agent as it is thermal conductive.
2SiO2+3Al2O3→3Al2O3·2SiO2 (1)
As it is shown, mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) is synthesized from SiO2 of mole ratio 2 and Al2O3 of mole ratio 3. The volume of the synthesized 3Al2O3·2SiO2 (mullite) expands than before the reaction. Even though the sealing layer 1R in which mullite is made is dense or it contains pores, the pores are closed. The heating process (synthesizing process) does not have to be performed independently as the volume of the mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) expands more than before the reaction because the mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) is synthesized due to the heat in use of the gas blowing nozzle which is a high temperature assembly as shown in the above. Here, the easier the synthesizing reaction represented in formula (1) occurs, the smaller the particle diameters of silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are. Thus it is preferable that the diameters of the silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are small. The particle diameters of silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are preferably either 100 μm or less, 30 μm or less, 10 μm or less, or 3 μm or less, specially 1 μm or less.
Next, the gas flow in use of the gas blowing nozzle in the embodiment in the continuous casting is explained. The molten metal such as the molten steel inside the tundish transferred from the ladle flows towards the continuous caster during use, but the molten metal flows downwards (in the direction of arrow A1 shown in
As it is shown in
The heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing which forms the sealing layers 8, 8c and 17 comprises alumina (Al2O3) and silica (SiO2) as main elements (effective elements). The composition of the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing comprises more alumina (Al2O3) than silica (SiO2) in mass ratio. For example, it is used the heat-resistant sealing material formed by mixing the material comprising silica (SiO2) and more alumina (Al2O3) than silica (SiO2) with water or alcohol. And the heat-resistant sealing material is applied at the boundary area between the lower surface 3d of the upper dense refractory material 3a (the first member.) and the upper surface 3u of the lower dense refractory material 3b (the second member). The heat-resistant sealing material is also filled at the concave shape pool part 1W formed at the outer periphery of the tubular porous refractory material 1X. Thus the sealing agent before synthesizing is coated at the boundary area. When the blowing nozzle is used in this state, the blowing nozzle is maintained in the high temperature area. In this case, for example, the high temperature molten metal in 1400˜1600° C. flows inside the channel 7 to the arrow direction A1. In use for the high temperature assembly, the following reaction represented in formula (1) is taken place on the sealing agent due to influent heat from the high temperature molten metal. The iron covers 6, 9 and the refractory materials 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 16 have thermal conductivity so as to contribute the heating of the heat-resistant sealing material.
2SiO2+3Al2O3→3Al2O3·2SiO2 (1)
As it is shown, mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) is synthesized from SiO2 of mole ratio 2 and Al2O3 of mole ratio 3. The volume of the synthesized 3Al2O3·2SiO2(mullite) expands than before the reaction. The heating process of synthesizing does not have to be performed independently as the volume expands more than before the reaction (baking) because mullite (3Al2O3·2SiO2) is synthesized the volume of which expands than before synthesizing due to the heat in use of the gas blowing nozzle which is a high temperature assembly as shown in the above. Here, Easier the synthesizing reaction represented in formula (1) is taken place, the smaller the particle diameters of silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are. Thus it is preferable that the diameters of the silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are small. The particle diameters of silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) is preferably 100 μm or less, 30 μm or less, 10 μm or less, or 3 μm or less, especially 1 μm or less.
Next, the gas flow in use of the gas blowing nozzle in this embodiment in the continuous casting is explained. The molten metal such as molten steel inside the tundish transferred from the ladle flows towards the continuous caster during use. The molten metal flows downwards (in the direction of arrow A1 shown in
According to this embodiment, as it is shown in the
The gas may be passed in a minute amount through the dense refractory material 3 even though gas penetration property thereof are small because the dense refractory material 3 is formed of the dense baking refractory material baked as differently with the non-baked castable. In the other words, a part of the gas supplied to the upper porous refractory material 1 is going to leak to the lower dense refractory material 3b through the upper dense refractory material 3a. By the same way, a part of the gas supplied to the lower porous refractory material 2 is going to leak to the upper dense refractory material 3a through the lower dense refractory material 3b. But in this embodiment, the sealing layer 8 is interposed at the boundary area between the lower surface 3d of the upper dense refractory material 3a and the upper surface 3u of the lower dense refractory material 3b according to this embodiment. Owing to this, the leak from the upper dense refractory material 3a to the lower dense refractory material 3b is blocked. In addition, the leak from the lower dense refractory material 3b to the upper dense refractory material 3a is blocked. Consequently, the gas supply to the upper porous refractory material 1 and the lower porous refractory material 2 can be performed independently.
In addition, the heat-resistant sealing material forming the sealing layer 8 has a composition with difficulties in forming the gap between the upper dense refractory material 3a and the lower dense refractory material 3b because its volume increases by baking. Accordingly, it is difficult to leak the gas from sealing layer 8 when it keeps high temperature at use. In addition, iron cover 9 as a metal cover which surrounds the outer periphery face of the upper dense refractory material 3a, lower dense refractory material 3b and lower porous refractory material 2 is installed. The gas flowing along the outer periphery of the upper dense refractory material 3a, lower dense refractory material 3b and lower porous refractory material 2 is inhibited because the external edge 8p of the sealing layer 8 is contacted to the inner periphery wall of the iron cover 9. Accordingly, it becomes more favorable to supply the gas independently to upper porous refractory material 1 and lower porous refractory material 2. In addition, a sealing layer 8c which is made of the same heat-resistant sealing material with sealing layer 8 is filled between the iron cover 9 and dense refractory material 3 which contact to the pipe 4. The gas is not leaked through the exterior of the pipe 4 owing to this. Accordingly, the gas supply can be performed more independently to the upper porous refractory material 1 and lower porous refractory material 2.
According to this embodiment, the sealing layer 8 is formed by filling the heat-resistant sealing material between the upper dense refractory material 3a and the lower dense refractory material 3b. The set of the upper porous refractory material 1 and the upper dense refractory material 3a and the set of the lower porous refractory material 2 and the lower dense refractory material 3b can be assembled by gluing with the heat-resistant sealing material constituting the sealing layer 8. In addition, according to this embodiment, as it is described in the above, the sealing layer 17 formed of the heat-resistant sealing material is interposed between the iron cover 6 (one of the first and second members) and the iron cover 9 (the other one of the first and second members). The silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) are mixed into the refractory material forming sealing layer 17 as effective elements. The sealing layer 20 is formed at the boundary area between the lower part 6d of the external iron cover 6 (one of the first and second members) and the lower part porous refractory material 2 (the other one of the first and second members) by coating the heat-resistant sealing material. Moreover, the sealing layer 25 is formed at the boundary area between the inner periphery of the upper part 6u of the exterior iron cover 6 (the first member) and the outer periphery of the upper porous refractory material 1 (the second member), and at the boundary area between the inner periphery of the upper part 6u of external iron cover 6 (the first member) and the outer periphery of the sub dense refractory material 16 (the second member) by coating the heat-resistant sealing material.
And the sealing agent constituting the sealing layer 1R and the sealing layer 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 is made of above described heat-resistant sealing material. The sealing layer 1R and the sealing layer 8, 8c, 17, 20, 25 are heated at high temperature in use of the blowing nozzle due to the transferred heat from molten metal such as molten steel because the high temperature molten metal such as molten steel passes through the channel 7. Therefore, the silica particle (SiO2) and alumina particle (Al2O3) constituting the sealing agent synthesize mullite the volume of which increases. Owing to this, the sealing property of the above described sealing layers 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 described in the above can be heightened. Depending on situation, the sealing layer 1R, 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 can be heated at high temperature by pre-heating before use or heating before the assembly loading. In addition, as it is described in detail in the above, even though the sealing layer 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 are formed of the heat-resistant sealing material according to this embodiment, without limitation to this, at least one of the sealing layer 8, 8c, 17, 20 and 25 is formed of the heat-resistant sealing material according to this embodiment and the formation of the others with publically known sealing agent (mortar and etc) is accepted. In addition, the heat-resistant sealing material before synthesizing may contain at least either of the kyanite and andalusite depending on necessity.
According to this embodiment, as is shown in
(Others) The present invention is not confined to this embodiment shown on the above drawings. It can be performed through modification properly within the range out of the key point. It is good to apply to the immersed pipe of vacuum gas removing equipment as a high-temperature assembly.
The high-temperature assembly of the present invention can be used widely for the high temperature area where the metal bath such as molten steel, molten cast, aluminum molten bath, titan molten bath is used and high temperature area exposed to the gas in high temperature. The combination of the first and second member may be refractory material—refractory material, metal—metal, refractory material—metal or metal—refractory material. A brick such as regular brick, a castable dried and solidified flexible a refractory material having fluidity are exemplified as the refractory material. The metal shell body and metal panel can be exemplified as the metal. The sealing layer expanded by synthesizing may seal at the boundary between the first dense refractory material and the second dense refractory material. The sealing layer expanded by synthesizing may seal at the boundary between the first porous refractory material and the second porous refractory material.
The sealing layer expanded by synthesizing may seal at the boundary between the porous refractory material and the dense refractory material. The sealing layer may seal between at least either of the porous refractory material and dense refractory material, and iron cover.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-262935 | Nov 2009 | JP | national |
| 2010-132541 | Jun 2010 | JP | national |
| 2010-203079 | Sep 2010 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP10/06700 | 11/15/2010 | WO | 00 | 5/11/2012 |
