Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a preparation method of a titanium-based composite material, which has the advantages of low cost, short construction period, easy component control and no component segregation. Preparing a high volume fraction (more than 15%) titanium-based composite master alloy ingot by adopting a powder metallurgy process method, and smelting the high volume fraction (more than 15%) titanium-based composite and casting a casting by utilizing a vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace.
The raw materials for preparing the titanium-based composite material are mixed in vacuum by a tank mill, and then the mixed material is poured into a metal sheath prepared in advance for vacuum welding and packaging, and leakage detection is carried out. And performing hot isostatic pressing treatment on the packaged sheath. Removing the metal sheath from the electrode ingots obtained after the hot isostatic pressing by using a machining and acid washing method, welding a plurality of prepared electrode ingots into electrodes used by a vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace, and carrying out vacuum centrifugal casting by using the vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a titanium-based composite material, characterized in that: the raw materials comprise the following components in parts by weight: 5.5 to 6.8% of Al, 3.5 to 4.5% of V, 0 to 0.30% of Fe, 0 to 0.15% of Si, 0.5 to 1.5% of C, 2.5 to 6.7% of B, 0 to 0.05% of N, 0 to 0.015% of H, 0 to 0.12% of O, and the balance of Ti.
A preparation method of a titanium-based composite material adopts a powder metallurgy process to prepare a master alloy ingot, and comprises the following specific steps:
(1) vacuum material mixing: mixing TC4 titanium alloy powder and B4Mixing the powder C, putting the mixture into a mixing tank, vacuumizing the mixing tank by using a molecular pump, setting the rotating speed of a tank mill and the mixing time,uniformly mixing the powder;
(2) powder filling: pouring the powder mixed in the step (1) into a metal sheath;
(3) sheathing and vacuum welding: pumping the vacuum degree of the metal sheath filled with the powder to 1 × 10 by using a molecular pump-2Sealing and welding the sheath by using a tungsten electrode argon arc welding machine below Pa, and detecting whether the sheath leaks gas by using a helium mass spectrometer;
(4) hot isostatic pressing metallurgical bonding: treating the metal sheath packaged in the step (3) through a hot isostatic pressing process to enable the metal sheath to be fully metallurgically bonded, so as to obtain an electrode ingot;
(5) removing the sheath: most of the metal sheath of the electrode ingot in the step (4) is processed and removed by a mechanical processing method, then the electrode ingot is soaked by acid liquor, and residual sheath materials are removed by corrosion, so that impurity elements are prevented from being mixed in the subsequent smelting process;
(6) preparing an electrode: welding the electrode ingot processed in the step (5) into an electrode used by a vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace;
(7) pouring the titanium-based composite material: melting the prepared consumable electrode by using a vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace, turning over a water-cooled copper crucible, pouring alloy liquid into a casting mold, and generating a TiB and TiC reinforcing phase in situ in the solidification process.
The TC4The particle diameter of the titanium alloy powder is 80-150 mu m, and B4The particle size of the C powder is 125-150 μm.
B in the step (1)4The addition amount of the C powder is TC4 titanium alloy powder and B42.5-6.7 wt% of C powder.
The vacuum mixing condition in the step (1) is that the vacuum degree is lower than 1 multiplied by 10-1Pa, the rotating speed is 60-100 r/min, and the mixing time is 30-60 min.
Preferably, the vacuum mixing conditions in the step (1) are 60r/min of rotating speed and 30min of mixing time.
The hot isostatic pressing condition of the step (4) is as follows: keeping the temperature of 910-930 ℃ under the argon pressure of 100-140 MPa, preserving the heat for 2-2.5 h, and cooling to below 300 ℃.
Preferably, in the step (5), the metal sheath is made of low-carbon steel, and the carbon content is lower than 0.25%.
The diameter of the electrode in the step (6) is 190 multiplied by 210mm, and the length of the electrode is 200-1500 mm.
And (3) the volume fraction of the enhanced phase in the step (7) is 15-35%.
The invention has the advantages that:
1. the vacuum consumable electrode master alloy ingot prepared by adopting a powder metallurgy mode ensures the uniformity and stability of material components and greatly reduces the smelting difficulty of the high volume fraction titanium-based composite material.
2. By adopting a casting method combining a powder metallurgy process method and vacuum consumable electrode arc skull melting, the remelting frequency of the composite material is reduced to 1 time, the construction period is greatly shortened, and the cost is reduced.
3. Simple process and convenient operation.
Detailed Description
The present invention is further described with reference to the following specific examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited by the examples, and if one skilled in the art makes some insubstantial modifications and adaptations to the present invention based on the above disclosure, the present invention still falls within the scope of the present invention.
Example 1
TC4The powder raw material composition is shown in table 1:
TABLE 1
Element(s)
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Ti
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Al
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V
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Fe
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C
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N
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H
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O
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Content (wt.)
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Balance of
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6.28
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4.14
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0.08
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0.03
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0.0023
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0.0039
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0.090 |
Wherein, B4The purity of the C powder was 99.8%.
1) Vacuum material mixing: the total mass is 10kg TC4Powder (80-150 μm) and B4Uniformly mixing the C powder (125-150 mu m) according to the proportion and putting the mixture into a mixing tank, wherein the B powder4The addition of C powder is 2.5% of the total weight, and the mixing tank is vacuumized by molecular pump with vacuum degree controlled at 1 × 10-2Pa, then mixing the materials for 30min at the rotating speed of 60r/min by a tank mill;
2) powder filling: pouring the mixed powder into the metal sheath by using a vibrating table;
3) sheathing and welding: pumping the vacuum degree of the sheath filled with the powder to 1 × 10 by using a molecular pump-2Pa, sealing and welding the sheath by adopting a tungsten electrode argon arc welding machine;
4) and (3) leak detection: detecting whether the sheath leaks gas by using a helium mass spectrometer;
5) hot isostatic pressing: hot isostatic pressing the sheath, wherein the process parameters are that the temperature is kept at 920 +/-10 ℃ for 2.5h under the argon pressure of 140MPa, and the temperature is cooled to below 300 ℃ in a furnace;
6) removing the sheath: most of the sheath made of metal is machined by a machining method, and then the sheath is soaked in 10% nitric acid solution for 24 hours, and residual sheath material is removed by corrosion.
7) Preparing an electrode: manufacturing 2 master alloy ingots (the diameter is 190 multiplied by 210mm) by adopting 1-6 steps, and welding the 2 master alloy ingots into an electrode (the diameter is 190 multiplied by 400mm) used by a vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace;
8) pouring: after the alloy raw materials are melted, the alloy raw materials are poured into a casting mould to obtain a titanium-based composite material casting, and the volume fraction of the prepared material reinforcing phase is 15%.
9) The practical application is as follows: the valve casting is applied to strong acid ore powder slurry equipment, the wear resistance and the corrosion resistance of the casting are good, and the service life of the valve casting is longer than that of TC4The service life of the alloy casting is prolonged by 50 percent, and the economic benefit is obvious.
Example 2
TC4The powder raw material composition is shown in table 2:
TABLE 2
Element(s)
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Ti
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Al
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V
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Fe
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C
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N
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H
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O
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Content (wt.)
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Balance of
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6.24
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4.20
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0.08
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0.02
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0.0020
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0.0030
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0.080 |
B4The purity of C powder is 99.8%
1) Vacuum material mixing: mixing TC with a total mass of 10kg4Powder and B4Mixing the powder C and powder B4The addition of C powder is 3.8% of the total weight, the mixture is put into a mixing tank, a molecular pump is adopted to vacuumize the mixing tank, and the vacuum degree is controlled to be 0.5 multiplied by 10-2Mixing materials for 40min at the rotating speed of 80r/min by a tank mill below Pa;
2) powder filling: pouring the mixed powder into the metal sheath by using a vibrating table;
3) sheathing and welding: pumping the vacuum degree of the sheath filled with the powder to 1 × 10 by using a molecular pump-3Pa, sealing and welding the sheath by adopting an argon arc welding machine;
4) and (3) leak detection: detecting whether the sheath leaks gas by using a helium mass spectrometer;
5) hot isostatic pressing: hot isostatic pressing the sheath, wherein the process parameters are that the temperature is kept at 920 +/-10 ℃ for 2.3h under the argon pressure of 140MPa, and the temperature is cooled to below 300 ℃ in a furnace;
6) removing the sheath: most of the sheath of the low-carbon steel material is machined by a machining method, and then the sheath is soaked in a 20% nitric acid solution for 48 hours, and the residual sheath material is removed by corrosion.
7) Preparing an electrode: 1-6 steps are adopted to manufacture 3 master alloy ingots (the diameter is 190mm multiplied by 200mm), and 3 master alloys are welded into electrodes (the diameter is 190mm multiplied by 600mm) used by a vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace;
8) pouring: and after the alloy raw materials are melted, pouring metal liquid into the casting mould to obtain the impeller casting. The volume fraction of the reinforcing phase of the prepared material is 30 percent.
9) The practical application is as follows: the impeller casting is applied to strong acid ore powder slurry equipment, the wear resistance and the corrosion resistance of the casting are good, and the service life of the casting is longer than that of TC4The service life of the alloy casting is prolonged by 50 percent, and the economic benefit is obvious.
Example 3
TC4The powder raw material composition is shown in table 3:
TABLE 3
Element(s)
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Ti
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Al
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V
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Fe
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C
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N
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H
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O
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Content (wt.)
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Balance of
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6.80
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4.50
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0.08
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0.03
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0.0020
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0.0030
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0.080 |
B4The purity of C powder is 99.8%
1) Vacuum material mixing: mixing TC with a total mass of 10kg4Powder and B4Mixing the powder C and powder B4The addition of C powder is 6.7% of the total weight, the mixture is put into a mixing tank, a molecular pump is adopted to vacuumize the mixing tank, and the vacuum degree is controlled to be 0.3 multiplied by 10-2Mixing materials for 60min at the rotating speed of 100r/min by a tank mill below Pa;
2) powder filling: pouring the mixed powder into the metal sheath by using a vibrating table;
3) sheathing and welding: pumping the vacuum degree of the sheath filled with the powder to 1 × 10 by using a molecular pump-3Pa, sealing and welding the sheath by adopting an argon arc welding machine;
4) and (3) leak detection: detecting whether the sheath leaks gas by using a helium mass spectrometer;
5) hot isostatic pressing: hot isostatic pressing the sheath, wherein the process parameters are that the temperature is kept at 920 +/-10 ℃ for 2.3h under the argon pressure of 140MPa, and the temperature is cooled to below 300 ℃ in a furnace;
6) removing the sheath: most of the sheath of the metal material is machined by a machining method, and then the sheath is soaked in a nitric acid solution with the concentration of 25% for 72 hours, and the residual sheath material is removed by corrosion.
7) Preparing an electrode: manufacturing 5 master alloy ingots (the diameter is 190mm multiplied by 200mm) by adopting 1-6 steps, and welding 3 master alloys into electrodes (the diameter is 190mm multiplied by 1000mm) used by a vacuum consumable electrode arc skull furnace;
8) pouring: and after the alloy raw materials are melted, pouring metal liquid into the casting mould to obtain the impeller casting. The volume fraction of the reinforcing phase of the prepared material is 35 percent.
9) The practical application is as follows: the pump body casting is applied to strong acid ore powder slurry equipment, the wear resistance and the corrosion resistance of the casting are good, and the service life of the pump body casting is longer than that of TC4The service life of the alloy casting is prolonged by 50 percent, and the economic benefit is obvious.