The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder.

An array-spraying additive manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing a large-sized equiaxed crystal aluminum alloy ingot, comprising: a liquid aluminum spraying mechanism having array nozzles disposed in an atmospheric pressure chamber, a movable condensing mechanism disposed in the atmospheric pressure chamber below the liquid aluminum spraying mechanism, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism sends an upward guiding command to a release mechanism and issues a three-dimensional movement command to the movable condensing mechanism, such that liquid aluminum in the liquid aluminum spraying mechanism is sprayed at the surface of the movable condensing mechanism in a continuous array of liquid flows according to a preset path and is rapidly condensed to form an ingot. Also disclosed is an additive manufacturing method employing the apparatus.

Disclosed is provided a low yield ratio and superhigh-strength hot-rolled Q&P steel and a method for manufacturing the same, having the following chemical composition in weight percentage: C: 0.2-0.3%, Si: 1.0-2.0%, Mn: 1.5-2.5%, P: ≤0.015%, S: ≤0.005%, Al: 0.5-1.0%, N: ≤0.006%, Nb: 0.02-0.06%, Ti: ≤0.03%, O: ≤0.003%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The manufacture method comprises a stepped cooling process to finally obtain the steel with a three-phase structure containing a certain volume fraction of proeutectoid ferrite; martensite; and residual austenite, and having an excellent comprehensive performance with a yield strength of ≥600 MPa, a tensile strength of ≥1300 MPa, a good elongation, and a low yield ratio. The obtained Q&P steel also shows an excellent match of high plasticity suitable for easy deformabilities and wear-resistances.

Disclosed is provided a low yield ratio and superhigh-strength hot-rolled Q&P steel and a method for manufacturing the same, having the following chemical composition in weight percentage: C: 0.2-0.3%, Si: 1.0-2.0%, Mn: 1.5-2.5%, P: ≤0.015%, S: ≤0.005%, Al: 0.5-1.0%, N: ≤0.006%, Nb: 0.02-0.06%, Ti: ≤0.03%, O: ≤0.003%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The manufacture method comprises a stepped cooling process to finally obtain the steel with a three-phase structure containing a certain volume fraction of proeutectoid ferrite; martensite; and residual austenite, and having an excellent comprehensive performance with a yield strength of ≥600 MPa, a tensile strength of ≥1300 MPa, a good elongation, and a low yield ratio. The obtained Q&P steel also shows an excellent match of high plasticity suitable for easy deformabilities and wear-resistances.

Electromagnetic stirring device in a mould for casting aluminium or aluminium alloys, wherein the electromagnetic stirring device has a winding core of conductive coils intended for the circulation of a current generating an electromagnetic field of stirring of the molten metal inside the mould. A mould, casting machine and casting plant provided with such an electromagnetic stirring device are also provided. A stirring method in a mould for casting aluminium or aluminium alloys is disclosed, including a phase of supply of phase-shifted currents on an electromagnetic stirring device in a mould.

The manufacturing cost of a sputtering target is reduced and the impurity concentration of the manufactured sputtering target is also reduced. A method of manufacturing a sputtering target includes: surface-treating at least one of a used sputtering target and a scrap material; melting at least one of the used sputtering target and the scrap material after the surface treatment to form an ingot; and manufacturing a sputtering target by subjecting the ingot to forging, rolling, heat treating, and machining.

A sliding contact material that is used for a constituent material, particularly a brush, of a motor. The sliding contact material includes: Pd in an amount of 20.0% by mass or more and 50.0% by mass or less; Ni and/or Co in an amount of 0.6% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less in terms of a total concentration; and Ag and inevitable impurities as a balance. Preferably, the sliding contact material further contains an additive element M including at least one of Sn and In, and the total concentration of the additive element M is 0.1% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less. When containing the additive element M, the sliding contact material has material structures in which composite dispersed particles containing an intermetallic compound of Pd and the additive element M are dispersed in an Ag alloy matrix, and the ratio (K.sub.Pd/K.sub.M) of the content (% by mass) of Pd and the content (% by mass) of the additive element M in the composite dispersed particles is within a range of 2.4 or more and 3.6 or less.

The invention provides a preparation method of a nickel-based wrought superalloy wheel disk forging used at high temperature, in which the alloy has high content of solution strengthening elements W, Mo and strengthening phase γ′ phase forming elements Al, Ti, Nb and γ′ phase content reaches 55-65%. In view of a series of technical problems caused by high γ′ phase to alloy smelting and forging, the high-temperature stress relief annealing, low-temperature stress relief annealing process of steel ingot and high temperature homogenizing annealing of steel bar were proposed by optimizing the thermal process of wheel disk forging and controlling the precipitation and dissolution of γ′ phase.

Aluminum alloy sheet for battery lid use excellent in heat radiation ability, formability, and work softenability, which aluminum alloy sheet for battery lid use enabling formation of an integrated explosion-proof valve with little variation in operating pressure and excellent in cyclic fatigue resistance, and a method of production of the same are provided, the aluminum alloy sheet for battery lid use for forming an integrated explosion-proof valve having a component composition containing Fe: 1.05 to 1.50 mass %, Mn: 0.15 to 0.70 mass %, Ti: 0.002 to 0.15 mass %, and B: less than 0.04 mass %, having a balance of Al and impurities, having an Fe/Mn ratio restricted to 1.8 to 7.0, restricting, as impurities, Si to less than 0.40 mass %, Cu to less than 0.03 mass %, Mg to less than 0.05 mass %, and V to less than 0.03 mass %, having a conductivity of 53.0% IACS or more, having a value of elongation of 40% or more, having a recrystallized structure, having a value of (TS95−TS80) of less than −3 MPa when defining a tensile strength after cold rolling by a rolling reduction of 80% as TS80 and defining a tensile strength after cold rolling by a rolling reduction of 95% as TS95, and having a value of elongation after cold rolling by a rolling reduction of 90% of 5.0% or more. Furthermore, an average grain size of the recrystallized grains of the recrystallized structure is preferably 15 to 30 μm.

A manufacturing method of an aluminum alloy with high thermal conductivity comprising steps of: preparing materials including pure aluminum ingots, silicon alloy, iron alloy and magnesium alloy; melting the pure aluminum ingots in a reverberatory furnace at two stages, melting, stirring, sampling for compositions determination; transferring the molten aluminum into a holding furnace, putting the ingots in, melting, removing slag, determining the compositions; calculating amount of the alloys to be added; melting the silicon alloy and iron alloy in the molten aluminum and analyzing the compositions; adding the ingots to cool the temperature of the molten aluminum down and then adding the magnesium alloy, confirming and making corrections if insufficient compositions; degassing and purifying the molten aluminum by adding drossing flux in the furnace and making a final compositions determination; transferring the molten aluminum into online degassing system to degas and purify; casting the molten aluminum into aluminum alloy ingots.