The present invention discloses to a Hot-work die steel electroslag remelted ingot and a manufacture method thereof. The electroslag remelted ingot comprises the following chemical components, C: 0.36-0.41%, Si: 0.80-1.10%, Mn: 1.00-3.00%, Cr: 4.90-5.40%, Mo: 1.35-1.55%, V: 0.4-0.7%, Ni≤0.04%, Cu≤0.04%%, S≤0.003%, P≤0.012%, O≤0.0015%, H≤0.0002%, N≤0.006%, 0.05%≤RE≤0.20%, the balance being Fe. The above percentage is percentage by mass. According to the present invention, the features of electroslag remelting under inert gas protection are fully combined and a rare earth alloy is precisely fed during the electroslag remelting, thus exerting the excellent effects of RE inclusion modification and micro-alloying under high purity and high uniformity conditions and realizing high-quality and high-performance Hot-work die steel.

The present invention discloses to a Hot-work die steel electroslag remelted ingot and a manufacture method thereof. The electroslag remelted ingot comprises the following chemical components, C: 0.36-0.41%, Si: 0.80-1.10%, Mn: 1.00-3.00%, Cr: 4.90-5.40%, Mo: 1.35-1.55%, V: 0.4-0.7%, Ni≤0.04%, Cu≤0.04%%, S≤0.003%, P≤0.012%, O≤0.0015%, H≤0.0002%, N≤0.006%, 0.05%≤RE≤0.20%, the balance being Fe. The above percentage is percentage by mass. According to the present invention, the features of electroslag remelting under inert gas protection are fully combined and a rare earth alloy is precisely fed during the electroslag remelting, thus exerting the excellent effects of RE inclusion modification and micro-alloying under high purity and high uniformity conditions and realizing high-quality and high-performance Hot-work die steel.

Process control of intense stirring along a solidification front and adjustments in casting speeds during direct chill casting of 7xxx series alloys can decrease an ingot’s cracking susceptibility. Intense stirring control is used to reduce the thickness of the solidification front, promote agglomeration of hydrogen gas rejected at the solidification front, remove impurities rejected at the solidification front, and improve grain size. Intense stirring control is used to operate at faster casting speeds without risk of increasing the thickness of the solidification front. Optional reheating during casting to promote dispersoid formation is used to generate a high-strength zone of dispersoid-strengthened solidified metal in the outer periphery of the ingot, which can further decrease the ingot’s susceptibility to cracking.

Provided is an yttrium ingot from which an yttrium sputtering target that produces a reduced number of particles can be obtained, and an yttrium sputtering target that has high plasma resistance and a low resistance that enables realization of a high film deposition rate can be obtained.

An yttrium ingot, wherein the yttrium ingot has a fluorine atom content of less than or equal to 10 wt %; in an instance where the yttrium ingot constitutes a target, a sputtering surface of the target has a surface roughness of 10 nm or greater and 2 μm or less; in the yttrium ingot, the number of pores having a diameter of greater than or equal to 100 μm is fewer than or equal to 0.1/cm.sup.2; and the yttrium ingot has a relative density of greater than or equal to 96%.

A magnesium alloy sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes greater than 3 wt % and less than or equal to 5 wt % of Al, 0.5 wt % to 1.5 wt % of Zn, 0.1 wt % to 0.5 wt % of Mn, 0.001 wt % to 0.01 wt % of B, 0.1 wt % to 0.5 wt % of Y, a balance amount of magnesium, and other inevitable impurities on the basis of a total of 100 wt %.

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.

A method for producing a metal ingot by using an electron-beam melting furnace having an electron gun and a hearth that accumulates a molten metal of a metal raw material, wherein the metal raw material is supplied to the position on a supply line disposed along a second side wall of the hearth that accumulates the molten metal of the metal raw material. A first electron beam is radiated along a first irradiation line that is disposed along the supply line and is closer to a central part of the hearth relative to the supply line on the surface of the molten metal, wherein a surface temperature (T2) of the molten metal at the first irradiation line is made higher than an average surface temperature (T0) of the entire surface of the molten metal in the hearth.

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.

In various embodiments, wire composed at least partially of arc-melted refractory metal material is utilized to fabricate three-dimensional parts by additive manufacturing.

An aluminum-alloy ingot contains TiB2 aggregates (2) dispersed in an aluminum matrix (1). The TiB2 aggregates (2) are formed by aggregation of TiB2 particles (3). The average value of the circle-equivalent diameters of the TiB2 aggregates (2) in the state in which the TiB2 aggregates (2) are exposed at a surface of the aluminum matrix (1) is 3.0 μm or less and the average value of the circularities is 0.20 or more.