US 12,152,288 B2
Method for producing Ti—Ai alloy
Daisuke Matsuwaka, Hyogo (JP); and Shorin O, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to Kobe Steel Co., Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Appl. No. 17/758,948
Filed by Kobe Steel Co., Ltd., Kobe (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/003995
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/157628, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-016221 (JP), filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048245 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B22D 21/00 (2006.01); C22C 1/02 (2006.01); C22C 14/00 (2006.01)
CPC C22C 1/026 (2013.01) [B22D 21/007 (2013.01); C22C 14/00 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a Ti—Al alloy, the method comprising:
adding a flux, comprising calcium oxide and 35 wt. % or more of calcium fluoride, to a melting raw material comprising a titanium material and an aluminum material and having a blending amount of Al of 50 wt. % or more, to obtain an added melting raw material;
adding the melting raw material to a water-cooled copper crucible with a discharging hole formed at a bottom portion;
induction-melting the added melting raw material in the water-cooled copper crucible under an atmosphere of 1.33 Pa or more, to obtain an induction melted raw material;
discharging the induction melted melting raw material downward from the discharging hole to separate the flux comprising oxygen liberated from the melting raw material by the induction-melting, to obtain a separated melting raw material and
casting the separated melting raw material to obtain the Ti—Al alloy,
wherein, before the casting, an output of the induction-melting is reduced to be 90% or less of an output at melting, and
wherein the separated melting raw material is discharged from the water-cooled copper crucible in a state where the output has been reduced.
 
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the casting comprises obtaining a mixture by adding titanium for dilution to the separated melting raw material discharged downward to a crucible for casting and performing the casting.