The Features of Combining Horizontal Continuous Casting with Simultaneous Metal Deformation in Solid-Liquid State.

The authors review a technology that combines the process of horizontal continuous metal casting with deformation of metal, and describes the principle of operation of the system that implements this technology. The paper provides the results of experimental studies of billets made of aluminum alloy AD1. As shown in the paper, metal products, obtained by casting into a movable wall crystallizer with simultaneous deformation of metal during solidification, have a 40% higher strength and 45% higher ductility compared to metal products obtained by using conventional technologies. The metal products obtained by using the proposed technology are characterized by a fine structure oriented in the direction of billet passing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]