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http://dx.doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2017.26.6.3

A Study of Process factors on the Recycling of Reactive Metal Scraps in Plasma Arc Remelting  

Jung, Jae-Young (Automobile Parts & Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University)
Sohn, Ho-Sang (Automobile Parts & Materials Research Center, Kyungpook National University)
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Resources Recycling / v.26, no.6, 2017 , pp. 3-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, plasma arc remelting behaviors according to arc current, arc voltage, and types of plasma gas were investigated using Kroll processed Ti sponges as anode. In the discharge pressure range of vacuum pump ($200{\sim}300kgf/cm^2$), the arc voltage did not vary greatly with the increase of discharge pressure at a given arc length. This means that the pressure in the vacuum chamber during operation hardly changes and the atmospheric pressure maintains. Under various conditions of arc currents (700~900A), the arc voltage slightly increased with arc current. The effects of anode materials and operational variables on the arc length-arc voltage relationship were compared with the results in previous studies. When the atmospheric gas changed from argon to helium, double effect of improvement on the output of the steady state was observed. The increase of output in the plasma arc device was accompanied by an increase in the melting rate of the Ti sponge and the quality of the ingot surface was also improved. The plasma arc remelting of the new scrap titanium and the old scrap zirconium alloy could result in the fabrication of an ingot with high surface quality.
Keywords
Plasma arc remlting; Titanium; Zirconium; Scrap; Arc voltage; Arc current; Arc length;
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