METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL INGOT

• Main Authors: FUNAGANE Hitoshi, HAMAOGI Kenji
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.03.2022
• Subjects: BLASTING; CASTING; CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES; CHEMISTRY; DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS,IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KINDOF FURNACE; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FURNACES; FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; KILNS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS; OVENS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; RETORTS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WEAPONS

[Problem]To provide a method for producing a metal ingot, which makes it possible to inhibit impurities contained in molten metal in a hearth from being mixed into the ingot.[Solution]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. By this means, 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, and in an outer layer of the molten metal, a first molten metal flow is formed from the first irradiation line toward the supply line.