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Electroslag casting (ESC) is an important method to produce high quality castings. In this study, the ESC up-pulling inner mold method (EUPIM) was used to produce hollow cylindrical castings with the multiple consumable electrodes. The radial deformation, the axial and radial internal stress of the inner mold, and the axial internal stress of the slag shell were analyzed using the finite element method (FEM) with the aid of ANSYS software. The ProCAST software was used to calculate the specific heat, heat conductivity and density curve of Cu. Simulation results show that the radial deformation, the axial and radial internal stress of the inner mold, and the axial internal stress of the slag shell near the slag-metal interface of hollow cylndrical casting gradually increase from 0 s to 360 s after the ESC starting (slagging) process but before applying the up-pulling force. The suitable initial up-pulling moment of the inner mold is at around 180–198 s after the starting process.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos: 51674070, U1560203, 51434004, 51475313) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant no.: N162504006).
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An-guo Wang Male, born in 1979, Ph.D, Senior Engineer. His research interests mainly focus on the process design and numerical simulation of the ESC process and other solidification processes.
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Wang, Ag., Jiang, Zh., Lou, Yc. et al. Up-pulling force analysis for ESC hollow cylindrical casting. China Foundry 17, 48–55 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41230-020-7043-z
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