Simulation and Experiment on Direct Continuous Casting Process of Lead Frame Copper Alloy

Direct Continuous Casting (D.C.C) is an important method in casting lead frame copper alloy. In this paper, numerical simulation is adopted to investigate the casting process in order to optimize the D.C.C technical parameters, such as the casting temperature, casting speed and cooling intensity. According to the numerical results, the reasonable parameters are that the casting temperature is between 1413K similar to 1413K, the casting speed is between 8m/h similar to 10m/h and the speed of cooling water is between 4.2m/s similar to 4.6m/s. And the depth of liquid-solid boundary is measured in different casting temperature and casting speed by experiments. The results show the actual measurements have a little deviation with the numerical simulation. The results of numerical simulation provide the significant reference to the actual experiments.