A self-developed forced convection rheoforming (FCR) machine for the preparation of light alloy semisolid slurry was introduced. The microstructure characteristics of 7075 aluminium alloy semisolid slurry at different stirring speeds prepared by the FCR process were analyzed. The experimental results suggest that with the increase of the stirring speed, the mean grain size of the semisolid decreases and the shape factor as well as the number of primary grains increase. Meanwhile, the preparation process of semisolid slurry was numerically simulated. The flow characteristics of the melt in the device and the effect of the stirring speed on temperature field and solid fraction of the melt were investigated. The simulated results show that during the preparation process of semisolid slurry, there is a complex convection within the FCR device that obviously changes the temperature field distribution and solid fraction of the melt. When the convection intensity increases, the scope of the undercooling gradient of the melt is reduced and temperature distribution is improved.%采用自主研发的强制对流流变装置，研究搅拌速度对7075铝合金半固态组织的影响规律。实验结果表明，随着搅拌速度的增加，半固态组织的晶粒尺寸减小，形状因子及粒子数增加。同时，对强制对流流变成形浆料制备过程进行数值模拟，研究熔体在筒体内的流动规律和搅拌速度对合金熔体温度场和固相率的影响。模拟结果表明，合金熔体在FCR筒体内存在复杂的对流运动，熔体对流极大地改变了合金熔体温度场和固相率的分布。增加对流强度有利于减小合金熔体的过冷度梯度和改善初生晶粒的分布。
展开▼
