What is Ferro Boron?
In the early era, aluminium thermal method was one of the most common methods produced ferroboron alloy, therefore, it caused higher aluminium content in alloy relatively.
With the development of steel, permanent magnetic material and other realms, enterprises had higher requirements for carbon and other contents. As result of development and progress, more and more ferroboron alloys with low carbon or aluminium came into being.
Ferro Boron Applications
Different products have their own classifications, whatever the product is. Ferroboron is no exception. Including, main classification for ferroboron is carbon content. Generally speaking, C≤0.05%-0.1% is classified as low carbon ferroboron and C content for medium is lower than or equal to 2.5%. Of course, boron content is different slightly for low carbon and medium carbon ferroboron.
Strong deoxidizer is one of its applications in steelmaking production. For boron, it plays a vital role in steel. The reason why we say this is that it can consummate the hardenability significantly with only a very small amount and replace plenty of other alloying elements. Besides, it can also improve mechanical properties, high temperature performance and other performance.
Ferro boron is used in many fields, such as thermal spraying powder, amorphous strip, rare earth permanent magnet, steel making, etc. It is also used in micro-alloying of boron-containing steels to improve their sheer permeability and mechanical properties recently.
Ferro Boron Alloy Production Process
Raw Materials
Boron ore, boric acid and boric anhydride. As for other raw materials, it depends on different smelting methods and quality requirements.
Production Process
Aluminium thermal process and electro-carbonthermic process. Including, Al thermal process is used mainly to produce low C ferroboron. Unfortunately, every coin has two sides. For Aluminium thermal process, usually, Al content in finished product is high; for the other, it mainly used in producing low aluminium ferroboron. Likewise, it also has defect, it is difficult to control carbon content.
Development of Ferro Boron
Development of things have their own reasons certainly, whatever it is intrinsic or extrinsic. Boron ferroalloy is no exception. Concretely speaking, its development is related to the progress of downstream industries. In terms of boron ferroalloy, it has many downstream industries, including, amorphous strip, rare earth permanent magnet, cored wire are main industries. As a consequence of development and progress of downstream industries, requirements for boron ferroalloy are getting high more or less. Thus, carrying out more researches to meet cost reduction of ferro boron producers and needs of downstream users.
Upgrading the Automation Level of Equipment
In contemporary society, with development and progress of science and technology, network, AI (artificial intelligence) and other emerging industries appear in front of people gradually and serve many fields, such as automation of industry, intelligent driving, etc. Frankly speaking, people who engaged in industry field should follow the trend of the times and seize this opportunity to upgrade the automation level of industrial equipment, in order to make it not outdated. They should try their best to do this.
For mineral heat furnace, they can improve its automation level, such as monitoring the electrode pressure release and so on. Unless it is in the alarm or fault, it will be automatic mode. Not only does it enhance personal safety of workers, but also it improves efficiency.
Development of New Boron Alloy Production Process
Due to prompt consummation of boron alloy products quality and development of new products, some traditional smelting processes no longer meet the production demand. If we do not consummate this producing process, it will be eliminated naturally. Thus, subsequent boron alloy production researches and development directions will revolve around how to improve traditional production process.
