Cooling Roller Steady-state Heat Flux and Temperature Analysis in Amorphous Ribbon Preparing Process

Temperature of cooling roller is a key issue affecting the quality of the amorphous ribbon. To this end, heat flux distribution acting on cooling roller outer wall was calculated by fluid dynamics software Fluent. Cooling roller steady temperature field was analyzed with a finite element method with heat flux boundary conditions. The cooling roller inner and outer wall temperature distribution was obtained and the temperature of cooling roller as a function of cooling roller thickness and water passage height was discussed. Results show that cooling roller outer wall temperature decreases with roller thickness and the cooling water passage height decrease; cooling roller inner wall temperature decreases with roller thickness increases and the cooling water passage height decreases. Meantime, the appropriate roller thickness and passage height were selected to keep both inner and outer wall temperature of cooling roller within the certain range. The study result provides theoretical support for cooling roller design and optimization.