Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting

In the present research, experimental investigation of flow pattern of lost foam casting has been conducted. For this project, the investigation has main objectives to investigate the effect of sprue position, pouring temperature and different pouring condition on flow pattern of aluminium lost foam...

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Main Author:	Wong, Yun Hong
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures
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spelling	my-utm-ep.122242017-09-20T03:52:14Z Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting 2009-11 Wong, Yun Hong TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TS Manufactures In the present research, experimental investigation of flow pattern of lost foam casting has been conducted. For this project, the investigation has main objectives to investigate the effect of sprue position, pouring temperature and different pouring condition on flow pattern of aluminium lost foam casting. Casting in the shape of step five with five sections were produced mainly using a foam density of 16kg/m 3 and pouring was made at two different temperatures of 700 0c and 740 0c , three different sprue positions (middle, 'full', right and left) and two pouring conditions (vacuum and non-vacuum). The results obtained shown that pouring temperature (700 0c and 740 0c ) do not affect flow pattern for same sprue position. However, different sprue positions got different flow pattern Timing for molten aluminium to reach latest point 18 is faster for vacuum condition if compare with non vacuum condition. It is because vacuum machine has removed trapped air to make sure free flow of liquid casting material. 2009-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12224/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12224/6/WongYunHongMFKM2009.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering 1. Sudhir Kumar?, Pradeep Kumar, H.S. Shan. Optimization of tensile properties of evaporative pattern casting process through Taguchi’s method(2007) 2. M. Khodaia,N. Parvinb . Pressure measurement and some observation in lost foam casting (2007) 3. Stuart D. McDonald, Eutectic nucleation in Al–Si alloys, 2004, pp4273–4280 4. Wang, L., Shivkumar, S. and Apelian, D., 1990. Effects of Polymer Degradation on the Quality of Lost Foam Castings. Transactions of the American Foundrymen's Society 923- 933. 5. Shivkumar, S., 1994. Modeling of Temperature Losses in Liquid Metal during Casting Formation in Expendable Pattern Casting Process. Materials Science and Technology, 10 986-992. 6. Density and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Lost Foam Casting by Pressurization during Solidification Bokhyun KANG1), Yongsun KIM1), Kiyoung KIM1)y, Gueserb CHO2), Kyeonghwan CHOE2) and Kyongwhoan LEE2) J. Mater. Sci. Technol., Vol.23 No.6, 2007 7. Investigation of the Performance of an Expandable Polystyrene Injector for Use in the Lost-Foam Casting Process K.F. WALL, S.H. BHAVNANI, R.A. OVERFELT, D.S. SHELDON, and K. WILLIAMS METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS 2003 8. EPS molecular weight and foam density effects in the lost foam process M. SANDS, S. SHIVKUMAR JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 38 (2003) 2233 – 2239 9. Emsley, John (2001). "Aluminium". Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0198503407. http://books.google.com/books?id=j-Xu07p3cKwC&pg=PA
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description	In the present research, experimental investigation of flow pattern of lost foam casting has been conducted. For this project, the investigation has main objectives to investigate the effect of sprue position, pouring temperature and different pouring condition on flow pattern of aluminium lost foam casting. Casting in the shape of step five with five sections were produced mainly using a foam density of 16kg/m 3 and pouring was made at two different temperatures of 700 0c and 740 0c , three different sprue positions (middle, 'full', right and left) and two pouring conditions (vacuum and non-vacuum). The results obtained shown that pouring temperature (700 0c and 740 0c ) do not affect flow pattern for same sprue position. However, different sprue positions got different flow pattern Timing for molten aluminium to reach latest point 18 is faster for vacuum condition if compare with non vacuum condition. It is because vacuum machine has removed trapped air to make sure free flow of liquid casting material.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Wong, Yun Hong
author_facet	Wong, Yun Hong
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title	Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting
title_short	Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting
title_full	Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting
title_fullStr	Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting
title_full_unstemmed	Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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publishDate	2009
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Metal filling characteristics of aluminium lost foam casting

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