Investigation of the Effect of Solidification Time and Addition Amount of Inoculation on Microstructure and Hardness in Lamellar Graphite Cast Iron

• Autorzy: Çolak Murat , Uslu Emin , Teke Çağatay , Şafak F. , Erol Ő. , Erol Y. , Çoban Y. , Yavuz M.

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DOI

10.24425/afe.2022.140248

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Material suppliers typically recommend different additive amounts and applications for foundry practices. Therefore, even in the production of the same standard materials, different results may be obtained from various production processes on different foundry floors. In this study, the liquid metal prepared with the addition of different proportions of a FeSi-based inoculation, which is most commonly used in foundries in the production of a cast iron material with EN-GJL-250 lamellar graphite cast iron, was cast into sand molds prepared with a model designed to provide different solidification times. In this way, the optimization of the inoculation amounts on the casting structure for different solidification times was investigated. In addition, hardness values were determined depending on solidification time in varying amounts of inoculation additions. SolidCast casting simulation software was used to determine the casting model geometry and solidification time. In the scope of the study, sand casting, modeling, microstructure analysis, image analysis, microstructure analysis, and hardness tests techniques were used. When the results are examined, the required amount of inoculation for the optimal structure is optimized for the application procedure depending on the casting module and the solidification time.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

lamellar graphite; graphite cast iron; inoculation; solidification time; modeling

PL

grafit; żeliwo; wszczepienia; czas krzepnięcia; modelowanie

• Wydawca: Komisja Odlewnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk Oddział w Katowicach
• Czasopismo: Archives of Foundry Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 22, iss. 4
• Strony: 24--33
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 30 poz., il., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Çolak Murat

• Bayburt University, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8255-5987

autor

Uslu Emin

• Bayburt University, Turkey

autor

Teke Çağatay

• Bayburt University, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6975-8544

autor

Şafak F.

• Konya Technical University, Turkey

autor

Erol Ő.

• Konya Technical University, Turkey

autor

Erol Y.

• Konya Technical University, Turkey

autor

Çoban Y.

• Konya Technical University, Turkey

autor

Yavuz M.

• Yavuzsan A.Ş., Turkey

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023)