Comparison of Tensile Properties of Nb Grain Refined A206 Alloy by Gravity and Tilt Casting

• Autorzy: Palamutcu Nuri , Dizdar Kerem Can , Sahin Hayati , Dispinar Derya

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DOI

10.24425/afe.2023.146678

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Turbulent filling of a mould is one of the ways to introduce extrinsic defects into the cast part that could deteriorate many properties of any casting. The turbulence can be easily eliminated by counter gravity casting. In gravity casting, tapered downsprue, tapered runner is needed such that the mould cavity is filled counter-gravity from the bottom which is the only best way to eliminate turbulence during filling. Tilt casting method also exists which has the potential to quiescently transfer the liquid into the mould cavity. In this work, gravity and tilt casting methods were used to evaluate the tensile properties of Nb grain refined 206 alloy. Three different Nb contents were investigated: 0.025, 0.05 and 0.1 wt% ratios and it was found that 0.05 wt% revealed the highest tensile properties. On the other hand, when the intrusion of surface folded oxides was eliminated during filling, it was found that mechanical properties were increased significantly, and particularly, the toughness was increased by two folds when tilt casting was applied compared to gravity casting.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

A206 casting; Aluminum; tilt casting; tensile properties; toughness

PL

stop A206; aluminium; odlewanie przechylne; właściwości mechaniczne; rozciąganie; wytrzymałość

• Wydawca: Komisja Odlewnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk Oddział w Katowicach
• Czasopismo: Archives of Foundry Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 23, iss. 4
• Strony: 49--53
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 41 poz., il., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Palamutcu Nuri

• Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

autor

Dizdar Kerem Can

• Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3306-9197

autor

Sahin Hayati

• Foseco R&D, Netherlands

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0704-8720

autor

Dispinar Derya

• Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9550-6933

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024)