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2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. M P Groover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing 4/e
Casting Principle of the process
Configuration / Structure
Process modeling
Defects
Process variation
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Principle of the Casting
Process
Module 4a
Casting Principle and process
Module 4a 4
Basic casting steps (very simplified):
Configuration / Structure
Process modeling
Defects
Process variation
Module 4a 6
Casting system
Module 4a
Casting System (Generic) structure
Basic components
and their connections
Make a
cavity
Module 4a 8
Casting Principle of the process
Configuration / Structure
Process modeling
Defects
Process variation
Module 4a 9
Process modeling
Module 4a
Heat up metal
(3) heat for raising the molten metal to the metal at the
desired temperature ready to pour it into a cavity.
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Heat up metal (2) heat of fusion to convert
the solid to the liquid
3.1 Heating Period Thermal Analysis
P1v12 P2 v22
h1 F1 h2 F2
2g 2g
v 2 gh
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Pour molten metal into mold cavity
Mass balance
Mass in = mass out
Q=v1 A1 = V2 A2
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Pour molten metal into mold cavity
V
MFT
Q
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Solidify molten metal
Chvorinovs rule: the time needed for the molten metal to
completely solidify in the mold cavity
V n
TST C m ( )
A
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Implication of Chvorinovs Rule:
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Casting Principle of the process
Configuration / Structure
Process modeling
Defects/quality control
Process variation
Module 4a 20
Defects
21
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Liquid
Contraction
0.5%
Further
Contraction
Lack of molten
metal
Different metal
thermal
expansion
coefficients
Shrinkage handouts 3 22
Riser: conducive to overcoming defects 1 and 2
Riser
Casting
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