Improvement on Die-Casting Efficiency and Property of Aluminum Alloy Casing.

Abstract:

Die-casting process is significantly used in the industry for its high productivity and less post-machining requirement. For high pressure die-casting, it needs well-design of gating and runner system; therefore, die cavity design and technology parameter calculations are essential. In the current paper of die-casting for automobile starter motor casing, the following issues are focused: filling simulation, defect analysis, and finally the use of the Taguchi multi-quality analysis method to find the optimal parameters and factors to increase the aluminum ADC10 die-casting quality and efficiency. When the casting speed is increased, the volume shortage detects due to solidification procedure can be reduced. However, if the casting speed exceeds a permissible level, the defects of gas volume and porosity will occur. After Taguchi method analysis, the results of the optimum parameters are: for the gate area of 40mm², group 2 of the gate location, the speed of the liquid metal at the gate 50 m/s, the temperature of molten aluminum 670° C.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 625)
• Pages: 518-524
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.625.518
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Quang Cherng Hsu, Anh Tuan Do*, Kuei Cheng Yeh, Jhan Hong Ye
• Keywords: Aluminium Alloy, Defect Analysis, Die-Casting, Flow Simulation, Taguchi Method

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