Investigation of the Effect of Modifying the AlSi7Mg0.3 Alloy with a Fast-Cooled Master Alloy Using Heat Treatment

Abstract:

The development of modern high-tech industries of industrial production is impossible without the development of new methods for processing materials with high mechanical characteristics. There is a growing need for an increase in the proportion of parts made of aluminum alloys, a more complex configuration of cast parts, an increase in their reliability and durability in operation, etc. All this poses for metallurgists and foundry workers the task of creating new technologies for producing alloys, improving the technical and economic characteristics of structural materials, improving the quality and reducing the cost of castings.Hypoeutectic silumins have good casting properties, good weldability, machinability and corrosion resistance. However, they are prone to the formation of a coarse needle-like state, which reduces their useful characteristics. To eliminate this phenomenon, it is necessary to apply special technologies and the most common is their modification, which provides grain refinement. This makes it possible to use silumins for the manufacture of castings of complex shapes with increased density and low shrinkage porosity. Such parts can withstand average loads in critical units. Aluminum-silicon alloy AK7 or (ASi7Mg0.3) is a typical silumin, which is in demand in the automotive industry, construction, aircraft construction, machine, automobile and tractor production. It is appreciated for its good casting properties, weldability, machinability and corrosion resistance.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 904)
• Pages: 59-64
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.904.59
• Online since: November 2021
• Authors: Viktor Alekseevich Kukartsev, Aleksandr Ivanovich Cherepanov, Vadim Sergeevich Tynchenko*, Sergei Georgievich Dokshanin, Natalia Anatolievna Dalisova
• Keywords: Alloy, Automotive Industry, Casting, Casting Properties, Mechanical Properties, Modification, Silumin

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