Effect of Material and Technological Conditions on Quality of Metal Matrix Composite Castings

Abstract:

The paper presents a proof, which has been made by analyzing technological process of tested materials, that a set of quality characteristics of metal composite castings has to be different from the set of quality characteristics of castings produced out of traditional materials. However, some characteristics are similar for both material groups. These characteristics (pertaining to a set of quality characteristics of composite castings) that have been named as specific, have not been determined before. The set of characteristics has been determined on the basis of material and technological conditions as well as on methodology of diagnosing the castings quality. Basing on the Ishikawa diagram, weights of individual quality characteristics have been set along with values for particular material and technological causal groups, i.e. management, human impact, methods of manufacturing and material of composite castings and manufacturing workstation.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 197)
• Pages: 180-185
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.197.180
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Katarzyna Gawdzińska, Dorota Nagolska, Leszek Wojnar
• Keywords: Material, Metal Matrix Composite Castings, Quality, Technology

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