The Study of A356 Alloy Rheo-Squeeze Casting Process

Abstract:

In this paper, the castings of A356 alloy were made by the rheo-squeeze casting with slurry-making from the process of LSPSF. Experiments were designed to study the influence of three parameters in rheo-squeeze casting process, such as injection speed, mould preheating temperature and injection pressure, on castings performance. The results show that high-quality castings were produced with the injection speed of 0.5m/s ,the mould preheating temperature of 240°C, the injection pressure of 50MPa. The mechanical properties, such as the yield strength, tensile strength and elongation of the castings with T6 heat treatment are 241 MPa, 328MPa and 11.6%, respectively.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 256)
• Pages: 270-275
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.256.270
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: Xiang Jie Yang*, Yi He, Yong Bo Zhu, Chuan Lin Hu, Hong Min Guo, Yun Hai Jing, Guang Bin Yi
• Keywords: A356 Alloy, Mechanical Properties, Process Parameters, Rheo-Squeeze Casting

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