Optimization of the Process Parameters and Tooling Improvement for the Rheocasting of High Quality Aluminum Components Using the SEED Process
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Abstract
The automotive industry has leaned greatly towards the use of aluminum alloys by virtue of their strength and low density. Given this, the potential for aluminum use in the fabrication of vehicle parts has greatly increased. However, there are limited studies devoted to the improvement of the casting process. In the present work, the SEED (Swirled Enthalpy Equilibrium Device) rheocasting method, as developed by Rio Tinto Alcan in collaboration with the Aluminium Technology Center of NRC Canada (ATC-NRC), was analyzed by the authors in an attempt to optimize operating parameters (e.g. proper mold filling, slurry temperature, injection speed, etc.), which affect the final cast part quality. In many of the existing semi-solid casting processes which use billets as feedstock, for example, it is often found that the outer surface of the billets is contaminated. During the injection phase, a billet's external skin comes into contact with air and lubricant, and, as a result, becomes contaminated. The use of such a contaminated billet can often result in an increased rejection rate of cast parts. The SEED process, which uses heat extraction of the liquid aluminum alloy via mechanical agitation (swirling) in a confined cylinder to form the semi-solid billet on site, has already proven successful in producing sound aluminum castings having an excellent combination of strength and ductility. The resulting semi-solid billet, having a microstructure consisting of α-Al globules surrounded by the eutectic phase, is then injected into the cold chamber of an HPDC machine.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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