Al-Cu-Mn is one of typical heat-treatable cast alloys with high strength which has been widely used in aerospace and automobile industries. The complete manufacturing process for AlCu-Mn components includes low pressure die casting, T6 heat treatment and machining. It has been found that the property in former process has been transferred to the sequent step with considerable effect. In this pa...

In the presented work, sulfur concrete and rubber were used for producing functionally graded materials (FGM). The physical and mechanical properties of sulfur concrete and rubber were changed continuously across the thickness. On one side, there was just rubber and, on the other, there was pure sulfur; the properties of each substance were moved to reach another. This kind of material was cons...

The paper presents the analysis of thermo-mechanical fatigue cracking of die casting die during industrial use. An innovative, production friendly approach to monitor the surface crack dimensions was introduced, which is based on measuring defect-fi n on the casting part. A new four moulds die casting die was monitored 40 000 cycles in order to complete the production series. The production was...

In the die casting or permanent mold casting process, proper control of temperature is essential for producing high quality parts and yielding high production rates. In particular, defects can be caused by the uneven cooling of a casting during solidification. In this paper, two standard silicon-based charge coupled device (CCD) cameras are used to localize the position of the die, and measure ...

In the die-casting process, the formation of pores in components is unavoidable. This porosity has a harmful effect on the strength and pressure tightness of die castings. To eliminate the porosity in components, its predominant cause has to be identified as being due to either shrinkage or gas. In practice, however, it is frequently difficult to tell the difference between porosity due to shri...

there are many parameters that affect the sheet hydroforming process such as fluid pressure, material properties, interfacial friction between blank and tool surfaces, etc. in this paper, a fem-based taguchi method is used to determine the effects of forming parameters on the quality of part formability in the process of hydrodynamic deep drawing assisted by radial pressure. four important form...

important activities of die-casting die design. In normal practice, determine therunner and gating designparameters. These parameters are simulations on a computer and dry runs on adie-casting machine These iterative activities increase the manufacturing lead time and makes A system which could reduce the iterations and make the presentsa computer-aided system for runner and gating system gener...