Modeling of solidification of ZM5 shell and optimization of casting parameters

Author

Erjun Guo ; Sicong Zhao ; Liping Wang

Author_Institution

Coll. of Mater. Sci. & Eng, Harbin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Harbin, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

88

Abstract

Mold filling and solidification of ZM5 shell were numerically studied by commercial software MAGMASOFT™. Casting parameters were optimized to reduce the extent of shrinkage porosity in the solidified shell. Calculated results show that the simulation results of the casting process with chills have a large amount of shrinkage porosity defects. Optimized casting process without chills can effectively eliminate shrinkage porosity defects, shrinkage defects can be effectively reduced.

Keywords

aluminium; magnesium; numerical analysis; porosity; production engineering computing; shell casting; shells (structures); shrinkage; solidification; zinc; MAGMASOFT commercial software; ZM5 shell solidification; casting parameter optimization; casting process; mold filling; shrinkage porosity defects; Casting; Chemical elements; Heating; Iron; Nickel; Solid modeling; Thermal conductivity; ZM5; modeling; shrinkage porosity; solidification; thin-walled casting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Strategic Technology (IFOST), 2011 6th International Forum on

Conference_Location

Harbin, Heilongjiang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0398-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IFOST.2011.6020972

Filename

6020972