Industrial Semi-Solid Rheocasting of Aluminum A356 Brake Calipers

Industrial semi-solid casting trials of aluminum A356 brake calipers were performed over five days with the CSIR-RCS and high-pressure die casting process cell. Consecutive visual passed castings were used as the measure of process stability, and common defects between trials were categorized. Short...

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Main Authors: U. A. Curle, J. D. Wilkins, G. Govender
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/195406