Recent research in the process of aluminum alloy die castings production, which is nowadays deeply implemented into the rapidly growing
automobile, shipping and aircraft industries, is aimed at increasing the useful qualitative properties of the die casting in order to obtain its
high mechanical properties at acceptable economic cost. Problem of technological factors of high pressure die casting has been a subject of
worldwide research (EU, US, Japan, etc.). The final performance properties of die castings are subjected to a large number of
technological factors. The main technological factors of high pressure die casting are as follows: plunger pressing speed, specific
(increase) pressure, mold temperature as well as alloy temperature. The contribution discusses the impact of the plunger pressing speed
and specific (increase) pressure on the mechanical properties of the casting aluminum alloy.
Final quality of casts produced in a die casting process represents a correlation of setting of technological parameters of die casting cycle, properties of alloy, construction of a die and structure of gating and of bleeding systems. Suitable structure of a gating system with an appertaining bleeding system of the die can significantly influence mechanical and structural properties of a cast. The submitted paper focuses on influence of position of outfall of an gate into the cast on its selected quality properties. Layout of the test casts in the die was designed to provide filling of a shaping cavity by the melt with diverse character of flowing. Setting of input technological parameters during experiment remained on a constant level. The only variable was the position of the gate. Homogeneity represented by porosity f and ultimate strength Rm were selected to be the assessed representative quality properties of the cast. The tests of the influence upon monitored parameters were realized in two stages. The test gating system was primarily subjected to numerical tests with the utilization of a simulation program NovaFlow&Solid. Consequently, the results were verified by the experimental tests carried out with the physical casts produced during operation. It was proved that diverse placement of the gate in relation to the cast influences the mode of the melt flowing through the shaping cavity which is reflected in the porosity of the casts. The experimental test proved correlation of porosity f of the cast with its ultimate strength Rm. At the end of the paper, the interaction dependencies between the gate position, the mode of filling the die cavity, porosity f and ultimate strength Rm.
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