@ARTICLE{Roučka_J._Effect_2022, author={Roučka, J. and Kaňa, V. and Kryštůfek, T. and Chýlková, A.}, volume={vol. 22}, number={No 4}, pages={90-95}, journal={Archives of Foundry Engineering}, howpublished={online}, year={2022}, publisher={The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, abstract={In many application fields, thin-walled ductile iron castings can compete with castings made from aluminium alloys thanks as their show superior mechanical properties higher stiffness, vibrations damping as well as properties at higher temperatures. As problematic criterion in thin-walled cast-iron castings can be seen the graphitization ability and high sensitivity of the structure and the mechanical properties to the solidification rate. The tests were curried on plate castings with wall thicknesses of 3, 5, and 8 mm, using inoculants based on FeSi70 with different contents of nucleation-active elements as aluminium, calcium, zirconium and magnesium. The inoculation was made by the in-mould method. In the experiments structures were achieved, differing by the graphite dispersity, structure and mechanical properties. The experiments have proved particularly a high sensitivity of the structure and the mechanical properties to the cooling rate of the sample castings. The influence of the inoculant type is less important than the influence of solidification rate.}, type={Article}, title={Effect of Inoculants on the Structure and Properties of Thin-Walled Ductile Iron Castings}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/125443/PDF-MASTER/AFE%204_2022_13_final.pdf}, doi={10.24425/afe.2022.143955}, keywords={Thin-wall castings, Ductile Iron, Inoculation, Structure, Mechanical properties}, }