When commercializing squeeze casting and semi-solid metalworking processes, component producers looked to conventional die casting to identify potential defects and control component quality. Several defects were expected including cold shuts, cold flows, flash, drags, warping, and gas entrapment, just to name a few. Efforts were taken to avoid these defects. New defect types, however, have surfaced unique to these high integrity die casting processes. Contaminant veins and phase separation are presented. Although, squeeze casting and semi-solid metalworking have proven to be successful, component producers have been reluctant to report defects for fear of giving these emerging processes a bad reputation. Nonetheless, these defects must be understood to avoid future problems.


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    Title :

    Understanding Defects in High Integrity Die Castings


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2003 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2003



    Publication date :

    2003-03-03




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Understanding defects in high integrity die castings

    Vinarcik,E.J. | Automotive engineering | 2003


    2003-01-0824 Understanding Defects in High Integrity Die Castings

    Vinarcik, E. J. / Society of Automotive Engineers | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003