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IJAT Vol.16 No.6 pp. 888-896
doi: 10.20965/ijat.2022.p0888
(2022)

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Effect of Powder Mold Release Agent on Aluminum Alloy Melt Under Gravity Casting Conditions

Kuiyuan Mu*1,†, Makoto Nikawa*2, Kunio Hayakawa*3, Hidetaka Shima*4, and Minoru Yamashita*2

*1Graduate School of Engineering, Gifu University
1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan

†Corresponding author

*2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

*3Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan

*4MORESCO Corporation, Kobe, Japan

Received:
April 29, 2022
Accepted:
June 28, 2022
Published:
November 5, 2022
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Keywords:
gravity casting, heat transfer coefficient, powder mold release agent, mushy-type molten metal
Abstract

To explore the influence of the release agent on the fluidity of the aluminum alloy melt, continuous experiments were carried out. First, through a flat mold filling experiment, the aluminum alloy melt and temperature change of the flat mold were obtained via measurements under the condition in which the mold was coated with a powder mold release agent. Stable and minimal, the excellent thermal insulation performance of heat transfer coefficient. Then, fluidity measurement experiments and computer simulation were conducted to verify the influence of the density change of the powder mold release agent on the fluidity of the aluminum alloy melt during the casting process. It was found that this relationship was affected by the temperature difference between the mold and aluminum alloy melt. The experimental results showed that changes in the powder mold release agent density changed the distribution density of its components through the thickness of the coating, thereby affecting the fluidity and thermal insulation function.

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K. Mu, M. Nikawa, K. Hayakawa, H. Shima, and M. Yamashita, “Effect of Powder Mold Release Agent on Aluminum Alloy Melt Under Gravity Casting Conditions,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.16 No.6, pp. 888-896, 2022.
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