APPLICATION OF MOULDING SANDS WITH GEOPOLYMER BINDER IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CASTINGS FROM ALUMINIUM ALLOYS

The article presents the results of laboratory tests on the binding characteristics of moulding sands with inorganic geopolymer binders and for comparison with furan resin and alkaline resin, designed for casting o...

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SIMULATION STUDIES OF MOULD FILLING CONDITIONS WITH MOLTEN METAL IN EVAPORATIVE PATTERN TECHNOLOGY

Using available thermo-physical parameters, the paper describes the simulation studies of metal flow in mould filled with an evaporative pattern. The final properties of casting made in a lost-foam process are grea...

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SIMULATION STUDIES (USING METHODS OF NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS) OF POURING AND SOLIDIFICATION OF SELECTED IRON ALLOY CASTINGS

The results of computer simulation carried out on MAGMAsoft and MAGMAiron programmes were presented for the technology of pouring and solidification of 35GSM steel castings and GJS400-15 and GJS600-3 ductile iron casti...

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Simulation analysis of liquid metal flow through an innovative reaction chamber (and its shape optimization) used in ductile iron production technology

Ductile iron castings are widely used in many industrial branches because of their mechanical properties. The production process of such a grade of cast iron requires the maintenance of the technological regime and the purity of initial charge mat...

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