Functions of Step Gating System in the Lost Foam Casting Process

摘要：

　　In order to explore whether the step gating system played a role in lost foam casting (LFC) process,this paper simulated the mold filling process of a step gating system with an auxiliary sprue and three side ingates by using the gravity LFC model of the code FLOW-3D,and analyzed its mold filling characteristics in LFC.It is found the mass flux ratio through the bottom-side ingate exceed 82% the total mass flux,much more than through the others.And it is also found the metal temperature of the middle region in the height direction is lower than the upper region or bottom region.The results show that the step gating system is not able to achieve its main roles in LFC.Our results can be used to design gating system in LFC.

关键词： Step gating system Lost foam casting Numerical simulation FLOW-3D

作者: Hong Zhou Li Heng Luo

作者单位: Department of Materials Engineering,Panzhihua University,Panzhihua,China No.28 Primary School of Panzhihua Municipal,Panzhihua,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: the 2012 International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (2012年制造工程与自动化国际会议(ICMEA2012))

会议地点: 广州

会议语种:英文

页码: 940-944

在线出版日期: 2012-11-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）