Pubbl/distr/stampa	Zurich : , : Trans Tech Publications Ltd., , [2010]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (254 p.)
Disciplina	669.722
Altri autori (Persone)	TaylorJohn A <1969-> (John Alexander) GrandfieldJohn F PrasadA (Arvind)
Collana	Materials science forum
Soggetto topico	Aluminum Aluminum castings
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	3-03813-344-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Aluminium Cast House Technology XI; Preface; Committees; Sponsors; Table of Contents; Industry Directions; A Historical Review of the Developments in Casthouse Technology and a Peek into the Future ; Hydro Casthouse Reference Centre; Safety & Environment; Recent Developments in Australian Aluminium Casthouse Personal Protective Clothing ; Greenhouse Emissions in Primary Aluminium Smelter Cast Houses - A Life Cycle Analysis ; Dross Generation & Handling; Predicting Dross Formation in Aluminium Melt Transfer Operations; Furnace Operations to Reduce Dross Generation; Dross Processing Technology Automated Metal Siphoning and Cast House Energy ConsumptionTechnological Researches Concerning a Decrease in the Losses Due to the Oxidation of Remelted Scrap from Aluminium Alloys; Furnaces & Refractories; Furnace Operation: "A Gold Mine in your Casthouse"; Homogenization Aspects, Continuous versus Batch in an Integrated Modern Casthouse ; Fives Solios Experience in Modern Secondary Aluminium Casthouse Construction ; Dry Hearth Melting Furnaces; The Benefits of Forced Circulation for Aluminium Reverberatory Furnaces ; Launder System for Aluminium Casting; Melt Quality & Treatment The Impact of Rising Ni and V Impurity Levels in Smelter Grade Aluminium and Potential Control Strategies Development of a Phosphate - Free Reticulated Foam Filter Material for Aluminium Cast Houses; Results with a Multi Stage System of Filtration Employing a Cyclone; The Use of Electromagnetic Fields for the Detection of Inclusions in Aluminium ; Cast House Productivity; Estimating the Production Capabilities of Casthouse Equipment Configuration Options; Direct Chill & Continuous Casting; Downstream Considerations of Fusion Clad Casting Billet Sump Modification of Al-Billets for the Prevention of Starting CracksNew Billet Mould Casting Technology; Macrosegregation Mechanisms in Direct-Chill Casting of Aluminium Alloys; Organic Coatings to Prevent Molten Metal Explosions; The Supply of Casthouse Equipment and Empowerment of Knowledge to Cast Aerospace Alloys the Almex Way; Grain Refinement and Hot Tearing of Aluminium Alloys - How to Optimise and Minimise; DC Casting Using a TF Combo Bag: 3D Modeling of the Distribution of Molten Metal and Heat Transfer; Ingot Casting; Safety Enhancement in Ingot Casting at Tomago Aluminium Technological Jump in Aluminium Ingot ProductionAluminium Bahrain - Benefits at ALBA from Use of Improved Graphite Rings for Production of Extrusion Ingots; Keywords Index; Authors Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462512103321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Durnten-Zurich, Switzerland : , : Trans Tech Publications, , [2011]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (284 p.)
Disciplina	669/.722
Altri autori (Persone)	TaylorJohn A <1969-> (John Alexander) GrandfieldJohn F PrasadA (Arvind)
Collana	Materials science forum
Soggetto topico	Aluminum Aluminum castings
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	3-03813-475-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Aluminium Cast House Technology XII; Preface and Committees; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Markets and Cast House Layouts; Improving Casthouse Throughput Using Discrete-Event Modelling; Chapter 2: Controlling Melt Loss; A Historical Perspective on Dross Processing; The Approach to Zero Waste from Smelter and Secondary Dross Processing; Preserving Metal Units Utilising the Latest Generation of Aluminium Dross Press; Crucible Fluxing with HycastTM RAM- Effect on Metal Quality and Operational Cost; SPH Modeling of the Effect of Crucible Tipping Rate on Oxide Formation Oxidation of Rolled and Flash Anodized 3000 Aluminum in Air, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Carbon Dioxide AtmospheresChapter 3: Furnaces and Refractories; A Historical Perspective of Aluminium Casthouse Furnace Developments; Improved Monolithic Materials for Lining Aluminium Holding and Melting Furnaces - Roof, Upper Walls and Flue; Phosphate Bonded Monolithic Refractory Materials with Improved Hot Strengths as a Potential Replacement for Phosphate Bonded Bricks; Cost Savings in the Cast House through Optimizing Furnace Operation, Staff Training and Associated Variables Thermocouple Protection Tube Options for Aluminium CasthousesThe Challenges to Supply New Casthouse Furnaces in a Modern Aluminium Smelter Project; Chapter 4: Safety; Can the Aluminium Industry Learn from another Industry's Catastrophe?; Chapter 5: Melt Quality and Treatment; Increasing Cast House Throughput through "In-Spec First Time"; Control and Removal of Impurities from Al Melts: A Review; Development of a Fused Magnesium Chloride Containing Refining Flux Based on a Ternary System Recent Results with New Filter Technologies Based on the Principle of Multi Stage Filtration with Grain Refiner Added in the Intermediate StageAutomatic Control of Molten Metal Flow for Improving Casting Performance; Chapter 6: Direct Chill Casting; The Development of Alsim - a Modelling Tool for Direct Chill Casting, Twin Roll Casting, Wheel and Belt Casting and Chain Conveyor Casting; Aluminum Ingot Thermal Stress Development Modeling of the Wagstaff® EpsilonTM Rolling Ingot DC Casting System during the Start-up Phase Mold and Casting Table Maintenance Management System at Aluar: A Key to Quality Billets and Saving CostsHot Tearing in Al-Mg-Si Alloys with Minor Additions of Cu or Mn; Chapter 7: Ingot and Continuous Casting; Implementation of CASTfill Low-Dross Pouring System for Ingot Casting; 3D Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Wheel and Belt Continuous Casting; Chapter 8: Alloys and Heat Treatment; Design of Secondary Alloy Compositions for High Performance Aluminium Pressure Diecastings; The Effect of Calcium on the Rolling Behaviour and Hot Tensile Properties of AA5182; The Metallurgy of Homogenisation Effect of Homogenisation Parameters on Dissolution and Precipitation in Aluminium Alloy AA7150
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462513103321

Autore	Kaufman J. G (John Gilbert), <1931->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Materials Park, OH, : ASM International, 2004
Descrizione fisica	viii, 340 p. : ill
Disciplina	620.1/86
Altri autori (Persone)	RooyElwin L
Soggetto topico	Aluminum alloys - Mechanical properties Aluminum castings
ISBN	1-62708-335-9 1-62198-478-8 1-61503-047-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9911004860703321

Autore	Nath Jagan
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Materials Park : , : A S M International, , 2023
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (226 pages)
Soggetto topico	Aluminum castings Iron founding Metal castings Steel castings
ISBN	9781627084475 1627084479 9781523157884 1523157887 9781627084468 1627084460
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- Casting Manufacturing Layout-Principles and Guidelines -- 1.1 -- 1.1.1 -- 1.1.2 -- 1.1.3 -- 1.1.4 -- 1.1.4.1 -- 1.2 -- 1.2.1 -- 1.2.2 -- 1.2.3 -- 1.3 -- Appendix -- Sand and Metal Charge Storage and Handling -- 2.1 Metallic Charge Materials -- 2.1.1 Large Bulk Amounts -- 2.1.2 Smaller Packages -- 2.2 Raw Material Handling -- 2.2.1 Metallic Charge Materials - Large Bulk Amounts -- 2.2.2 Nonmetallic Materials - Large Amounts of Silica and Olivine Sands -- 2.2.3 Nonmetallic Materials - Coke and Limestone -- 2.2.4 Nonmetallic Materials - Bentonite, Sea Coal, and Dextrin -- 2.2.5 Nonmetallic Materials - Resin Binders, Sodium Silicate, and Mold Coatings -- 2.3 Scrap-Breaking Equipment -- 2.4 Sand Drying, Cooling, and Storage -- 2.4.1 Types of Sand Dryers -- 2.4.1.1 Advantages of Drum or Rotary Dryers -- 2.4.1.2 Advantages of fluidized bed dryers -- 2.4.2 Drum or Rotary Dryers and Coolers -- 2.4.3 Fluidized Bed Dryers and Coolers -- 2.5 Handling and Dosing of Bentonite and Sea Coal -- Sand Conditioning Equipment -- 3.1 Sand Dosing into the Muller -- 3.1.1 Variable Feed Belt Speed -- 3.1.1.1 Calibration -- 3.1.2 Dosing Hopper with Load Cell -- 3.2 Sand Muller Types and Features -- 3.2.1 Vertical Roller-Type Muller -- 3.2.2 Horizontal Roller-Type Muller -- 3.2.3 Duplex Muller -- 3.2.4 DISAMATIC Sand Mixer -- 3.2.5 Continuous Screw-Type Muller -- 3.3 Automated Sand Conditioning Control -- 3.3.1 Time-Controlled and Energy-Controlled Mulling -- 3.4 Core Sand Mixers -- 3.5 Sand Conveyors and Bucket Elevators -- 3.5.1 Sand Conveyors -- 3.5.2 Bucket Elevators -- 3.6 Sand Aerators -- 3.6.1 Types of Aerators -- 3.6.1.1 Belt-Type Aerator -- 3.6.1.2 Pin Bushing-Type Aerator -- 3.7 Mold Conveyors-Types and Lengths for Cooling -- 3.7.1 Mold Conveyors -- 3.7.1.1 Roller Conveyors. 3.7.1.2 Guide Rail System for Mold Movement -- 3.7.1.3 Multilevel Mold Conveyors -- 3.7.1.4 Walking Beam Mold Conveyor - Precision Mold Conveyor -- 3.7.1.5 Sliding Mold Conveyor - Automatic Mold Conveyor -- 3.7.1.6 -- 3.7.2 Engineering for Cooling Time -- 3.7.2.1 Example Calculation of Conveyor Length for Gray Iron Foundries -- 3.7.2.2 Conveyor Length for Ductile Iron Castings -- 3.7.2.3 Conveyor Length for Steel Castings -- 3.7.3 Flexibility in Conveyor Design -- 3.7.4 Extended Cooling Times -- 3.8 Shakeout Units and Features -- 3.8.1 Basic Brute and Variable Drives -- 3.8.2 Two-Mass High-Frequency Type (Ref 16, 17) -- 3.8.3 Vibratory Drum-Type -- 3.8.4 Rotary Drum-Type -- 3.8.5 Hydroblasting -- 3.8.6 Summary -- 3.9 Magnetic Separators -- 3.9.1 Magnetic Drum -- 3.9.2 Magnetic Pulley Segment -- 3.9.3 Belt-Type Magnetic Separator -- 3.10 Lump Breakers and Core Crushers -- 3.10.1 Over-Screen-Type Lump Breakers -- 3.10.2 Roller-Type Lump Breakers -- 3.10.3 Rotary-Type Lump Breakers -- 3.10.4 Attrition Mills -- 3.10.5 Hybrid Units -- 3.11 Screens -- 3.11.1 Hexagonal screens -- 3.11.2 Rotary Drums -- 3.11.3 Vibratory screens -- 3.12 Sand Coolers -- 3.12.1 Sand Cooling Processes -- 3.12.2 Sand Cooling Types -- 3.12.3 Stages of Sand Cooling -- 3.12.4 Heat Exchangers for Sand Cooling -- 3.12.5 Sand Cooling in Mullers and Mixers -- 3.13 Sand Reclamation Systems -- 3.13.1 Impact of Reclamation -- 3.13.2 Dry Reclamation -- 3.13.3 Wet Reclamation -- 3.13.4 Thermal reclamation -- 3.14 Prepared Sand Hoppers and Automated Level Control -- 3.14.1 Bin or Hopper Shapes for Reduced Bridging -- 3.14.2 Bin or Hopper Linings or Coatings -- 3.14.3 Design for Vibrators to Remove Jamming -- 3.14.4 Sand Level Measurement in Hoppers -- Molding Flasks and Molding Machines -- 4.1 Molding Flask Designs -- 4.1.1 Materials for Flasks -- 4.1.1.1 Rigidity -- 4.1.1.2 Strength. 4.1.1.3 Accuracy -- Outline placeholder -- 4.1.1.3.1 Alignment Accuracy -- 4.1.1.3.2 Perpendicularity of Guide-Pin Axes and Mating Surfaces -- 4.2 Mold Pallets -- 4.3 Molding Machines -- 4.3.1 Comparison of Tight Flask Molding and Flaskless Molding -- 4.3.2 Pneumatically and Hydraulically Compacted Molding Machines -- 4.3.3 Multistation Machines -- 4.3.4 Molding Machine Features Enhancements -- 4.3.4.1 Hopper Filling Improvements -- Outline placeholder -- 4.3.4.1.1 Gravity Fill -- 4.3.4.1.2 Blow Fill -- 4.3.4.1.3 Aeration Fill -- 4.3.4.1.4 Airflow -- 4.3.4.2 Squeeze Pressure Balance Control -- 4.3.4.3 Mold Height Control - Vertically Parted Molds -- 4.3.4.4 Pattern Plate Heater -- 4.3.4.5 No-spill Sand-Horizontal Parting Plane -- 4.3.4.6 Leveling Frame Pattern Draw -- 4.3.4.7 Multiram Squeeze -- 4.3.4.8 Light Curtain Safety Feature -- 4.3.4.9 Automated Pattern Plate Change -- 4.3.4.10 Molding Machine Controls and Diagnostics -- 4.4 Flaskless Molds -- 4.4.1 Horizontally Parted Flaskless Molding -- 4.4.2 Flask and Flaskless Flexible Molding Machines -- 4.4.3 Vertical Molded and Horizontally Cast Molding Machine -- 4.4.4 Vertically Parted Molding Machines -- 4.4.4.1 Machine Sizes and Outputs -- 4.5 No-Bake Molding Lines -- 4.5.1 Rollover and Draw Machines -- 4.5.2 Mold Manipulators -- 4.5.3 Flow Coating and Drying -- 4.5.4 No-Bake Core-mold Assembly -- 4.5.5 Mold Clamping and Weight Loading -- 4.5.5.1 Mold Lifting Force Computation -- 4.5.5.2 ``C´´ Clamps for Mold Clamping -- 4.5.5.3 Dovetail Clamps for the Flasks -- 4.5.5.4 Automated Mold Weighting Systems -- Outline placeholder -- 4.5.5.4.1 Automated Mold Loading Conveyor -- 4.5.5.4.2 Automated Pick-and-Place Units -- 4.5.6 Automated Core-Setting Systems -- 4.6 Core-Making Equipment -- 4.6.1 Cold Box Core Machines -- 4.6.2 Shell Core Machines -- 4.6.3 3D Printed Cores -- Casting Cleaning Operations. 5.1 Casting Cleaning Operation Sequence -- 5.2 Casting Cleaning Options-Shot Blasting -- 5.2.1 Impeller Heads -- 5.2.2 Shot Blasting Machine Types and Suitability -- 5.2.2.1 Tumble Blasters -- Outline placeholder -- 5.2.2.1.1 Drum-Type Tumble Blasters -- 5.2.2.1.2 Barrel-Type Tumble Blasters -- 5.2.2.1.3 Continuous Barrel-Type Tumble Shot Blaster -- 5.2.2.2 Table Shot Blasters -- Outline placeholder -- 5.2.2.2.1 Swing Table Blasters -- 5.2.2.2.2 Twin Table Blasters -- 5.2.2.3 Cabinet-Type Blasters -- Outline placeholder -- 5.2.2.3.1 Dual Chamber Spinner Blasters -- 5.2.2.3.2 Monorail Conveyor Cabinet Shot Blasters -- 5.2.3 Safety Features in Shot Blasting Machines -- 5.3 Decoring, or Removal of Cores from Castings -- 5.3.1 Decoring Machines -- 5.3.2 Inspection Instrumentation for Core Remnants Checking -- 5.4 Degating, or Removal of Runners, Gates, and Feeders -- 5.4.1 Removal of Runners and Gates from Gray and White Iron Castings -- 5.4.2 Removal of Runners and Feeders from Ductile Iron Castings -- 5.4.3 Removal of Runners and Feeders from Steel Castings -- 5.5 Flash Removal and Automation -- 5.5.1 Grinding Machine Types and Applications -- 5.5.2 Automated Grinders -- 5.5.2.1 Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Grinding -- 5.5.2.2 Robotic Grinding -- 5.5.3 Guidelines for Grinding Wheel Selection -- 5.6 Heat Treatment -- 5.6.1 Stress-Relieving of Cast and Ductile Iron Castings -- 5.6.2 Annealing of Gray Iron Castings -- 5.6.3 Annealing and Normalizing of Ductile Iron Castings -- 5.6.4 Heat Treatment of Steel Castings -- 5.6.4.1 Austenitizing -- 5.6.4.2 Normalizing -- 5.6.4.3 Quench Hardening -- 5.6.4.4 Tempering -- 5.6.4.5 Annealing or Full Annealing -- 5.7 Product Quality Control -- 5.7.1 Gray Iron Castings -- 5.7.2 Ductile Iron Castings -- 5.7.3 Steel Castings -- Iron and Steel Melting Furnaces -- 6.1 Furnace Types and Applications. 6.2 Cupolas-Types, Advantages, and Applications -- 6.2.1 Cold-Blast Cupolas -- 6.2.2 Hot-Blast Cupolas -- 6.2.2.1 Recuperative Hot Blast Units -- 6.2.2.2. Preheated Air Blast Units -- 6.2.3 Cupola Classification According to the Lining -- 6.2.4 Continuous Operation of the Front-Slagging Cupola -- 6.2.5 Cupolas with a Forehearth -- 6.2.6 Cupola with a Holding Furnace or a Holder -- 6.2.7 Special Cupolas -- 6.2.7.1 Divided-Blast Cupolas -- 6.2.7.2 Oxygen-Enriched Cupolas -- 6.2.7.3 Cokeless Gas-fired Cupolas -- 6.2.7.4 Plasma-Fired Cupolas -- 6.2.8 Charging Systems Mechanization -- 6.2.9 Charge Height Monitoring Systems -- 6.2.9.1 Contact Height Monitoring -- 6.2.9.2 Noncontact Height Monitoring -- 6.3 Induction Furnace-Types and Applications -- 6.3.1 Coreless Induction Furnaces -- 6.3.1.1 Impact of Power Supply Frequency -- 6.3.1.2 Frequency and Furnace Size -- 6.3.1.3 Frequency and Melting Time -- 6.3.1.4 Influence of Furnace Size -- 6.3.1.5 Rate of Bath Temperature Rise -- 6.3.1.6 Power and Furnace Size -- 6.3.1.7 Holding Power -- 6.3.2 Channel-Type Holding Furnaces-Cast Irons -- 6.3.2.1 Channel Furnace Operation -- 6.3.3 Additional Furnace Features -- 6.3.3.1 Engineering Induction Furnaces for Emergency -- 6.3.3.2 Relining Time Reduction -- 6.3.3.3 Mechanized Charging Systems -- 6.3.3.4 Furnace Design for Easier Deslagging -- 6.3.3.5 Charge Preheating -- 6.3.3.6 Emission Control -- 6.4 Arc Furnace Features and Applications -- 6.4.1 Construction Features -- 6.4.2 Bath Agitation Improvement -- 6.5 Cost and Other Considerations in Furnace Selection -- 6.5.1 Costs -- 6.5.2 Metallurgical Factors -- 6.5.3 Environmental Factors -- 6.5.4 Power Requirements and Grid Power Fluctuations -- 6.5.5 Size Factor -- 6.5.6 Operator Skill Level -- 6.5.7 Alternative Furnace Options -- 6.6 Automatic Pouring Units -- 6.6.1 Pouring Units for Cast Irons. 6.6.2 Low-Pressure Pouring Units for Steel.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9911007163803321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Place of publication not identified], : American Society for Testing & Materials, 1957
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	673.7222
Soggetto topico	Aluminum castings Solder and soldering
ISBN	0-8031-5938-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910164750103321