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Chapter 5. Metal-Casting
Processes and Equipment;
Heat Treatment
Casting
Casting is a manufacturing process by which a molten material such as metal or
plastic is introduced into a mold made of sand or metal, allowed to solidify within
the mold, and then ejected or broken out to make a fabricated part.
Advantages
Making parts of complex shape in a single piece.
Producing large number of identical castings within specified tolerances.
Good bearing qualities and jointless product.
Disadvantages
Limitations of mechanical properties because of the polycrystalline grain structure.
Poor dimensional accuracy due to shrinkage of metal during solidification.
If the number of parts cast is relatively small, the cost per casting increases rapidly.
Solidification of Metals
Solid solution
Solute( )
Solvent( )
When the particular crystal structure of the solvent is maintained during alloying,
the alloy is called solid solution.
Substitutional solid solution( )
Interstitial solid solution( )
Phase diagram ( )
Graphically illustrates the relationships among temperature, composition,
and the phase present in a particular alloy system.
Lever Rule
S C CL
O
S L CS CL
L C CO
S
S L CS CL
Lever-Rule ( )
Eutectoid steel
a- ferrite: white
Fe3C: dark
Lamellar structure
(pearlite)
(x 500)
(x 500)
(a) Austenite:100% g
Cg Co
(b) a (%) 100 0.77 0.40 100 50%, that is 5kg,
C C 0.77 0.022
g a
Co Ca
g (%) 100 0.40 0.022 100 50%, that is 5kg,
Cg Ca 0.77 0.022
6.67 0.40
(c) a 100 94%, that is 9.4kg
6.67 0.022
Cast irons
Fe, C 2.11~4.5%, Si ~3.5%
According to solidification
morphology :
Cast irons
Cast irons
Cast structures
Pure metal vs. alloys
Dendrites ( )
Dendrites
Fluid flow
v c 2 gh
p v2
h constant
g 2 g
2 2
p v p v
h1 1 1 h2 2 2 f
g 2 g g 2 g
Q A1v1 A2 v2
A1 h
2
A2 h1
vD
Re
Shrinkage occurs at
Molten metal
Phase change
Solid metal
Defects/DFM
Casting alloys
Applications
Properties
Casting processes
Expendable mold,
permanent pattern
Sand casting
Shell-mold casting
Plaster mold casting
Ceramic mold casting
Vacuum casting
Investment casting
Die casting
Hot-chamber process
Cold-chamber process
Transformation-ferrous alloys
Austenite
Moderate
cooling
Pearlite Martensite
(a+Fe3C)
(+proeutectic a) Bainite
reheat
(a+Fe3C)
Tempered
martensite
Ferrous alloys
(x 320)
Case hardening
Surface hardening
Carburizing ( )
Carbonitriding ( )
Cyaniding ( )
Nitriding ( )
Boronizing ( )
Flame hardening ( )
Induction hardening ( )
Annealing ( )/ tempering ( )
Normalizing( )
Economics of casting
Case study
Bridge design
Another bridge