DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON ALUMINIUM

ALLOY LM6 STEEL WIRE REINFORCED
COMPOSITES BY SQUEEZE CASTING
PANEL REVIEW
02.12.2015

GUIDED BY
MR.C.SAMSON JEROLD SAMUEL
PRESENTED BY
S.P.GOWTHAM(14ME002)
ME CAD/CAM
 INTRODUCTION
• Squeeze casting is the combination of the
casting and forging process.
• It is also known as liquid metal forging.
• High pressure is applied during solidification.
• MMC play a major role in the mechanical and
Tribological properties.
• Squeeze casting is most suitable method to
produce light alloy components.
SQUEEZE CASTING
Schematic illustrating squeeze casting process operations. (a) Melt charge,
preheat, and lubricate tooling. (b) Transfer melts into die cavity. (c) Close
tooling, solidify melt under pressure. (d) Eject casting, clean dies, charge melt

stock .
 OBJECTIVES
• To improve the Tensile Strength and Fatigue
Strength of the aluminium alloy by
reinforcing steel wire.
• To improve wear resistance of aluminum alloy.
• To combine both ferrous and non-ferrous
material.
• To improve the metallurgical properties such
as grain size, microstructure of aluminium
castings.
METHODOLOGY
Selection of base material

Selection of reinforcement

Determination of
process parameters

Development of
casting by using
squeeze casting
process
Testing
Result analysis
 MATERIALS
BASE MATERIAL
Aluminium alloy LM 6.

REINFORCEMENT MATERIAL
Mild steel as a reinforcement.
 PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

• Non ferrous materials have low fatigue

strength and tensile strength of metal matrix
composite.
• Aluminium has less wear resistance.
• Aluminium is lighter than steel but it’s strength
is comparatively low.
 LM6 is a corrosion resistant aluminum casting alloy with average durability and
strength, and with high impact strength and ductility. Applications: general, electrical,
marine, intricate shaped castings, and building cladding panels
 MILD STEEL
• Low-carbon steel contains approximately
0.05–0.15% carbon.
• Mild steel has a relatively low tensile strength.
• Malleable and ductile.
• Young's modulus is 210 Gpa.
ELECTROLESS NICKEL
COATING
ADVANTAGE OF ELECTROLESS NICKEL
COATING
• Can be reduce corrosion and erosion.
• Reduce friction and wear and also avoid stress
cracking.
• Improve equipment reliability and life.
• Used to replace more expensive alloys.
 WIRE SPECIFICATIONS

Wire diameter = 0.1mm or less than 0.1 mm.

Wire length = 65mm.
 LITERATURE SURVEY
AUTHOR NAME VOLKER SCHULZE, et al.
Tensile behavior of spring steel wire reinforced EN AW-6082.
TITLE

JOURNAL NAME Journal of composite materials.

Weight reduction and improvement of mechanical properties.
OBJECTIVE

Aluminium alloys (EN AW-2099, EN AW-6056, EN AW-

MATERIAL USED 6060-T4, EN AW-6082).
METHODOLOGY The quasi-static tensile test, analysis of reinforcing ratio,
universal testing machine.

If aluminium oxide fiber reinforced to aluminium wire it

CONCLUSION improves the strength and stiffness of spring steel wire
reinforced EN AW-6082 .
 LITERATURE SURVEY
AUTHOR NAME G.DURRANT , M.GALLERNEAULT , B.CANTOR

Squeeze cast aluminium reinforced with mild steel inserts

TITLE

To increase the strength of the aluminium by using mild

OBJECTIVE steel inserts
Aluminium -7% of silicon, mild steel , titanium
MATERIAL USED

METHODOLOGY Squeeze casting, vacuum spray coating of mild steel insert

with titanium
Increase the shear strength of Al 30Mpa to 110Mpa
CONCLUSION ,reduce the porosity of the material.
 LITERATURE SURVEY
AUTHOR NAME M.DHANASHEKAR, et al.

Squeeze casting of aluminium metal matrix

TITLE composites.

JOURNAL NAME Science direct.

An overview of squeeze casting process.

OBJECTIVE

The optimum pressure maintain 100 Mpa means

CONCLUSION improves the mechanical properties, smaller the
grain size improvement in the properties , melt and
die temperature during the squeeze casting of
aluminium alloys and composites are 600 to 700 c
and around 250 c respectively.
 REFERENCES
• P. Vijian, V .P. Arunachalam, Optimization of squeeze cast parameters of
LM6 aluminium alloy for Surface roughness using Taguchi method,
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 180, pp 161-166, 2006.
• A.Maleki, A.Shafyei, B.Niroumand, Effects of squeeze casting parameters
on the microstructure of LM13 alloy, Journal of Materials Processing
Technology 209, pp3790- 3797, 2009.
• S. Suresh, A. Mortensen, A. Needleman, Fundamentals Of Metal Matrix
Composites, Butterworth-Heinemann, MA, USA, 1993.
• W. Liu, R. Hunsperger, M. Chajes, and E. Kunz, “An overview of
corrosion damage detection in steel bridge strands using TDR.
• Pietzka D, Khalifa NB, Gerke S, et al. Composite extrusion of thin
aluminum profiles with high reinforcing volume. Key Eng Mater 2013.
• Corbin SF and Wilkinson DS. The influence of particle distribution on the
mechanical response of a particulate metal matrix composite. Acta Metall
Mater 1993.
 APPLICATIONS
• Cylinder heads.
• Piston.
• Crank shaft.
• Flywheel.
• Frames.
• connecting rods.
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