Mechanical Engineering
Vol. 35 No. 03 (2020): Proceedings of the Faculty of Technical Sciences
THE INFLUENCE OF THE RUNNER SHAPE ON MELT VELOCITY IN ALUMINUM GRAVITY CASTING
- Slaviša Trifunović
- Lazar Kovačević
Abstract
Quality of aluminum alloy castings rely on the gating system design and its ability to provide controlled filling with lower than critical velocities. Runner exit velocities for several runner shapes were calculated by the trajectory tracking method by ejecting the melt through the open horizontal runner.
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