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Social hotspots in the automotive industry’s aluminum value chains—combining primary and generic data

Social hotspots in the automotive industry’s aluminum value chains—combining primary and generic data

You have full access to this open access articleThe International Journal of Life Cycle AssessmentAims and scopeSubmit manuscriptSocial hotspots in the automotive industry’s aluminum value chains—combining primary and generic data Download PDF Abstract Purpose The automotive industry and its suppliers have been facing increasing challenges in the sustainable sourcing of raw materials on environmental and

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Data extension-based analysis and application selection of process-composition-properties of die casting aluminum alloy

Data extension-based analysis and application selection of process-composition-properties of die casting aluminum alloy

Jian Yang ab, Bo Liu ab, Yunbo Zeng c, Yiben Zhang ab, Haiyou Huang de, Jichao Hong bShow moreAdd to MendeleyShareCite https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2024.108514Get rights and content Abstract This research aims to provide a solution to the scarcity and fragmentation of industrial data on die casting aluminum alloys. Quantifying the coupling between die casting process-composition-properties of aluminum alloys through small datasets, is a critical step in predicting part properties and optimizing process selection. To

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Exploded view of the mold halves with insert and casting.

Investigation of the Compound Strength of Hybrid Casting Components with Different Variations of Coated and Undercut Sheet Metal

Download PDF You have full access to thisopen accessarticle International Journal of MetalcastingAims and scopeSubmit manuscript Abstract Lightweight design can reduce CO2 emissions and improve energy efficiency, especially in the fuel-intensive transportation sector. Multi-material design approaches can combine specific properties of materials for effective lightweight design. A multi-material component made from two metals used widely in

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Gas inclusion cut open by drilling, on the threaded profile.

Modelling the Impregnation of a Pressure-Tight Casting

Abstract Pressure tightness is important for many die-cast aluminium castings, but the interconnected porosity formed in the aluminium alloy high-pressure die castings (HPDC) can form a network connecting several surfaces of the casting, especially as a result of machining after casting. The resulting potential leakage path can be imagined as a series of discontinuities varying in

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Figure 3. Radio filter produced by means of the RSF/RheoMetalTM process. A unique feature of this product is the weight reduction of 1.6 kg facilitated by wall thicknesses as low as 0.4 mm at 40 mm height (aspect ratio 100). High conductivity low Si alloys were used, and thermal transport properties further increased by up to 20% depending on the alloy composition by means of heat treatments, as depicted in the top right diagram by means of arrows denoting the course of the latter (images provided by Comptech AB, Skillingaryd, Sweden).

Advances in Metal Casting Technology: A Review of State of the Art, Challenges and Trends—Part II: Technologies New and Revived

Open Access by Dirk Lehmhus Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Wiener Straße 12, 28359 Bremen, GermanyMetals 2024, 14(3), 334; https://doi.org/10.3390/met14030334Submission received: 25 February 2024 / Accepted: 8 March 2024 / Published: 14 March 2024(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Metal Casting Technology) 1. Introduction The present text is the second part of an editorial written for a

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Advances in Metal Casting Technology: A Review of State of the Art, Challenges and Trends—Part II: Technologies New and Revived

Advances in Metal Casting Technology: A Review of State of the Art, Challenges and Trends—Part II: Technologies New and Revived

by Dirk Lehmhus Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Wiener Straße 12, 28359 Bremen, GermanyMetals 2024, 14(3), 334; https://doi.org/10.3390/met14030334Submission received: 25 February 2024 / Accepted: 8 March 2024 / Published: 14 March 2024(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Metal Casting Technology) 1. Introduction It is a platitude that science and technology do not necessarily evolve along straight paths.

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Figure 1. Illustration of LED lighting application and thermal network model.

Savings in Cooling Energy with a Thermal Management System for LED Lighting in Office Buildings

by Byung-Lip Ahn 1,2,Ji-Woo Park 1,Seunghwan Yoo 1,Jonghun Kim 1,Seung-Bok Leigh 2 andCheol-Yong Jang 1,* Abstract Light-emitting diode (LED) lighting should be considered for lighting efficiency enhancement, however, waste heat from light-emitting diode (LED) lighting increases the internal cooling load during the summer season. In order to solve this problem we propose a thermal management system for light-emitting diode (LED) lighting with a

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High-Pressure Die Casting of Al–Ce–La–Ni–Fe Alloys

High-Pressure Die Casting of Al–Ce–La–Ni–Fe Alloys

Benjamin E. MacDonald1, Stuart Wiesner2, Ryan Holdsworth1, Carl Söderhjelm1 & Diran ApelianORCID:orcid.org/0000-0001-9743-606X1 Abstract The effects on phase equilibria of La and Fe additions to the Al–Ce–Ni-based alloy system are explored under high-pressure die casting conditions. The addition of La to Al–Ce–Ni-based alloy system only reacts with Ce synergistically to promote the formation of the Al11(Ce,La)3 intermetallic phase as predicted by CALculation

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Analytical study of optimization of the cost of a highpressure die casting(HPDC) die

Analytical study of optimization of the cost of a high-pressure die casting(HPDC) die

Satyam Singh; Manish Dixit; Vikash Dwivedi Abstracts High pressure die casting (HPDC) is particularly suitable for high production rate and it is applied in various industry actually approximately 50 % of the world production of Low weight metal casting age find out by this technology. In this paper, the process to determine the estimated cost

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Effect of Thermal Treatment (T5) on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of Vacuum High Pressure Die Cast Al–Si–Mg Alloy

Effect of Thermal Treatment (T5) on Microstructure and Tensile Properties of Vacuum High Pressure Die Cast Al–Si–Mg Alloy

Part of the The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series book series (MMMS) Abstract In this work, a modified Al–Si–Mg (A356) alloy was prepared by vacuum-assisted high pressure die casting processes (V-HPDC). To release residual stresses, various thermal treatment schemes over a wide range of temperatures between 120 and 350 °C were experimented to the as-cast V-HPDC alloy, in

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