Evaluation of the mold-filling ability of alloy melt in squeeze casting

Haiying Zhang1), Shaming Xing1), Qinghua Zhang2), Jianbo Tan1,3), and Wen Liu1) 1) Semisolid Forming Research Center, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China 2) Shijiazhuang Locomotive Depot, Shijiazhuang 050000, China 3) Department of Material and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, China

摘 要：<正>The mold-filling ability of alloy melt in squeeze casting process was evaluated by means of the maximum length of Archimedes spiral line. A theoretical evaluating model to predict the maximum filling length was built based on the flowing theory of the incompressible viscous fluid. It was proved by experiments and calculations that the mold-filling pressure and velocity are prominent influencing factors on the mold-filling ability of alloy melt. The mold-filling ability increases with the increase of the mold-filling pressure and the decrease of the proper mold-filling velocity. Moreover, the pouring temperature relatively has less effect on the mold-filling ability under the experimental conditions. The maximum deviation of theoretical calculating values with experimental results is less than 15％. The model can quantitatively estimate the effect of every factor on the mold-filling ability.

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