OPTIMISATION OF METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF CAST METALLIC FOAMS WITH IRREGULAR CELL STRUCTURE

1 KROUPOVÁ Ivana
Co-authors:
1 BEDNÁŘOVÁ Vlasta 1 LICHÝ Petr 1 RADKOVSKÝ Filip
Institution:
1 VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Department of Metallurgy and Foundry, Ostrava, Czech Republic, EU
Conference:
23rd International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 21 - 23, 2014
Proceedings:
Proceedings 23rd International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
1301-1304
ISBN:
978-80-87294-52-9
ISSN:
2694-9296
Published:
18th June 2014
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

Since the discovery of porous metallic materials numerous methods of production have been developed. Porous metallic materials can be made from liquid metal, from powdered metal, metal vapours, or from metal ions. The aim of the paper is to introduce casting methods of manufacturing of metallic foams from aluminum alloys. The works deals with an optimisation of procedure for production of cast metallic foams with use of disposable evaporate pattern for investment casting. The experimental part stresses the solution of metal fluidity into complicated cavity of the pattern, which is an exact negative of the initial model of polymeric foam. Author gives detail description and subsequent verification of individual factors influencing the obtained structure and properties of final castings.

Keywords: porous metal, aluminum alloys, microstructure, casting

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