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INFLUENCE OF THE CHILL SIZE ON THE POROSITY FORMATION IN DUCTILE IRON CASTING

1 SOCHA Ladislav
Co-authors:
2 FILIPEK Szymon 1 GRYC Karel 1 SVIŽELOVÁ Jana 3 CHMIEL Miroslav 3 FRONKOVÁ Petra 3 NOVÁK Petr
Institutions:
1 Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, EU, socha@mail.vstecb.cz, gryc@mail.vstecb.cz, svizelova@mail.vstecb.cz
2 University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic, EU, sfilipek@kmm.zcu.cz
3 KOVOSVIT MAS Foundry, a.s., Sezimovo Ústí, Czech Republic, EU, chmiel@kovosvit.cz, fronkova@kovosvit.cz, novakp@kovosvit.cz
Conference:
31st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Orea Congress Hotel Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 18 - 19, 2022
Proceedings:
Proceedings 31st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
149-155
ISBN:
978-80-88365-06-8
ISSN:
2694-9296
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37904/metal.2022.4457
Published:
1st November 2022
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

This paper describes the numerical modelling of solidification of ductile iron castings intended for the shipbuilding industry. Numerical simulations we performed in the computer software MAGMASOFT®. The purpose of numerical simulations was to predict solidification under defined casting conditions to verify whether the proposed production technology is adequate. Attention was focused mainly on the porosity occurrence in the casting, which is determined at a stated location using an ultrasonic test. Variants with different types of chills were simulated to determine their effect on the size of porosity. The results of these variants are presented in this paper. The variant with the best results was then recommended for production under operating conditions.

Keywords: Metallurgy, casting, ductile iron, numerical simulation, MAGMASOFT®

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