TY - JOUR
T1 - Using sol-gel component as additive to foundry coatings to improve casting quality
AU - Nwaogu, Ugochukwu Chibuzoh
AU - Poulsen, T.
AU - Gravesen, B.
AU - Tiedje, Niels Skat
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The improvement of foundry coatings to enhance performance is important. This paper investigates the effect of using sol‐gel component as an additive to foundry coatings applied on chemically bonded sand cores. Three parameters at three levels each were investigated using Taguchi experimental parameter design. The effects of the sol‐gel component on viscosity, density, °Baumé, core coverage and permeability are shown. Numerical simulations were used to predict defect areas. The thermal profiles of the core materials during casting were determined, and the surface quality of the castings was evaluated. The results show that the surface quality of castings obtained by adding the sol‐gel component to the coatings for cold box cores has no significant difference from castings produced with coatings without sol‐gel component. On the other hand, the addition of the sol‐gel component in coatings for furan cores showed significant improvement on the surface quality of the castings compared to that obtained without sol‐gel component.
AB - The improvement of foundry coatings to enhance performance is important. This paper investigates the effect of using sol‐gel component as an additive to foundry coatings applied on chemically bonded sand cores. Three parameters at three levels each were investigated using Taguchi experimental parameter design. The effects of the sol‐gel component on viscosity, density, °Baumé, core coverage and permeability are shown. Numerical simulations were used to predict defect areas. The thermal profiles of the core materials during casting were determined, and the surface quality of the castings was evaluated. The results show that the surface quality of castings obtained by adding the sol‐gel component to the coatings for cold box cores has no significant difference from castings produced with coatings without sol‐gel component. On the other hand, the addition of the sol‐gel component in coatings for furan cores showed significant improvement on the surface quality of the castings compared to that obtained without sol‐gel component.
U2 - 10.1179/1743133611Y.0000000038
DO - 10.1179/1743133611Y.0000000038
M3 - Journal article
SP - 176
EP - 187
JO - International Journal of Cast Metals Research
JF - International Journal of Cast Metals Research
SN - 1364-0461
ER -