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Study on vacuum suction casting for TiAl-based alloys

  • Yanqing Su*
  • , Xicong Ye
  • , Jingjie Guo
  • , Hengzhi Fu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A novel type of foundry method for TiAl-based alloy is presented in the present paper. The filling processes of Ti-47Al alloy sheet and blade have been studied via numerical simulation. The investigation results indicate that the filling fraction is enhanced by the increase of filling velocity and graphite throat diameter. The graphite throat diameter is the main parameter for the backward filling location in the process of vacuum suction casting. With the increase of mould temperature, the solid fraction is reduced. The alloy solidification begins from bottom to top. The TiAl sheet and the blade are produced by this method. The grain size of the sheet is in the range from 10 μm to 40 μm. There is no obvious shrinkage cavity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1505-1508
Number of pages4
JournalXiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering
Volume38
Issue number9
StatePublished - Sep 2009

Keywords

  • Filling fraction
  • Graphite throat diameter
  • Numerical simulation
  • Solid fraction
  • Vacuum suction casting

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