The opportunity to improve the quality of metal castings by enabling fabrication of complex
gating systems via 3D Sand-Printing (3DSP) has been recently established. Among the …

The entrainment of the surface oxide layer of aluminum alloy melts is currently a mostly
inevitable process during the melt handling and processing techniques of the foundry …

Aluminium alloys are a material that is increasingly used in industry. This is due to very good
strength properties with low specific weight and low production costs. The disadvantage of …

The choice of appropriate processing parameters in laser powder bed fusion is firmly
established in the state-of-the-art additive manufacturing community. However, optimisation …

The formation and entrainment of double layer oxides (bifilms) in aluminum casting is
inevitable due to the high oxidation rate of liquid aluminum and particularly turbulence …

Entrained double oxide films, or bifilms, can seriously alter the structural integrity,
microstructure, and in this way, the mechanical performance of aluminum alloys. Bifilms …

Abstract The effects of low (0.067 cm 3/100 g) and relatively high (0.19 and 0.27 cm 3/100 g)
initial melt hydrogen concentration, solidification processing conditions, and grain refining …

The present text is the second part of an editorial written for a Special Issue entitled
Advances in Metal Casting Technology. The first part, which was published in November …

The filling stage is a critical phenomenon in sand casting for making reliable castings. Latest
research has demonstrated that for most liquid engineering alloys, the critical meniscus …

By applying the orthogonal test, the T6 heat treatment test of the casting AlSi10MgMn alloy
was carried out. Hardness, tensile strength, and elongation were selected as indicators for …