SiC particulate-reinforced, aluminium-matrix composite rods and wires produced by a new continuous casting route

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-162

  McLean, A ^a   Soda, H ^a   Xia, Q ^b   Pramanick, A K ^a   Ohno, A ^a,c   Motoyasu, G ^c   Shimizu, T ^d   Gedeon, S A ^a   North, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Fuji Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cast MMC wire; Continuous casting; Heated mould; Net shape casting; OCC process

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MOLDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REINFORCEMENT; SILICON CARBIDE; WELDING RODS; WIRE;

HEATED MOULD; NET SHAPE CASTING; OHNO CONTINUOUS CASTING;

CONTINUOUS CASTING;

EID: 0030819338     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(96)00107-8     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Shimizu, T., Yamazaki, H., Soda, H. and McLean, A. Development of aluminium alloy welding rod for hard facing applications. In Proc. Int. Symp. on Developments and Applications of Ceramics and New Metal Alloys, 32nd Annual Conf. of Metallurgists of CIM, Quebec, Canada, 1993, pp. 541-549
2. Suganuma, T. and Tanaka, A. Application of metal matrix composites to diesel engine pistons. Tetsu-To-Hagane, 1989, 75(9), 1790-1797
3. Brusethaug, S., Reiso, O. and Ruch, W. Extrusion of particulate-reinforced aluminium billets made by D.C. casting. In: Fabrication of Particulates Reinforced Metal Composites, Proc. Int. Conf., Quebec, Canada, ASM International, 1990, pp. 173-179.
4. Jeffrey, P. W. and Holcomb, S. Extrusion of particulate-reinforced aluminium matrix composites. In Fabrication of Particulates Reinforced Metal Composites, Proc. Int. Conf., Quebec, Canada, ASM International, 1990, pp. 181-186
5. Kikuchi, M. and Sugiyama, S. Manufacturing of metal-ceramic composites by mushy-state processing. In Proc. Int. Symp. on Metallurgical Processes for the Year 2000 and Beyond, eds H. Y. Sohn and E. S. Geskin, Las Vegas, Nevada. TMS, 1989, pp. 83-100
6. Soda, H., Motoyasu, G., Chabchoub, F., Hu, H. and McLean, A. Casting a small-diameter tin wire by the OCC (Ohno continuous casting) process. Cast Metals, 1994, 6(4), 225-230
7. Soda, H., Motoyasu, G., McLean, A. and Wang, Z. Pilot scale casting of single crystal copper wires by the OCC process. J. Mater. Sci. 1995, 30, 5438-5448
8. Soda, H., McLean, A., Xia, Q., Shen, J., Motoyasu, G., Korotkin, M. and Yan, K. Development of net-shape cast aluminium-yttrium alloy wires and their solidification structures. J. Mater. Sci., in press
9. Samuel, A.M., Liu, H. and Samuel, F.H. Effect of melt, solidification and heat treatment processing parameters on the properties of Al-Si-Mg/SiC(p) composites. J. Mater. Sci. 1993, 28, 6785-6798
10. Lloyd, D.J. The solidification microstructure of particulate reinforced aluminium/SiC composites. Compos. Sci. Technol. 1989, 35, 159-179
11. Buarzaiga, M.M. and Thorpe, S.J. Corrosion behavior of as-cast, silicon-carbide particulate aluminium alloy metal-matrix composites. Corrosion 1994, 50(3), 176-185
12. Mulazimoglu, M.H., Tenekedjiev, N., Closset, B.M. and Gruzelski, J.E. Studies on the minor reactions and phases in strontium-treated aluminium-silicon casting alloys. Cast Metals 1993, 6(1), 16-28
13. Granger, D.A. and Ting, E. Structure in directionally solidified aluminium foundry alloy A356. In Solidification Processing of Eutectic Alloys, eds D. M. Stefanescu, G.J. Abbaschian and R.J. Bayuzick. TMS, 1988, pp. 105-119
14. Flemings, M.C. Solidification processing at near-rapid and rapid rates. In Proc. F. Weinberg Int. Symp. on Solidification Processing, 29th Annual Conf. of Metallurgists of CIM, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1990, pp. 173-194
15. McCoy, J.W. and Wawner, F.E. Dendritic segregation in particle-reinforced cast aluminium composites. In Cast Reinforced Metal Composites, eds S. G. Fihman and A. K. Dhingra, Proc. Int. Symp. on Advances in Cast Reinforced Metal Composites, Chicago. ASM International, 1988, pp. 237-242
16. Mortensen, A. and Jin, I. Solidification processing of metal matrix composites. Int. Mater. Rev. 1992, 37(3), 101-128
17. Lloyd, D.J. Factors influencing the properties of particulate reinforced composites produced by molten metal mixing. In Proc. 12th Risø Int. Symp. on Metal Matrix Composites: Processing, Microstructure and Properties, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark, 1991, pp. 81-99
18. Labib, A., Liu, H. and Samuel, F.H. Effect of solidification rate (0.1-100 °C/s) on the microstructure, mechanical properties and fractography of two Al-Si-10 vol% SiC particle composite castings. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 1993, 160, 81-90
19. Kolsgaard, A., Arnberg, L. and Brusethaug, S. Solidification microstructures of AlSi7Mg-SiC particulate composite, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 1993, 173, 243-250
20. Stefanescu, D.M., Dhindaw, B.K., Kacar, S.A. and Moitra, A. Behavior of ceramic particles at the solid liquid metal interface in metal matrix composites. Metall. Trans. A 1988, 19, 2847-2855
21. Sasikumar, R. and Kumar, M. Redistribution of particles during casting of composite melts: effects of buoyancy and particle pushing. Acta Metall. 1991, 39, 2503-2508
22. Stefanescu, D.M., Moitra, A., Kacar, S.A. and Dhindaw, B.K. The influence of buoyant forces and volume fraction of particles on the particle pushing/entrapment transition during directional solidification of Al/SiC and Al/graphite composites. Metall. Trans. A 1990, 21, 231-239
23. Samuel, A.M., Liu, H. and Samuel, F.H. On the castability of Al-Si/SiC particle-reinforced metal-matrix composites: factors affecting fluidity and soundness. Compos. Sci. Technol. 1993, 49, 1-12
24. Cornie, J.A., Moon, H.K. and Flemings, M.C. A review of semi-solid slurry processing of Al matrix composites. In Fabrication of Particulate-Reinforced Metal Composites, Proc. Int. Conf., Quebec, Canada. ASM International, 1990, pp. 63-78
25. Rohatgi, P.K., Pasciak, K., Narendranath, C.S., Ray, S. and Sachdev, A. Evolution of microstructure and local thermal conditions during directional solidification of A356-SiC particle composites. J. Mater. Sci. 1994, 29, 5357-5366
26. Yarandi, F.M., Rohatgi, P.K. and Ray, S. Casting fluidity of aluminium A356-SiC cast particulate composites, AFS Trans. 1992, 100, 575-581
27. Rohatgi, P.K., Yarandi, F.M. and Liu, Y. Influence of solidification conditions on segregation of aluminium-silicon carbide particle composites. In Cast Reinforced Metal Composites, eds S. G. Fihman and A. K. Dhingra, Proc. Int. Symp. on Advances in Cast Reinforced Metal Composites, Chicago. ASM International, 1988, pp. 249-255
28. Guo, X. and Stefanescu, D.M. Directional solidification of Al-base/SiC particle metal matrix composite castings. AFS Trans. 1992, 100, 273-279
29. Dawson, S. Tundish nozzle blockage during the continuous casting of aluminium-killed steel. Trans. ISS, I & SM, 1990, 17(4), 33-42
30. Bloyce, A. and Summers, J.C. Static and dynamic properties of squeeze cast A357-SiC particulate Duralcan metal matrix composite. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 1991, 135, 231-236
31. Wu, Y., Liu, H. and Lavernia, E.J. Solidification behavior of Al-Si/SiC MMCs during wedge-mould casting. In Microstructure Formation during Solidification of Metal Matrix Composites, ed. P. Rohatgi. TMS, 1993, pp. 41-61
32. Abdul-Karem, T., Binding, D.M. and Sindelar, M. Contraction and expansion flows of non-Newtonian fluids. Compos. Manufactur., 1993 4(2), 109-116
33. Han, Q. and Hunt, J.D. Particle pushing: the distribution of particles in liquid near a solid surface. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 1993, 173, 221-225