Billetless simple thixoforming process

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 130-131, Issue , 2002, Pages 581-586

  Haga, Toshio ^a   Kapranos, P ^b  

^a OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminum alloy; Casting; Semisolid; Spheroidal microstructure; Thixoforming

Indexed keywords

BILLETS (METAL BARS); COOLING; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; METAL CASTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SLURRIES; SOLIDIFICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

THIXOFORGING PROCESSES;

LIQUID METALS;

EID: 0037147030     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(02)00817-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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