SHANDONG SCIENCE ›› 2018, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 44-49.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2018.04.008

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Simulation of casting process for large aluminum alloy impeller based on MAGMASOFT

SUN De-zhi1,WANG Gui-qing1,TIAN Chang-wen2   

  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering,Shandong Jianzhu University,Jinan 250101,China;2.Advanced Materials Institute,Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
  • Received:2018-05-30 Published:2018-08-20 Online:2018-08-20

Abstract:

A sand casting process scheme for large aluminum alloy impeller casting was designed in this paper. By using the casting simulation software MAGMASOFT, the filling process, the distribution of the gas defects and the temperature field distribution of the casting were simulated. According to the analysis, the main reason for the defects of the castings was the unreasonable design of the riser at the mouth ring. It is proposed to add insulation sleeve to the riser at the mouth ring to increase the feeding effect of the riser. The simulation results show that the problems of shrinkage porosity and shrinkage tendency of castings are effectively solved after optimizing the process.

Key words: MAGMASOFT, numerical simulation, process optimization, impeller

CLC Number: 

  • TG249.2

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