Production Of LM4 Feedstock For Thixoforming By Using Cooling Slope Casting

• Main Authors: Safian, Mohd Azizul Hikmi, Salleh, Mohd Shukor, Subramonian, Sivarao, Hussein, Nur Izan Syahriah, Sulaiman, Mohd Amri, Yahaya, Saifudin Hafiz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti, UTeM 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21225/2/Azizul%20paper.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21225/; http://journal.utem.edu.my/index.php/jamt/article/view/1401/1590
• Institution: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

LM4 aluminium alloys are commonly used in automotive industry due to a combination of good fluidity and mechanical strength. In the present work, Cooling slope casting process was employed to produce A319 billets with near spherical morphology of primary Al-phase. To date, there are few studies that...