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Casting Technology

Casting Technology

Capabilities

The Casting Technology Group supports the Sustainable Casting Research program and other research programs within CANMET-MTL where the melting and casting of metals is required. The group's 17 members ¨C 6 research scientists, 1 physical scientist, 1 engineer, and 9 technicians and technologists ¨C provide expertise in the following areas:

  • semi-solid processing of aluminum and magnesium alloys
  • hot-tearing of aluminum-based aerospace alloys
  • mechanical and thermo-physical properties of magnesium alloys
  • heat treatment, mechanical properties and hot ductility of aluminum alloys for automotive applications
  • permanent-mould casting and grain refining of magnesium-, aluminum-, and copper-based alloys
  • lead-free copper alloys for plumbing applications
  • thin-wall ductile iron castings
  • inoculation effects on gray and ductile iron
  • heat treatment of austenitic manganese steels
  • pore formation and feeding behaviour in steel castings
  • continuous casting of steel slabs and billets
  • short production runs of prototypes

Major Facilities

With a variety of facilities in melting and refining, casting, heat treatment, moulding, instrumentation, and chemical analysis, the Casting Technology Group operates the most comprehensive experimental foundry in Canada. Members of the group also offer telephone consultation and can arrange a visit to a foundry to help with process improvement. Major facilities include:

Melting and refining

  • conventional induction melting:
    • steel: 500 g-450 kg
    • copper: 500 g-495 kg
    • aluminum: 500 g-160 kg
  • vacuum induction melting: 500 g-220 kg steel capacity (adjustable for other alloys)
  • resistance melting and holding furnaces:
    • aluminum: 70 kg
    • magnesium: 40 kg
    • composites: (magnesium: 20 kg; aluminum: 30 kg)
  • rotary degasser
  • powder injection

Casting

  • low-pressure (magnesium: 150 kg; aluminum: 200 kg)
  • gravity permanent-mould
  • vacuum-assisted (and counter-gravity)
  • semi-solid
  • electromagnetic stirring
  • squeeze
  • lost foam
  • sand

Heat treatment

  • thermally programmable, atmosphere-controlled heat-treatment furnaces with various quenching media
  • tight temperature control
  • heat treatment to mill specifications for magnesium alloys

Moulding

  • complete moulding and core-making facilities
  • complete sand and core-testing facilities
  • prototyping

Instrumentation

  • reduced-pressure test and AlSCAN for hydrogen measurement in aluminum alloys
  • oxygen probe for steels and copper alloys
  • on-line thermal analysis
  • custom data acquisition and instrumentation for all processes

Chemical analysis

  • optical emission spectrograph
  • gravimetric analysis (Leco) for copper, sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen
  • inductively coupled plasma
  • atomic absorption

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