Casting solidification brings to the shrinkage in the liquid state, solidification shrinkage and shrinkage in the solid state. Recently, technologies of die and gravity casting have increased the number of highly functional castings, which have been characterized with the very complex geometry. due to the different wall thickness in these castings, as well as the high solidification rates, prem...

Nowadays, fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions are two of the main focal points in vehicle design, promoting the reduction in the weight of vehicles by using lighter materials. The aim of the work is to evaluate the influence of different aluminium foams and injection parameters in order to obtain compound castings with a compromise between the obtained properties and weight by high-pr...

Automotive quality demands are getting higher every year. Aluminium die-castings are especially important components in the automotive industry because of their light weight, rigidity, good corrosion resistance and heat dissipation. Since the pressure die-casting process is a very complex procedure, there must also be a number of quality controls to avoid dimensional, internal and surface defec...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In contrast to prepared natural dentin abutments,little is known concerning factors influencing the retention of fixed prostheses cemented to implant abutments. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of im-plant abutment height on the retention of single castings cemented to wide and narrow platform implant abutments. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-six parallel-...

In the die-casting process, the formation of pores in components is unavoidable. This porosity has a harmful effect on the strength and pressure tightness of die castings. To eliminate the porosity in components, its predominant cause has to be identified as being due to either shrinkage or gas. In practice, however, it is frequently difficult to tell the difference between porosity due to shri...

Compacted graphite cast iron is a material that again comes forward of the interest of designers and foundries acquiring or improving manufacture of castings from that material. From many publications let us quote three of them from last year 1, 2, 3 . According to the European standard ISO 16 112 this material is called „compacted (vermicular) graphite cast iron“ (the abbreviation CGI that wil...

This paper is focused on the preparation procedures, using a talc-based filler, to improve rheologic properties of lost foam refractory coatings. Talc, with grain size 40 ?m, was mechanically activated in vibration mill over following times: 10, 20 and 30 min. Depending time required for mechanical activation, change filler shape analysed along their effects talc-filled coating dispersion abili...