Relevant Industry R&D Projects
Relevant Industry R&D Projects
A number of projects related to issues in the Roadmap are ongoing or have recently been completed. Many of these projects are collaborations between industry, the metalcasting technical societies, government agencies, academia, and other stakeholders. A partial listing of these projects is provided below.
Products and Markets
Casting Conversions
Materials Technology
Development of Material Data Bases for HPNb and HPNb+ Microalloy Steels
Thermophysical Properties for Modeling
Anisotropic Porous Castings
Approval of Cast Metals for the Energy Industries
Bismuth-Selenium Modified Red Brass Phases I and II
Die Casting Die Life Extension
High Speed Milling and Pulsed ECM: New Machining Technologies to Increase Die Life
Determination of Residual Stress and Softening Effects on the Life of Die Casting Dies
Extending the Life of H-13 Die Casting Dies
Shot Sleeve Failure Analysis
Coatings for Improved Wear Resistance of Die Casting Dies
Evaluation of Coatings for Die Surfaces
Permanent Coatings for Die Casting Dies
Wear of Foundry Tooling
Impurity Limits in Aluminum Bronzes
A Study of Alloy-Microstructure-Performance Interactions
Technology Development for Iron Casting Production
High Alloy Steel Welding Practices
Late Stream Inoculation
Manufacturing Technology
Rapid Prototyping Applied to Tooling
Wear Analysis of Foundry Tooling Materials
Development of Process Improvements and Inspection Methods for High Alloy Stainless
Steel Castings (standards, material data bases)
Casting Design Software Evaluation
Assessment of Fast Shot Transition Point on Filling Patterns and Casting Quality for Pressure Die Casting
Design and Process Parameters for Permanent Mold Casting
Yield Improvement (Using Solidification Software)
Benchmarking
Die Casting Quality Improvement Through Enhanced Die Casting Flow Performance
Preventing Die Soldering During Zinc Die Casting
Die Casting: Slow Shot Profiles
Castability of Aluminum Foundry Alloys
Heat Transfer and Casting Distortion
Characterization of and Procedures to Eliminate Macro-Inclusions During Foundry Processing
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On-Line Quality Assessment of Aluminum
Investigation into the Formation of Casting Penetration Defects
Machining Reject Reduction
Development of Process Improvements and Inspection Methods for High Alloy Stainless Steel Castings (testing techniques to replace radiography)
Thin Wall Iron Castings for Light Weight Components
Clean Metal
Lost Foam Process Development: Phases III and IV
Die Casting: Dimensional Reproducibility
Die Casting: Skin Thickness in 390 Alloy Casting
Dimensional Capabilities
Sensing and Control Systems for Die Casting
Improved Process Control (Controlling Pouring Temperature)
Cupola Modeling and Neural Networks
Energy Assessment Procedure Manual
Intelligent Induction Hardening
Reduction in Energy Costs Due to Process Yield Improvements (Innovative Riser Techniques)
Energy Manual for Die Casters
Lost Foam Process Development: Phase III and IV
Permanent Mold for Copper Alloys
Semi-Solid Metalcasting and Squeeze Casting
Environmental Technology
Ferrous Foundry Emission Quantification
Ferrous Foundry Emission Quantification
