Journal of Korea Foundry Society (한국주조공학회지)

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Optimization of the Thin-walled Aluminum Die Casting Die Design by Solidification Simulation

응고 시뮬레이션에 의한 박육 알루미늄 다이캐스팅 금형 방안의 최적화

  • 김영찬 (한국생산기술연구원 동력부품지원센터) ;
  • 최세원 (한국생산기술연구원 동력부품지원센터) ;
  • 조재익 (한국생산기술연구원 동력부품지원센터) ;
  • 정창열 (한국생산기술연구원 동력부품지원센터) ;
  • 강창석 (한국생산기술연구원 동력부품지원센터)
  • Published : 2008.07.20
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Abstract

Thin-walled die casting of aluminum notebook computer housing with less than 1mm thickness was investigated by using computational solidification simulation and actual casting experiment. Three different types of gate design, finger, tangential and split type, were used and the results showed that sound thin-walled die casting was possible with tangential and split type gating design because those gates allowed aluminum melt flowed into the thin-wall cavity uniformly and split type gating system was preferable gating design than tangential type at the point of view of soundness of casting and distortion generated after solidification. Also, solidification simulation agreed well with the actual die-casting and the casting showed no casting defect and distortion.

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