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http://dx.doi.org/10.7777/jkfs.2011.31.2.071

Fabrication Process of Aluminum Bipolar Plate for Fuel Cell using Vacuum Die Casting  

Jin, Chul-Kyu (Department of Mechanical and Precision Engineering, Graduate School, Pusan National University)
Kang, Chung-Gil (Engineering Research Center for Net Shape and Die Manufacturing, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Korea Foundry Society / v.31, no.2, 2011 , pp. 71-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the formability of bipolar plates for fuel cell fabricated by vacuum die casting of ALDC 6. Cavity shape of mold is thin walled plate (size: $200mm{\times}200mm{\times}0.8mm$) with a serpentine channel (active area: $50mm{\times}50mm$). Before bipolar plate was made by HPDC, computational filling behavior and solidification was performed by MAGMA soft. The final mold design for location and direction of channel was determined by computational simulation. Also, according to injection speed conditions, simulation result was compared to actual die casting experimental result. When vacuum pressure, injection speed of low and high region is 350 mbar, 0.3 m/s and 2.5 m/s respectively, products had few casting defects. On the other hand, at the same as injection speed, without vacuum pressure, products had many casting defects between end of the channel and overflow.
Keywords
Vacuum die casting; Injection condition; Filling Behavior; Aluminum bipolar plate;
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