• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.157-164
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• 2012

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.45-53
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• 2002

The forming process of metal matrix composites by die casting and squeeze casting process are limited in size and dimension In term of final parts. The melt strirring method have the problems that the homogeneous distribution of the reinforcements is difficult due to the low weldability and the density difference between the molten metal and the reinforcement. The thixoforming process for metal matrix composites has numerous advantages compacted to die casting, squeeze casting and compocasting. However, for the thixofoming process, the billet with the desired volume fraction must be heated to obtain a uniform temperature distribution over the entire cross-sectional areas. To obtain the reheating conditions of composites, the particulate reinforced metal matrix composites for thixoforming were fabricated by combined stirring process which is simultaneously performed with electro-magnetic stirring and mechanical stirring process. The matrix alloy and reinforcement are used to aluminum alloy(A357) and SiCp with diameter 14, $25{\mu}m$, respectively. The microstructure characteristics were investigated by changing the volume fraction and reinforcement size. The heating conditions to obtain the uniform temperature distribution in cross section area of fabricated metal matrix composites billet are proposed with heating time, the heating temperature and the holding time.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.400-406
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• 2000

Computer simulation for the predictions of casting defects is very important to produce high quality castings with less cost. Complicate shaped Al solenoid housing part was selected to be cold chamber die cast and a numerical simulation technique was applied for the optimization of the chill vent position and gating. A first design led to insufficient central flow. This flow left the last filled areas falling into the inner portion of the part. And last filled area did not fit the chill vent position. So these resulted in a high possibility of air entrapment in the casting and the design was not proper for the part. The design was improved by using a proper gating system, a more chill vent and proper overflow positions. New design provided a homogenous mold filling pattern and the last filled areas that being located at the overflow and chill vent. Casting plan which produce good quality solenoid housing part was established by using the computer simulation.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.27 no.8
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• pp.1371-1379
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• 2003

RP&M (Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing) is the most appropriate technology for the small-lot production system, because the production cycle is getting shorter owing to various needs of the consumer. In this paper, rapid tooling technology is applied to the casting process. The casting process has the ability to reflect complicated shapes in one process. But it has not been widely used to make a die and mold because of the poor surface quality caused by air bubbles on the surface of the casting product. In this study, the porous casting mold is fabricated from a mixture of plaster and water-soluble binder. The porous casting mold can improve the characteristics of casting products with the help of the vacuum sealed casting process. The vacuum sealed casting process is an advanced technology that removes the air bubbles between the porous casting mould and the liquid metal, thus making the surface of the casting product finer. The purpose of this paper is to develop a high quality shoe mold using porous casting mold and to apply the RP&M technology to the shoe industry.

• Proceedings of the CALSEC Conference
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• 2001.08a
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• pp.105-109
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• 2001

성형의 종류 ◈금속 성형 ㆍ 스탬핑(Stamping) ㆍ 정밀 블랭킹(Fine Blanking) ㆍ 딥 드로잉(Deep Drawing) ㆍ 다이캐스팅(Die Casting) ㆍ 인베스트먼트 주조(Investment Casting) ㆍ 분말 야금(Power Metallurgy) ㆍ 인발(Wire Drawing) ㆍ 압출(Extrusion) ㆍ 단조(Forging) ㆍ ㆍ코이닝(Coining) ㆍ... ◈비금속 성형 ㆍ 사출(Injection) ㆍ 압축(Compression) ㆍ 블로우 성형(Blow Molding) ㆍ 진공 성형(Vacuum Molding) ㆍ 발포 성형(Foam Molding) ㆍ 피복(Encapsulation) ㆍ 회전식(Rotational) ㆍ 주조(Casting) ㆍ 적층(Laminating) ㆍ 압출(Extrusion) ㆍ...(중략)

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.3474-3490
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• 1996

A metal matrix composites(MMCs) for A16061 reinforced with silicon carbide particles is fabricated by melt-stirring method. The primary products of MMCs billets are prepared by volume fractions 5 vol% to 20 vol% and particle size $13\mu m$ to $22\mu m$.This paper will be made to examine the microstructure and mechanical properties of fabricated $SiC_p$/Al 6061 composite by melt-stirring and squeeze casting method. The MMC billets is extruded at $500^{\circ}C$ under the constant extrusion velocity $V_e$=2mm/min using curved shape die. Extrusion force, particle rearrangement, micro structure and mechanical properties of extruded composites will be investigated. The mechanical properties of primary billets manufactured by melt-stirring and squeeze casting method will be compared with extrusion specimen. The effect of volume fraction and size of the reinforcements will be studied. The increase in uniformity of particle dispersion is the major reason for an improvement in reliability due to hot extrusion with optimal shape die. Experimental Young's modulus and 0.2% offset yield strength for the extruded MMCs will be compared with theretical values calculated by the Eshelby method. A method will be proposed for the prediction of Young's modulus and yield strength in $SiC_p$ reinforced MMCs.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.153-158
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• 2007

Molten metal flow in vacuum die casting was characterized by a numerical analysis. The VOF method was used to simulate the filling behaviors of molten metal during filling process. The various vacuum degrees of no vacuum(760 mmHg), 650, 500, 250 and 60mmHg were artificially applied in cavity. And the filling behaviors of molten metal with the applied vacuum conditions were simulated and compared with those of experiment. The results showed that molten metal was partially filled into cavity when vacuum was applied and the filling length of molten metal in cavity was increased with increasing applied reduced pressure in cavity. Also, the simulated filling behaviors of molten metal were apparently similar to those of experiment, indicating the numerical analysis developed in this study was highly effective. Through the result of fluid flow simulation, both relation equations of filling length and filling velocity with the variation of pressure conditions in cavity were calculated respectively and the internal gas contents of casting was significantly reduced by the modification of vacuum gate system.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.369-376
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• 2022

The die-casting process is an important process for various industries, but there are limitations in the profitability and productivity of related companies due to the high defect rate. In order to overcome this, this study has developed die-casting fault detection modules based on industrial AI technologies. The developed module is constructed from three-stage models depending on the characteristics of the dataset. The first-stage model conducts fault detection based on supervised learning from the dataset without labels. The second-stage model realizes one-class classification based on semi-supervised learning, where the dataset only has production success labels. The third-stage model corresponds to fault detection based on supervised learning, where the dataset includes a small amount of production failure cases. The developed fault detection module exhibited outstanding performance with roughly 96% accuracy for actual process data.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.273-279
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• 1992

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.193-196
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• 1991