Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Foam Filters Used in Gravity Casting

  • Published:
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Ceramic foam filters are normally used for reducing the velocity of liquid metal in the design of runner systems. In this study, four designs of the runner system with various orientations of foam filters were explored, and their effect on the velocity of the melt was estimated by a casting experiment and computational modeling. In the casting experiment, the free-fall trajectory and metal weighing methods were employed for measuring apparent velocity and flow rate, respectively. Using Forchheimer’s equation, a porous material such as a foam filter was simulated. The modeling result was validated by the experiment. For the efficient use of a foam filter in a running system with a high flow rate but low exit velocity, an optimized design is recommended.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. F.-Y. Hsu: Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K., 2003.

  2. J. Campbell: 1st Int. Conf. on Gating, Filling and Feeding of Aluminum Castings, AFS Society, 1999, pp. 35–48.

  3. J. Runyoro and J. Campbell: The Foundryman, Apr., 1992, pp. 117–124.

  4. J. Campbell, Castings, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 1991, p. 32.

    Google Scholar 

  5. N.R. Green and J. Campbell: Mater. Sci. Eng., 1993, vol. A173, pp. 261-66.

    Google Scholar 

  6. H. Hashemi and R. Raiszadeh: J. Appl. Sci., 2009, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 2115-22.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. J.-C. Gebelin and M.R. Jolly: AFS Trans., 2002, vol. 110, pp. 109–20.

  8. A.C. Midea: Foundryman, 2003, vol. 96 (3), pp. 60–63.

  9. M.D.M. Innocentini, V.R. Salvini, A. Macedo, and V.C. Pandolfelli: Mater. Res., 1999, vol. 2 (4), pp. 283-89.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. F.-Y. Hsu, M.R. Jolly, and J. Campbell: J. Mater. Proc. Technol., 2009, vol. 209, pp. 5736-50.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Flow Science: Manual, http://www.flow3d.com.

  12. D.S. Richins and W.O. Wetmore: ASME Trans., 1952, pp. 725–32.

  13. J. Campbell: Castings Practice—The 10 Rules of Castings, Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2004.

    Google Scholar 

  14. D. Dispinar and J. Campbell: J. Mater. Proc. Technol., 2007, vol. 182, pp. 405-10.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

F.-Y. Hsu acknowledges the help of Mr. Hsin-Wei Wang and Mr. Po-Sen Chen, as well as the sponsorship of Lien-Ho (LCTC) Foundation in Taiwan, Republic of China, with project no. 99-NUU-06.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National United University, No.1 Lein-Da, Kung-Ching Li, MiaoLi, 36003, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Fu-Yuan Hsu (Assistant Professor) & Huey-Jiuan Lin (Professor)

Authors
  1. Fu-Yuan Hsu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Huey-Jiuan Lin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Fu-Yuan Hsu.

Additional information

Manuscript submitted March 23, 2011.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hsu, FY., Lin, HJ. Foam Filters Used in Gravity Casting. Metall Mater Trans B 42, 1110–1117 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-011-9548-8

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-011-9548-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation