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Semi-automated Gating System Design with Optimum Gate and Overflow Positions for Aluminum HPDC

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Die casters usually carry out a die casting test before producing new castings. At the die-casting test stage, the runner and gate parts are always repeatedly corrected, which lead to a lengthened processing time and increased processing cost. In this study, a computer software was developed to calculate the gating system design with optimum gate and overflow positions for cold chamber High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) die design by getting the part dimensions and choosing the suitable machine from a pre-defined database in the software. A design of experiment is used to formulate the objective function of the gate and overflow optimum position. At the end of this paper, a case study was developed as part of the software validation. The results show that the developed software can calculate the gating system design and eliminate the correction in the test stage.

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    ProCAST: is software used for foundry simulation for all casting processes.

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  1. Mechanical Design and Production Engineering Departement, Cairo University, 12316, Giza, Egypt

    Mohamed Refaat Abo El-Fotouh, Ahmed Yehia Shash & Mohamed Hasan Gadallah

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  1. Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith University (Gold Coast Campus), Southport, Queensland, Australia

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  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institut für Mechanik, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

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El-Fotouh, M.R.A., Shash, A.Y., Gadallah, M.H. (2018). Semi-automated Gating System Design with Optimum Gate and Overflow Positions for Aluminum HPDC. In: Öchsner, A., Altenbach, H. (eds) Improved Performance of Materials. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 72. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59590-0_4

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