Research Article

Industrial Semi-Solid Rheocasting of Aluminum A356 Brake Calipers

Table 1

Calculated thermodynamic and deduced rheocasting parameters of A356 for the three-coil CSIR-RCS-HPDC cell.

ParameterPropertyTemperature/°C

ThermodynamicLiquidus610
Solidus548
RheocastingPouring645
SSM590