Industrial Semi-Solid Rheocasting of Aluminum A356 Brake Calipers

Table 2

Results of the aluminum A356 brake caliper casting runs on different days with the CSIR-RCS and HPDC.

Trial/day	A	B	C	D	E
	/castings
Castings produced	23	18	31	25	31
Consecutive visual pass	5	8	12	13	13
	Occurrence/%
Short fills	0	27	3	24	16
Cold shuts	26	6	3	0	16
Surface finish defects	0	0	10	4	6
Total visual pass	74	67	84	72	62