Research Article
Mould Filling Ability Characterisation of Cast Aluminium Alloys Using Design of Experiments
| Exp. run order | Alloy | Sand fineness (AFS no.) | Mould coat | Pouring temperature (°C) | 1/d mm−1 |
| 1 | LM25 | 25 | Graphite (GC) | | 0.624005 | 2 | LM25 | 25 | No coating (NC) | | 0.40909 | 3 | LM25 | 40 | Graphite (GC) | | 1.55 | 4 | LM25 | 40 | No coating (NC) | | 0.58753 | 5 | LM6 | 25 | No coating (NC) | | 1.55 | 6 | LM6 | 25 | Graphite (GC) | | 1.73453 | 7 | LM6 | 40 | Graphite (GC) | | 2.7689 | 8 | LM6 | 40 | No coating (NC) | | 1.25 |
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