Research Article
Mould Filling Ability Characterisation of Cast Aluminium Alloys Using Design of Experiments
| Source | Degrees of freedom | Sum of squares | Mean squares | Factor | |
| Alloy | 1 | 2.13501 | 2.13501 | 8.33 | 0.045 | AFS no. | 1 | 0.42265 | 0.42265 | 1.02 | 0.370 | Pouring temperature | 1 | 0.03459 | 0.03459 | 0.14 | 0.732 | Mould coat | 1 | 1.03739 | 1.03739 | 4.05 | 0.114 | Alloy * sand fineness | 1 | 0.01712 | 0.01712 | 0.04 | 0.849 | Alloy * mould coat | 1 | 0.03459 | 0.03459 | 0.14 | 0.732 | Alloy * pouring temperature | 1 | 1.03739 | 1.03739 | 4.05 | 0.114 | Error | 4 | 1.02461 | 0.25615 | | |
| Total | 11 | 5.74335 | | | |
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