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JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 2955-2960Publisher
KOREAN SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-013-0809-0
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Die casting process; AM50 magnesium alloy; Flowability; Microstructure; Vickers hardness
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In recent years, Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have become a center of special interest in the automotive industry. Due to their high specific mechanical properties, they offer a significant weight saving potential in modern vehicle constructions. Most Mg alloys show very good machinability and processability, and even the most complicated die casting parts can be easily produced. The die casting process is a fast production method capable of a high degree of automation for which certain Mg alloys are ideally suited. Although Mg alloys are fulfilling the demands for low specific weight materials with excellent machining and casting abilities, they are still not used in die casting process to the same extent as the competing material aluminum. One of the reasons is that effects of various forming variables for die casting process is not closely examined from the viewpoint of die design. In this study, step die and flowability tests for AM50 were performed by die casting process according to various combination of casting pressure and plunger velocity. Microstructure, Vickers hardness and tensile tests were examined and performed for each specimen to verify effects of forming conditions.
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