Aluminium and its alloys have been widely used in the automotive industry for some time and A356 is one of the most popular aluminium alloys today in the sector. It contains approximately 7 wt.% Si and 0.3 wt.% Mg. Due to the defects that may be present in the cast parts, expected mechanical properties may not be reached and this alloy may perform in service under its potential. In a low pressure die casting, several precautions have to be taken in order to produce high quality and defect-free castings. Temperature of casting and the schemical composition of the melt is recorded continuously. Die temperature, pressure levels and their durations are optimized; degassing and fluxing operations are performed. Yet, regardless of the precautions, there could still be rejected parts. It is becoming clear that a good quality raw material is one of the most underrated points of the industry and that the starting material has a great effect on the final product and it should be taken in to account more seriously. Therefore, regarding the first rule of Campbell’s 10 Rules of Casting, in this study, the quality of the starting material of supply chains for a wheel manufacturer was investigated. Chemical compositions were compared, fluidity tests, mechanical tests and bifilm indexes of these various sources and ingots were measured and a final quality index was proposed to create a reference for the quantification of quality of supplier’s ingots. This new index was compared with the rejection rates.

The influence of ultrasonic degassing process on fluidity and hardness of secondary Al7Si0.3Mg alloy castings was studied by Weibull analysis. This work makes a contribution about fluidity and hardness distribution of secondary aluminum alloys with ultrasonic degassing phenomena using a two-parameter form of Weibull analysis. Results show that both hardness and fluidity of alloy are improved after the ultrasonic degassing process. Average efficiency of ultrasonic degassing on fluidity measurements is 31.71%, whereas on hardness values is 8.48%. The Brinell hardness of 45.7 and fluidity of 19.5 of Weibull modulus were achieved as the most reliable and reproducible after 45 s ultrasonic degassing process against 15 s and 30 s ultrasonic degassing processes. The value of 70.08 HB is obtained from ultrosonic degassing, which is equivalent to sand casting of primary Al7Si0.3Mg aluminum alloy, and the highest value of 56.4 cm for 45 s after ultrasonic degassing of fluidity was measured.

Alüminyum ve alaşımlarının birçok avantajlı özelliği sayesinde metal dökümü endüstrisinde demir-çelikten sonra kendisine ikinci sırada yer bulmayı başarmıştır. Alüminyum üretimi cevherden ve hurdadan geri dönüşüm şeklinde temelde iki farklı prosesle elde edilmektedir. Alüminyumun en önemli hammaddesi boksittir ve birincil alüminyum bu cevherden elde edilir. Alüminyum üretiminde boksit cevherinden üretim, hurdadan geri dönüşüme nazaran çok daha fazla enerjiye ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Üretici girdisinde de ciddi ekonomik değere sahip olan ikincil alüminyum sanayide oldukça fazla kullanılmaktadır. Ancak geri dönüşüm yoluyla ikincil alüminyum kullanımında karşılaşılan en önemli problemler sıvı metal kalitesinin optimizasyonu ve ilave sıvı metal işlemlerinin gereksinimidir. Yüksek kaliteli alüminyum dökümler üretmek için, çözünmüş hidrojenin, çift katlı oksit filmlerinin (bifilm), katışkıların (inklüzyon) ve safsızlıkların (empürite) arındırılması gerekmektedir. Bu amaçla endüstride birçok sıvı metal temizleme yöntemi kullanılmakta ve her geçen gün alternatif yeni yöntemler geliştirme çalışmaları devam etmektedir. Bu derlemede de bu perspektiften bakılarak, alüminyum ve alaşımlarının dökümünde güncel olarak yaygınca kullanım bulan sıvı metal temizleme yöntemlerinden; flaks kullanımı, rotary (döner tip) gaz giderme, kontrollü katılaştırma yöntemi, elektromanyetik yönlü gaz giderme, sprey gaz giderme, ultrasonik gaz giderme yöntemi, vakumlu gaz giderme yöntemleri ele alınmıştır.

The effects of thermomechanical processing on the grain size, tensile strength, and strain rate of a CuZn10 alloy were investigated. Microstructures of thermomechanically treated samples were introduced using a scanning electron microscope. The relationships between the flow stress, reduction ratio, annealing temperatures, and strain rates were detected for determination of activation energies and optimized thermomechanical parameters. The effect of grain size on the mechanical properties was examined by tensile and microhardness tests. The typical fractographs of samples after tensile tests were examined using a scanning electron microscope. It was observed that the annealing temperature and aging time have significant effects on the optimum grain size. Mechanical properties of the thermomechanically treated samples were improved by strain rate, deformation ratio, annealing temperature, and aging time.