| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R13456/01 |
| Title: |
Die Casting of Polished Components |
| Principal Investigator: |
Davey, Dr K |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 2001 |
Ends: |
31 March 2005 |
Value (£): |
471,947
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| Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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The basic thrust of the research is to investigate how die vibration can be used to re-form the casting surface during solidification with a view to obtaining enhanced surface finishes. The idea is to vibrate the die to cause predominantly tangential surface vibration of the die cavity surfaces. A mathematical model is to be established that describes the dominating physics underpinning surface formation. This model will generate the frequencies and amplitudes at which the die should be excited. The amplitude of vibration will be typically of the order of 4(m as dictated by the roughness of the die surfaces and the frequency of vibration will need to be sufficient to ensure that the surfaces are reformed in the early stages of solidification. This is essentially dictated by the rate of solidification and frequencies need be no greater that 1 kHz but typically no less that 300Hz. A second mathematical mode will enable die designers to position piezoelectric translators so that the required die vibration patterns are achieved on the cavity surface. The models will be verified by experimental work performed under laboratory and industrial environments.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |