The relation between freezing process and shape of castings is quite important in considering the mould plan, especially in dimensioning the risers.
Studies were made on solidification of tin castings with some fundamental shapes in sand moulds by observing their cooling curves and the results of the pour-out test.
Experiments were carried out on seven castings.
The shapes of castings were as follows: (a) square bar, (b) rectangular block, (c) L shape, (d) T shape, (e) cross shape, (f) wedge shape, and (g) two rectangular blocks placed in parallel and separated by a thin core.
The results obtained were as follows.
(1) On the square, rectangular, L, T and cross shapes (each having the length/thickness ratio L/T=2∼4) the solidified volume per unit surface area of casting increased proportionally with the square root of time after pouring, but on the cross shape whose surface is a little more irregular than others, the solidification was slightly retarded. But, for these shapes, Chvorinov’s rule is considered to be applicable practically.
(2) On the wedge shape, the latent heat dissipates in the direction normal to the face of casting. As the latent heat scarecely flows out from the surface of those portions already solidified to its full thickness, the increase of solidification does not follow the square root of time, and the rate of solidification reduces gradually, and the perfunctory application of Chvorinov’s rule to the wedge shape leads to a considerable underestimation of the solidification time.
(3) On twin block casting (g) having a separation core whose thickness is sufficiently thin compared with the thickness of the block, the skin formation on the core surface was retarded by the heat from the opposite block and the square root of the solidification time of each block linearly increased with the decreasing of core thickness.
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