Development of a turbulence-free casting technique for titanium aluminides

Richard Harding; Michael Wickins; H Wang; G Djambazov; KA Pericleous

doi:10.1016/j.intermet.2010.11.022

Development of a turbulence-free casting technique for titanium aluminides

Richard Harding, Michael Wickins, H Wang, G Djambazov, KA Pericleous

Metallurgy and Materials

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Abstract

As part of the EC-funded IMPRESS project, a novel technique has been developed for casting titanium aluminides which combines clean melting under argon in an Induction Skull Melting furnace with tranquil tilt pouring into a pre-heated ceramic shell mould. This has enabled good quality castings to be produced which are free from the entrained bubble defects which are routinely found when turbulent mould filling processes such as gravity casting are used. Examples are given of the use of this technique to cast blades up to 40 cm long. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	805-813
Number of pages	9
Journal	Intermetallics
Volume	19
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2010.11.022
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2011

Keywords

Melting
Titanium aluminides, based on TiAl
Energy systems
Casting
Aero-engine components

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