Influence of exothermic sleaves on solidification of aluminium alloys

The master’s thesis deals with the influence of the exothermic risers on the solidification of aluminum alloys. The work is divided into three parts. The first theoretical part describes the differences of properties of cast aluminum alloys compared to other based metals, especially iron alloys. It also describes the methodology of designing risers, composition of exothermic mixtures and finally gives an overview on the simulation programs on the market, their application in foundry practice and briefly explains how to define the material in the simulation program ProCAST. The second part describes the experimental measurement of the solidification time of aluminum alloy AlSi7Mg0,3 in the sand form with exothermic riser. The final section describes the simulation of experimental measurements. Further with help of simulation software it is tried to find the general principles that have an influence on feed module rate of exothermic riser