Recent advances in commercial application of the rheometal process in China and Europe
2019 (English)In: Semi-Solid of Alloys and Composites / [ed] Rassili A.,Midson S.P.,Zhu Q.,Gang Hu X., Trans Tech Publications, 2019, p. 405-410Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Recent advances in rheocasting have resulted in significant expansion in the types of products currently in full commercial production. The current paper gives an overview of components in production in Europe and in China produced using the RheoMetal™ process, that has taken the lead in a strong drive towards new heavy-duty applications made from aluminium alloys. In China, the dominating applications are found in the telecom industry. The trend in Europe is more towards marine and automotive applications commonly in fatigue loaded applications. The reason for the choice of rheocasting for complicated shape thin-walled electronics components with requirements is dominated by process yield and by the ability to improve thermal conductivity. The heavy-duty truck chassis thick walled components target weight reduction through design and to sustain fatigue load normally requiring forged components. Common in all applications are seen in production yield, reduced tool wear and reduction of die soldering.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Trans Tech Publications, 2019. p. 405-410
Series
Science, University and Society, ISSN 1653-6010
Series
Solid State Phenomena, ISSN 1012-0394, E-ISSN 1662-9779 ; 285
Keywords [en]
Aluminium, Automotive, Commercialisation, Electronics, Hardness, Heat treatment, Marine, Production, Properties, RheoMetal™, Semisolid casting, Electronic equipment, Marine applications, Rheocasting, Soldering, Thin walled structures, Fatigue of materials
National Category
Materials Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-42797DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.285.405Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85059960754ISBN: 9783035713732 (print)ISBN: 9783035733730 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-42797DiVA, id: diva2:1284508
Conference
15th International conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites, S2P 2018; Shenzhen; China; 22 - 24 October 2018
2019-01-312019-01-312019-01-31Bibliographically approved