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OPTIMIZATION OF NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF GRAVITY CASTING OF DUCTILE IRON CASTINGS

1 GRYC Karel
Co-authors:
1 SOCHA Ladislav 1 SVIŽELOVÁ Jana 2 PRÁŠIL Tomáš 2 HOTOVÝ Ivan 2 ČÍŽEK Pavel 2 ŠTEFÁNEK Jan
Institutions:
1 Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, EU, gryc@mail.vstecb.cz, socha@mail.vstecb.cz, svizelova@mail.vstecb.cz
2 MOTOR JIKOV Slévárna a.s. České Budějovice, Czech Republic, EU, tprasil@mjgroup.cz, ihotovy@mjsl.cz, pcizek@mjsl.cz, jstefanek@mjsl.cz
Conference:
30th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 26 - 28, 2021
Proceedings:
Proceedings 30th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
166-171
ISBN:
978-80-87294-99-4
ISSN:
2694-9296
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37904/metal.2021.4094
Published:
15th September 2021
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Abstract

This paper is devoted to the presentation of initial results focused on the optimization of numerical simulations of gravity casting of ductile iron castings into non-permanent bentonite molds. Numerical simulations were performed focused on the course of filling the mold and solidification of the casting by simulation SW ProCAST. The proportions of pearlite and ferrite phases, graphite nodularity and hardness were obtained. The input parameters were set to fit the simultaneously realized experimental operating melts. Macroscopic defects, metallographic structure and hardness were verified in selected sections of test castings. The data obtained from metallographic analysis and hardness were used to verify the results of numerical modeling. The comparison of the results shows a good agreement between the real casting and the numerical simulation.

Keywords: Ductile iron, microstructure, numerical simulation, model validation, ProCAST

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