Vent exactly where two fronts meet
PourA413Cold shut5/5 confidence
What we learned
What worked
Two end gates filling toward the centre with a 5mm vent placed on the meeting line. The witness line is cosmetic only and survives a 2 bar test.
What failed
Filling a 204mm thin section from one end. It misran at 140mm every time, even 10C hotter.
War story
Spent a whole trial arguing about whether A413 fluidity was the problem. It was not. The metal was fine, it just had nowhere to push the air. Once the vent went on the meeting line the part filled on the first shot and has filled every shot since.
Pour conditions
- Pour temp
- 690C
- Mold temp
- 200C
- Metal velocity
- Moderate, both gates opened together
- Degassed
- Yes
- Degassing
- Rotary degas, 6 minutes, argon
- Die spray
- Water based, thin
- Spray ratio
- 1:80
- Cycle time
- 210 s
Tags
4ventingthin-wallmisrunA413
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