Pour·Actuator Housing
Check the wall before you chase the feed
PourA356Porosity4/5 confidence
What we learned
What worked
Growing the encoder boss wall from 2.4mm to 3.2mm. Porosity cleared completely on the next trial.
What failed
Adding a second riser and raising pour temp 20C. It downgraded the porosity from severe to minor and stopped there.
War story
Two trials and about five thousand dollars went into feeding a section that was starved by geometry. The first x-ray already showed the porosity centred in the thinnest part of the boss. Look at where the porosity sits before deciding what it is.
Pour conditions
- Pour temp
- 722C
- Mold temp
- 185C
- Metal velocity
- Standard
- Degassed
- Yes
- Degassing
- Rotary degas, 6 minutes
- Die spray
- Water based
- Spray ratio
- 1:70
- Cycle time
- 265 s
Tags
4wall-thicknessporositydfmA356
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