Pump Volute·Vantage Thermal
Trial 3
PartialA413May 15, 2026
Goal
Relocate the gate away from the throat.
Process
- Pour temp
- 690C
- Mold temp
- 195C
- Alloy batch
- A413-2605-B
- Trial date
- May 15, 2026
- Gating
- Outer wall gate, throat left clean.
- Changed from the previous trial
- Gate moved from the throat to the outer wall.
What came out
Defects observed
Throat clean. New porosity at the outer wall where the gate now sits.
Lessons learned
Moving the problem is not solving it. The gate itself is too small and too fast.