Effect of Multi-gating System on Solidification of Molten Metals in Spur Gear Casting: A Simulation Approach

Enesi Y. Salawu; Emuowhochere Oghenevwegba; Oluseyi O. Ajayi; A. O. Inegbenebor; E. T. Akinlabi; S. T. Akinlabi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05861-6_65

Effect of Multi-gating System on Solidification of Molten Metals in Spur Gear Casting: A Simulation Approach

Enesi Y. Salawu, Emuowhochere Oghenevwegba, Oluseyi O. Ajayi^*, A. O. Inegbenebor, E. T. Akinlabi, S. T. Akinlabi

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Abstract

Casting process is widely used in preparing spur gear blanks or in complete production of gears because of its less defect at the end of the process. The importance of the gating system in casting process lies in its ability to channel molten metal into the mould cavity within the allowable period at a controlled parameter. The study therefore investigated the effect of increasing the gating system on the solidification of molten metal during gear cast to determine the time of solidification and casting productivity. Both the top and bottom gating system were modelled in solidwork, while the simulation was done using Pro-Cast. The result revealed that for the case of two runner gating system, both the top and bottom gating system took 9.195 and 9.320 s respectively, to fill the mould cavity. However, the three-runner gating system took a shorter filling time with top gating system having 8.824 s filling time and the bottom gating system took about 9.655 s to fill the mould cavity. The outcome showed that the top gating system tends to discharge molten metal faster than the bottom gating system as seen from the filling time of both the two and the three-gating system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TMS 2019 148th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	667-677
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030058616
ISBN (Print)	9783030058609
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05861-6_65
Publication status	Published - 27 Feb 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	148th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS 2019 - San Antonio, United States Duration: 10 Mar 2019 → 14 Mar 2019

Publication series

Name	Minerals, Metals and Materials Series
ISSN (Print)	2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-1696

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Conference	148th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Antonio
Period	10/03/19 → 14/03/19

Keywords

Energy savings
Production technology
Simulation
Spur gear

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Salawu, E. Y., Oghenevwegba, E., Ajayi, O. O., Inegbenebor, A. O., Akinlabi, E. T., & Akinlabi, S. T. (2019). Effect of Multi-gating System on Solidification of Molten Metals in Spur Gear Casting: A Simulation Approach. In TMS 2019 148th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings (pp. 667-677). (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05861-6_65

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Effect of Multi-gating System on Solidification of Molten Metals in Spur Gear Casting: A Simulation Approach. / Salawu, Enesi Y.; Oghenevwegba, Emuowhochere; Ajayi, Oluseyi O. et al.
TMS 2019 148th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. Cham: Springer, 2019. p. 667-677 (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series).

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