Founding Research Journal

Founding Research Journal

The Effect of Metallurgical Parameters on Casting Defects of Ductile Iron by Taguchi Method

Document Type : Original Research Article

Authors
1 M.Sc. in Materials Engineering, Department of Engineering, FZA Company, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Polymer and Material Engineering, Buein Zahra Technical University, Buein Zahra, Qazvin, Iran.
10.22034/frj.2025.553160.1213
Abstract
In this research, to investigate the effect of metallurgical parameters such as pouring temperature, equivalent carbon and feeding conditions on the metallurgical quality of ductile iron parts (absence of shrinkage hole and cold shut defects), a bell-shaped piece used in the suspension system of automobile parts was used. For this purpose, equivalent carbon from 4.3 to 4.5 wt%, pouring temperature from 1380 to 1440°C and feeding in three conditions of no feeding, closed feeding and open feeding were investigated. In order to reduce the number of experiments, the Taguchi method was used to design the experiments. The results of the experiments showed that equivalent carbon of nearly 4.3 wt%, high pouring temperature for cold shut and low pouring temperature for shrinkage hole defects and the use of open feeding conditions provided the most suitable conditions so that none of the shrinkage hole and cold shut defects were observed under these conditions.
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Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 27
Autumn and Winter
Autumn 2025

  • Receive Date 25 October 2025
  • Revise Date 10 November 2025
  • Accept Date 29 November 2025