Author:Moller, H; Govender, G; Stumpf, WE; Pistorius, PCDate:2010The heat treatment response of semisolid metal high pressure die cast Al-7Si-Mg alloys A356 and F357 was studied and compared. It was found that the heat treatment behaviour of alloy F357 is influenced markedly by the stability of the Mg ...Read more
Author:Moller, H; Govender, G; Stumpf, WEDate:Nov 2007The heat treatment cycles that are currently applied to processed components are mostly those that are in use for traditional dendritic alloys. These heat treatments are not necessarily the optimum heat treatments for SSM processing. The T6 ...Read more
Author:Moller, H; Govender, G; Stumpf, WEDate:2008Semi-solid metal (SSM) processing is a unique manufacturing method to produce near-net shape products for various industrial applications. The aim is to obtain a semi-solid structure free of dendrites (which are formed by conventional liquid ...Read more