Moller, HGovender, GStumpf, WE2009-03-102009-03-102007-11Moller, H, Govender, G and Stumpf, WE. 2007. Optimisation of the T6 heat treatment of rheocast alloy A356. Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA), 8th Annual International Conference on Transportation Weight Reduction. Tshwane University of Technology, Tshwane and Kwa Maritane, Pilanesburg, South Africa. 7-9 November, pp 19http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3195Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa (RAPDASA), 8th Annual International Conference on Transportation Weight Reduction. Tshwane University of Technology. Tshwane and Kwa Maritane, Pilanesburg, South Africa. 7-9 November 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 heat treatment of aluminium alloys is a relatively expensive process and a reduction in treatment times would be advantageous. In order to optimise the T6 heat treatment cycle for rheocast alloy A356, the effect of various parameters on the quality index were investigated. These included solution treatment time, natural aging time, artificial aging temperature and artificial aging timeenRheocastingAluminium alloy A356T6 heat treatmentRAPDASA 2007Semi-solidDendritic alloysConference PresentationMoller, H., Govender, G., & Stumpf, W. (2007). Optimisation of the T6 heat treatment of rheocast alloy A356. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3195Moller, H, G Govender, and WE Stumpf. "Optimisation of the T6 heat treatment of rheocast alloy A356." (2007): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3195Moller H, Govender G, Stumpf W, Optimisation of the T6 heat treatment of rheocast alloy A356; 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3195 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Moller, H AU - Govender, G AU - Stumpf, WE AB - The 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 heat treatment of aluminium alloys is a relatively expensive process and a reduction in treatment times would be advantageous. In order to optimise the T6 heat treatment cycle for rheocast alloy A356, the effect of various parameters on the quality index were investigated. These included solution treatment time, natural aging time, artificial aging temperature and artificial aging time DA - 2007-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Rheocasting KW - Aluminium alloy A356 KW - T6 heat treatment KW - RAPDASA 2007 KW - Semi-solid KW - Dendritic alloys LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2007 T1 - Optimisation of the T6 heat treatment of rheocast alloy A356 TI - Optimisation of the T6 heat treatment of rheocast alloy A356 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3195 ER -