Molten aluminum surges toward a ceramic foam filter at over 700°C, moving fast, moving rough—and then, almost instantly, slows into a calm, orderly stream on the other side. Fluid dynamics collides with a labyrinth of interconnected pores, and understanding exactly...
Your production line is down, a batch of castings just failed inspection due to inclusion defects, and your filter supplier is pushing you toward whichever product has the fattest margin, not necessarily the one that fits your furnace temperature or metal type. Sound...
A batch of aluminum castings comes out of the furnace with pinhole porosity clustered near the gates. Your quality team's first question is whether the filter mesh let something through, or if it broke down under heat before it ever had the chance. At that point,...
