Measurement and Control in Liquid Metal Processing

1. Measurement Procedures and Equipments.- 1.1. Measurement of Physical Values.- Temperature measurement.- Determination of the Quantity of Liquid Metal Delivered to the Mould.- 1.2. Quality Control on Melts.- Control of Structure in Aluminum Alloys by Thermal Analysis.- Thermal Analysis in Ferrous Foundries.- Microstructural Control by Electrical Resistivity of Strontium Modified Alloys.- Rapid Determination of Oxygen and Oxides in Fe-C Alloy.- 2. Fluid Flow Phenomena.- 2.1. Fusion Equipment.- New ways of running crucible induction furnaces.- Relationship between Impedance and Diameter.- 2.2. Mould Filling.- Thermal Aspects of Mould Filling.- Refining of Melts by Filtration. A water Model Study.- 3D Visualisation of Mould Filling.- Optimal Gating for Thin Wall Parts.- 3 Automation.- Trends in Molten Metal Process Automation Techniques.- Automation of an Induction Meltingshop at Brebach.- Automatic Metal Stream Inoculation.- Illustration of Automation in Metal Processing at Carmagnola Plant.- 4. Discussions.- A Summary of the Discussions.