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Author: John Grandfield, V. Nguyen, P. Rohan, L. Sweet, M. Couper, K. Oswald  
Company: Grandfield Technology Pty. Ltd.; CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering; Rio Tinto Alcan; o.d.t. Engineering  
Issue #: Vol. 66, No. 5  
Year: 2008  
Pages: 4.5  
  
Summary:   
CAST Cooperative Research Centre, o.d.t. Engineering, and Rio Tinto Alcan worked together to perform research on the ingot casting process, specifically dealling with filling times. CASTmould and CASTfill are two products that were developed from this research. Areas of research and development include: process fundamentals and industry trends, ALSIM modeling, optimization of operating parameters, the application of helium, optimized mold design, optimized filling system, commercialization and implementation, and future work.

Product Code: art-00179