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Concurrent Engineering of Die Casting Process Parameters and Tooling
By Yong Kuk Park
The horizontal cold chamber die casting process can produce a wide range of near-net shape, non-ferrous castings with small dimensional variation, excellent surface finish and very complex geometries.
Jan 1, 1996
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Mechanical Strength Of Silicon Solar Wafers Characterized By Ring-On-Ring Test In Combination With Digital Image Correlation
By I. M. Richardson, M. Janssen, W. Geerstma, I. J. Bennett, V. A. Popovich
Avoiding wafer breakage is a big challenge in the photovoltaic silicon industry, limiting production yield and further price reduction. Special fracture strength tests suitable for thin silicon solar
Jan 1, 2015
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A Comparative Examination of the Tensile and Fatigue Properties of Aluminum Alloy A356 Automotive Suspension Components Produced by Different Shape Casting-Related Processes
By P. N. Anyalebechi
A comparative study of the mechanical properties of automotive steering knuckles produced by three different shape-casting related processes has been conducted. It involved the characterization of the
Jan 1, 2009
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Recycling of Printed Circuit Boards by Melting with Oxidising/Reducing Top Blowing Process
By Andrea Bernardes
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) of varying compositions have been converted by incineration and following melting into an environmental agreeable slag and a copper-nickel-tin alloy, containing the preci
Jan 1, 1997
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Vitrification of Municipal Waste Combustor Residues: Physical and Chemical Properties of Electric Arc Furnace Feed and Products
By William K. Connor, O&apos
The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM), in cooperation with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), conducted over 200 hours of melting tests to vitrify residues from five municipal waste combus
Jan 1, 1991
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Deformation Modeling of Planar Flow Cast High Temperature Aluminum Powder Alloys
By J. Daniel Bryant
Deformation processing of rapidly solidified powder alloys presents a technical challenge different in several ways from the processing of ingot based alloys. The metastable phases formed during plana
Jan 1, 1992
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Pyrometallurgical Processing Technologies For Treating High Arsenic Copper Concentrates
By Teuku A. R. Putra, Patrick R. Taylor
Various pyrometallurgical methods for treating copper concentrates that contain appreciable arsenic are reviewed. Various aspects of the engineering of these treatment methods are discussed. The metho
Jan 1, 2014
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Atomisation As A One Step Process For Hydrometallurgical And Flash Furnace Feed
By David Norval
Ni, Co, Cu and Pt, mattes are common materials that require granulating and milling of the resultant granules for further processing. This route is acceptable if the material is brittle (friable) whi
Jan 1, 2006
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Recent Developments In Factsage Thermochemical Software And Databases
By E. Bélisle, Christopher W. Bale, S. Petersen, C. Robelin, K. Hack, J. Melançon, G. Eriksson, A. D. Pelton, P. Chartrand, S. A. Decterov, I. H. Jung, A. Gheribi
The FactSage® package consists of a series of information, database and calculation modules that enable one to access pure substances and solution databases and perform thermochemical equilibrium calc
Jan 1, 2014
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The Engineering Design Sequence And Materials Development: 990 Gold-Titanium As A Case Study
By Mark E. Schlesinger
Engineering design follows a six–step sequence. Demonstration of this sequence in materials engineering is less common. A case study is presented, using the 1989 paper by Gafner on the development of
Jan 1, 2014
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Titanium Metal: Extraction To Application
By Joseph Gambogi
In 1998, approximately 57,000 tons of titanium metal was consumed in the form of mill products (1). Only about 5% of the 4 million tons of titanium minerals consumed each year is used to produce titan
Nov 26, 1999
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Pulsed Power Breaking-Up Technology For Resistant Gold-Containing Ores And Beneficiation Products
By Valentine A. Chanturiya
The aim of this paper is basically to show progress in the study of nanosecond processes involved in the disintegration and breaking-up of mineral complexes with fine noble metals. We studied the infl
Jan 1, 2006
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Recollections of Operations at a Secondary Copper Smelter and Refinery: The U.S. Metals Refining Company, Carteret, NJ
By J. E. Hoffman
The operation of the U .S Metals Refining Company, USMR Co. is defined below by the description of a variety of unit processes and operations the author encountered during his tenure with the operatio
Jan 1, 2000
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Preparation And Characterization Of Fibrous Ni-Co Alloy Powders By Thermal Decomposition Of Solid Solution Of Complex Ni-Co Oxalates
By Zhang Chuanfu
Keywords: solid solution, Ni-Co alloy powders, thermal decomposition, fibres. Synthesis of fibrous Ni-Co alloy powders was achieved by thermal decomposition of precursor of complex Ni-Co oxalates s
Jan 1, 2005
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Applied Mineralogical Studies On Colombian (El Bagre, Antioquia) Black Sands
By Clara María Lamus Molina
The following minerals found in the residual black sands from gold mining in El Bagre Antioquia (Colombia) were identified as having major economic interest: Ilmenite (FeTiO3), with an average of 49%
Jan 1, 2006
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Sustainable Electrolysis for Electrowinning and Electrorefining of Metals
By Geir Martin Haarberg
Modern electrolysis technologies can provide possibilities for developing sustainable processes in terms of energy and environment. Laboratory experiments were carried out to study electrodeposition o
Jan 1, 2010
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Process Metallurgy An Enabler Of Resouce Efficiency: Linking Product Design To Metallurgy In Product Centric Recycling
By Markus Reuter, Antoinette van Schaik
In this paper the link between process metallurgy, classical minerals processing, product centric recycling and urban/landfill mining is discussed. The depth that has to be achieved in urban mining an
Jan 1, 2014
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Energy Efficient, Non-Wetting, Microporous Refractory Material for Molten Aluminum Contact Applications
By Kenneth McGowan
"The aluminum industry is the 5th largest consumer of energy and the largest consumer of energy on a per-weight basis. Process heating accounts for 25% of the energy consumed to manufacture aluminum.
Jan 1, 2009
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Mineral Bioprocessing, an Overview.
By R. W. Smith
Living and killed organisms, particularly microorganisms, and extracellular products derived from the organisms are increasingly finding use in minerals engineering. Goals include both enhancement of
Jan 1, 1991
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Synthesis Of High Performance Limn₀₈ Fe₀₂ Po₄/C Cathode Material For Lithium Ion Batteries: Effect Of Calcination Temperature
By Enrui Dai, Weibing Chen, Bin Yang, Wenhui Ma, Haisheng Fang, Hui Wang
LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4/C composite was prepared by an improved solid-state method and the effect of calcination temperature on properties of the obtained materials was investigated. The results showed that i
Jan 1, 2015