WEAR-RESISTANT ALUMINUM ALLOY FOR CASTING ENGINE BLOCKS WITH LINERLESS CYLINDERS

An aluminum-silicon alloy composition is disclosed which meets the manufacturing and performance conditions for linerless cylinder engine block casting using low-cost casting processes such as silica-sand molds. The alloy of the invention comprises in weight percent: 13%-14% Si; 2.3%-2.7% Cu; 0.1%-0...

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Hauptverfasser:	RODRIGUEZ-JASSO ANDRES FERNANDO, TALAMANTES-SILVA JOSE, GONAZALEZ-VILLARREAL JOSE ALEJANDRO, VALTIERRA-GALLARDO SALVADOR
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALLOYS CASTING CASTING OF METALS CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES CHEMISTRY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS METALLURGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS POWDER METALLURGY TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Zusammenfassung:	An aluminum-silicon alloy composition is disclosed which meets the manufacturing and performance conditions for linerless cylinder engine block casting using low-cost casting processes such as silica-sand molds. The alloy of the invention comprises in weight percent: 13%-14% Si; 2.3%-2.7% Cu; 0.1%-0.4% Fe; 0.1%-0.45% Mn; 0.1%-0.30% Mg; 0.1%-0.6% Zn; 0.05%-0.11% Ti; 0.4%-0.8% Ni; 0.01%-0.09% Sr; and and the rest being aluminum plus any remainders. This alloy has very good machining characteristics, giving a significantly improved surface finish in the cylinder bores. The manufacturing cost of engine blocks is reduced in about 40% as compared with using current commercial alloys of the prior art requiring iron liners. Any primary Si present is substantially uniformly dispersed, and copper does not segregate during solidification and cooling.