Hard Spots in ADC12 Die Casting Cylinder Block Used for Air Compressor

Publisher: Trans Tech Publications

E-ISSN: 1662-7482|2015|789|121-125

ISSN: 1660-9336

Source: Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol.2015, Iss.789, 2015-10, pp. : 121-125

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Abstract

The hard spots are investigated in ADC12 die casting cylinder blocks for air compressors using metallographic method and a micro- hardness tester. The results show that the hard spots have two main shapes. There is a nonuniform micro-hardness distribution within a hard spot. Energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) analysis reveals that these hard spots are some kind of mixture of oxide and carbide, which are formed during melting and die casting process.