The effect of the method of pouring liquid metal into mould on misrun formation in the castings made with lost-wax casting technology

The paper presents analysis of the relationship between the way of pouring AlSi7Mg alloy into moulds and misrun formation in the castings made with lost-wax casting method, with the use of gypsum mass. The casting moulds have been filled with liquid metal with three various methods (using gravity force, centrifugal force, and vacuum). Estimation of the quality of the obtained castings (i.e. the degree of mould filling) allowed to assess the effectiveness of particular methods of filling the moulds used for production of small-module castings. In result, it was found that the highest mould filling degree is achieved with the use of vacuum technology.