Ceramic filter for aluminum foundry is used for removing entrained solids from molten aluminum alloys before casting. When these inclusions appear in the final cast product after the molten aluminum is solidified, they cause the final aluminum product to be less ductile or to have poor finishing characteristics. Therefore, it is important to remove entrained solids from the molten aluminum before it is cast into a solid body.
In the aluminum casting process, molten aluminum generally contains entrained solids, which are deleterious to the final cast metal product. These entrained solids usually derive from three sources. Some are particles of aluminum oxide, which are drawn into the liquid stream from the floating oxide layer on its surface. And some entrained particles are fragments of furnace lining, transfer trough and other portions of the molten aluminum handling equipment which are eroded and entrained in the flowing aluminum stream. And some particles are precipitates of insoluble impurities such as intermetallics, borides, carbides, or precipitates of other aluminum compounds, such as chlorides.
Ceramic Filter for Aluminum Foundry
Ceramic Filter for Aluminum Foundry can remove inclusions, which are generated between the refining system and the mold table. It is filtering by reducing the level of non-metallic inclusions and oxide films that are present in the molten metal. The ability of the ceramic foam filter to capture these inclusions is critical to maintaining a clean ingot during the solidification of the metal. Accordingly, the quality and the productivity in downstream operations such as forging, extruding, and rolling are guaranteed.
In general, the methods filtering are used for removing entrained solids from molten aluminum alloys before casting.
Ceramic Foam Filters are used in producing high-quality aluminum sheets, aluminum foils, and other castings. It can effectively remove inclusions from liquid aluminum by physical adsorption and chemical adsorption, for the purposes of eliminating the lacuna of casting, improves the quality of casting, provides superior material for further machining. Inclusions such as oxides can be removed using Ceramic Foam Filters. Ceramic Foam Filters are white or lactary white alveolate ceramic filters.
Ceramic Foam Filters (CFF) produced by AdTech maintains its high strength and its excellent resistance to chemical wear through the cast. The pore network within the filter provides a large surface area for inclusion entrapment. Filter dimensions range from 7, 15, 17, 23, 26 inches, and pores size from 20 to 80 PPI. For high cleanliness requirements, double filters are available having two pore sizes.
AdTech Ceramic Foam Filter Advantages
- Particles larger than the pore size are captured at the top of the ceramic foam filter
- Smaller particles are captured on the filter cake created by the larger particles
- Finer particles are captured within the pores in the filter
- Improves mechanical properties of castings
- Increases process yield
- Reduces porosity in the metal thus improving quality
- Lengthens tool life in post foundry operations
- Gives increased productivity
