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Casting alloysA356 vs 6063
We checked the part with a XRF scanner. The case it came in was the gold unit. unfortunately who ever put the unit in its case put a base model in the box. It will not read silicon content. So the scan defaulted to the nearest material. We sent a sample to a certified lab and it came back as...- t28flyer
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- Forum: Metal and Metallurgy engineering
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Casting alloysA356 vs 6063
Hello To All We recently had some cylinder heads sandcast that was supposed to be A356 alloy. While inspecting some other castings with a touch Spectrometer we discovered that the casting house has used 6063 instead. How screwed are we? We have roughly 1000 hours of machine work in 4 heads...- t28flyer
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