There are always going to be folks trying to air melt aluminum bearing alloys - with very limited success. Most of the aluminum will oxidise during melting forming the Al2O3 scum that you see forming on the top. I would be surprised if the aluminum stays within the specification limits unless...
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Do any of the great ones out there have any experience with melting and pouring Haynes 230 alloy? Problem is the loss of Lanthanum, which is .005 - .05% concentration. Material is purchased from Haynes corp as machining bar, but loses most if not all of the contained Lanthanum when...
As an investment casting house we provide 17-4 investment castings for aerospace applications. A customer source inspector ran into a contradiction that is causing a huge uproar. Statements made have included grounding of aircraft!!! Wonder if anyone else has run across this?
Main question is...
I am having a problem with 17-4 PH investment castings that are distorting during machining. My customer wants to machine in the fully HTR condition, Homo + Solution + H925.
They are 6 inch diameter, thin-wall collars that are used to strap an A to A missile to a fighter wing.
We hot size at...