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S. Sundarrajan
Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) Hyderabad, India
67th World Foundry Congress
Magnesium alloy castings are emerging as major players in global
business by replacing aluminium alloys in aerospace and automobile
applications. International trend indicates upward demand for Magnesium
alloy die castings. Indian aerospace programme has gone in for designing
Magnesium components directly and establishment of production
technology through networking of industries and research institutions. The
paper deals with an outline of applied experimental research carried out
on casting characteristics like fluidity, mould filling ability and shrinkage
behaviour and implementation of recommendations by adopting Taguchi
techniques of design of experiments. Experimental findings have very
good practical significance for reduction of rejection levels. The Indian
scenario on Magnesium Research provides an outline of R&D capabilities
established in the country. Spin off recommendations as strategies for
future have been provided for value added and commercial products.
