Manage the Damage: A Guide for Aluminum Foundries to Survive and Thrive

Science and Engineering
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-29087-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Springer Series in Materials Science

This book provides comprehensive treatment of the state of the aluminum casting industry. Built on sound physics principles, the book provides an in depth analysis of factors affecting metal quality in aluminum foundries. Providing a coherent framework for measuring metal quality throughout the casting production, the book introduces solutions to common problems and a novel technique to manage resources to consistently meet customer requirements.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tiryakioglu, Murat

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Werkstoffprüfung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Current Status of the Production of Aluminum Alloy Castings.- Liquid Aluminum.- Liquid Metal Damage.- Pores: The Visible Damage.- Hidden Damage: The False Hope of Casting Soundness.- The Metric.- Tracking Damage and Melt Quality in Aluminum Casting Production.- Sources of Damage.- Damage Characteristics Curve.- The Grand Rule and The Concept of Value.- Measure the Damage.- Practices for Castings: Cost/Benefit Analysis.- Manage the Damage.

Über Autor(innen)

Murat Tiryakioglu grew up around a nonferrous foundry owned by his family, which has shaped his career. After receiving his PhD at the University of Missouri-Rolla, he worked at The Boeing Company in Wichita, Kansas, on aerospace castings. He received his second PhD at the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham under the supervision of Prof. John Campbell. Meanwhile, he started a collaboration with Dr. James T. Staley from Alcoa. While working as a professor in Pittsburgh, he was invited to Alcoa Technical Center (ATC) as an R&D Consultant for seven straight summers, becoming the only consultant to be invited for more than one summer. At ATC, he worked primarily on the quench sensitivity of commercial wrought alloys. Over his career, he has collaborated with many researchers all over the world and conducted research on many aspects of applied statistics and aluminum alloys, especially cast alloys, while publishing over one hundred journal papers.

Dr. Tiryakioglu has been a Certified Quality Engineer (American Society for Quality). He is the recipient of the Inaugural John Campbell Medal from the Institute of Cast Metals Engineers (ICME), M. Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and Young Leader Award from TMS. He is a Fellow of ICME.