Cast irons are materials with complex internal structures, exhibiting multiple changes in physical and mechanical properties due to graphite in their microstructures. In this study, various amounts of silicon alloys and ferrite were added to samples of lamellar, compacted, and spheroidal graphite cast irons to determine how this would affect their thermal conductivities. A thermal analyzer was used to measure thermal conductivities of the composites with the transient plane source (...
Soft tooling processes use flexible polymeric materials to manufacture moulds. However, the malleable materials used for soft tooling, such as silicone rubber, have low thermal conductivities and take an extensive amount of time to cool. In this study, metallic (Aluminum fine powder, grey iron, copper, magnesium, titanium, zinc) and non-metallic (graphite, silicone, glass) thermally conductive filler particles were added to silicone rubber to condense the cooling time of soft tooling ...
