@ARTICLE{Szajnar_J._Castings_2014, author={Szajnar, J. and Baron, C. and Walasek, A.}, number={No 1}, journal={Archives of Foundry Engineering}, howpublished={online}, year={2014}, publisher={The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences}, abstract={The paper presents the results of simulation of alloy layer formation process on the model casting. The first aim of this study was to determine the influence of the location of the heat center on alloy layer’s thickness with the use of computer simulation. The second aim of this study was to predict the thickness of the layer. For changes of technological parameters, the distribution of temperature in the model casting and temperature changes in the characteristic points of the casting were found for established changes of technological parameters. Numerical calculations were performed using programs NovaFlow&Solid. The process of obtaining the alloy layer with good quality and proper thickness depends on: pouring temperature, time of premould hold at the temperature above 1300o C. The obtained results of simulation were loaded to authorial program Preforma 1.1 in order to determine the predicted thickness of the alloy casting}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Castings Dimensions Influence on the Alloyed Layer Thickness}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/87898/PDF/24_paper.pdf}, doi={10.2478/afe-2014-0024}, keywords={Thermal center, Alloy layer, Ferrochromium, cast steel}, }