N2 - Production of defect free castings requires good understanding of casting characteristics like mold filling ability and volume deficit characteristic. Pin test piece with cylindrical cores proposed by Engler and Ellerbrok was used to study the mold filling ability. Volume deficit characteristics experiments were conducted using the method designed by Engler. Alloy composition, Mold coat and Pouring temperature were considered as process parameters for the present study and experimental plan has been taken up through design of experiments. The alloy composition is most significant in influencing the mold filling ability, where as pouring temperature is for volume deficit. The Correlation Co-efficient value obtained is -0.98901 indicating strong a negative relation between mold filling ability and volume deficit characteristics. Negative values indicate a relationship between mold filling ability and volume deficit such that as values for mold filling ability increase, for volume deficit decrease. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110939/PDF/AFE%203_2019_10.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110939 PY - 2019 IS - No 3 EP - 65 DO - 10.24425/afe.2019.127140 KW - Cast Al-Si alloys KW - Mold filling ability KW - Volume deficit KW - Pouring temperature KW - Mold coat KW - Correlation coefficient A1 - Santhi, S. A1 - Vadayar, S. A1 - Srinivasan, S. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 19 DA - 2019.06.27 T1 - Estimation of Mold Filling Ability and Volume Deficit Characteristics of Cast Al-Si Alloys SP - 55 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110939 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering