Cracking and distortion of water jackets in engine blocks
thesis
posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00authored bySina. Ighaniyan
This thesis investigated the cracking and distortion of water jackets in engine blocks. The Taguchi method was utilized to improve production process and in doing so, reducing the scrap of water jacket cores by over 60%. Further, by altering core material and pouring temperature, casting distortion was improved.