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ALPORAS Aluminum Foam: Production Process, Properties, and Applications
Author(s) -
Miyoshi T.,
Itoh M.,
Akiyama S.,
Kitahara A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1527-2648(200004)2:4<179::aid-adem179>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - materials science , aluminium , metal foam , shrinkage , molten metal , metallurgy , process (computing) , production (economics) , casting , process engineering , composite material , engineering , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
The production of foamed aluminum has long been considered difficult to achieve because of problems such as the low foamability of the molten metal, the varying size of the cellular structures, and solidification shrinkage. Researchers have gradually solved these problems and some manufacturers are now producing foamed aluminum by their own methods. Shinko Wire has been manufacturing foamed aluminum under the registered trade name ALPORAS since 1986, using a batch casting process.