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Do You Have A Problem With Distortion of Aluminium Products?
Introduction Heat treatment of castings is primarily used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of the cast alloy. Many of the mechanical properties of both ferrous and non-ferrous alloys are determined by their microstructure. Heat treatment is an efficient way of manipulating the crystalline structure of the alloy to modify its mechanical behaviour...