Continuous foaming of multiple aluminum foam precursors by combining conveyor and optical heating

Yoshihiko Hangai; Masataka Ohashi; Ryohei Nagahiro; Kenji Amagai; Takao Utsunomiya; Nobuhiro Yoshikawa

doi:10.2320/MATERTRANS.MT-M2020137

Continuous foaming of multiple aluminum foam precursors by combining conveyor and optical heating

Yoshihiko Hangai, Masataka Ohashi, Ryohei Nagahiro, Kenji Amagai, Takao Utsunomiya, Nobuhiro Yoshikawa

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Precursor foaming is one of the production processes for manufacturing aluminum foam. In this study, the continuous foaming of multiple precursors by combining a conveyor and optical heating with halogen lamps was conducted. First, in a preliminary test, the current of the halogen lamps was adjusted to enable the foaming of a precursor as it moves on the conveyor. Then, multiple precursors were continuously foamed at the adjusted current of the halogen lamps. It was shown that the multiple precursors exhibited similar temperature histories and were sufficiently foamed using the conveyor. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2020137]

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1703-1706
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Transactions
Volume	61
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2320/MATERTRANS.MT-M2020137
Publication status	Published - 2020 Aug

Keywords

Cellular materials
Conveyor
Foaming
Optical heating
Precursor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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