TY - JOUR N2 - This paper presents the results of measurements of liquid metal fluidity and linear shrinkage of nickel alloy IN-713C in vacuum induction melting furnace Balzers VSG-2. Because of limited volume of the furnace chamber special models for technological trials were designed and constructed to fit in the mould of dimensions 170x95x100mm. Two different designs of test models were proposed: horizontal round rods and modified spiral. Preliminary studies were carried out for alloys Al-Si. Horizontal round rods test was useful for evaluation of fluidity of hypoeutectic silumin, however in case of nickel superalloy the mould cavity was completely filled in each test because of high required pouring temperature. Positive results were obtained from the modified spiral test for all alloys used in the research. Relationship between the linear shrinkage for the test rod and a specific indicator of contraction defined on a spiral was observed. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/87729/PDF/02_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/87729 PY - 2014 IS - No 1 DO - 10.2478/afe-2014-0002 KW - Linear shrinkage KW - Fluidity KW - Castability KW - Spiral test KW - Round rod test KW - Pouring temperature KW - IN-713C KW - superalloy KW - Silumin A1 - Cieśla, M. A1 - Findziński, R. A1 - Gradoń, P. A1 - Binczyk, F. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2014 T1 - Evaluation of Casting Shrinkage and Liquid Metal Fluidity of IN-713C Alloy UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/87729 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -