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FAILURES OF DIES FOR DIE-CASTING OF ALUMINIUM ALLOYS Received – Prispjelo: 2006-12-23 Accepted – Prihva}eno: 2007-04-20 Preliminary Note – Prethodno priop}enjeDie-casting dies for casting of aluminum alloys fail because of a great number of different and simultaneously operating factors. Material selection, die design, and thermal stress fatigue generated by the cyclic working process (heat checking), as well as to low and inhomogeneous initial die temperature contribute to the failures and cracks formation on/in dies for die-casting of aluminium alloys. In the frame of the presented investigation work the intensity and homogeneity of the temperature fields on the working surface of the testing die were checked through thermographic measurements, and failures and cracks on the working surface of the die were analysed with non-destructive metallographic examination methods.Key words: die-casting, working surface, aluminium alloy, temperature field, failure analysisINTRODUCTION Die-casting is the most cost efficient and technical easy method of casting sophisticated and accurate aluminium alloys parts in great-scale series[1]. Aluminium alloys die-castings require little machining prior the final installation. Approximately half of all castings worldwide made of aluminium alloys are manufactured in this way are used for a wide range of automotive parts and other consumer goods[2]. The comparison of nine parameters of the die-casting versus stamping, forging, sand casting, permanent mold casting and plastic molding[3] is presented in Table 1. Aluminium alloys die-casting dies fail because of a number of different and simultaneously operating stresses. The stresses are of two basic kinds [4]: stresses created by the manufacturing of the die and stresses formed by the exploitation process. A long die working life is of essential importance for the economical production of aluminium alloysdie-castings [4,5]. The replacement of a die is expensive in both money and product