MT301

Metal Casting Technology

 

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Introduction to casting and foundry industry; basic principles of casting processes; sequence in foundry operations; patterns; moulding practice; ingredients of moulding sand and core  sand,  sand testing; different moulding  processes

 

Types of furnaces used in foundry; furnaces for melting; melting practice  for  steel, cast  iron, aluminium  alloys, copper alloys and magnesium alloys; safety considerations; fluxing,  degassing and   inoculation

 

Sand casting, permanent mould casting,  die  casting,  centrifugal casting,  plaster mould casting, investment  casting,  continuous casting, squeeze casting, full mould process, strip casting

 

Overview of pouring and solidification, concept of shrinkage, Chvorinov’s rule, chilling; gating systems, functions of riser, types of riser, bottom pouring and top pouring , yield calculations, visualization of mould filling (modeling), methoding

 

Concepts of solidification; directional solidification, role of chilling; filtration of liquid metals; consumables; details of inoculation and modification – with respect to cast irons and Al-Si system; casting defects; soundness  of casting and its assessment

 

TEXT BOOKS

 

1.       Heine R. W., Loper C. R., Rosenthal P. C., ‘ Principles of Metal Casting’,2nd   Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers, 1985

2.   Jain P. L., ‘ Principles of Foundry Technology’, 3rd  Edition, Tata McGraw Hill,  1995

 

REFERENCES

 

1.             Srinivasan N. K., ‘Foundry Technology’, Khanna Publications, 1986