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15/11/2017 Hobby Aluminum Casting | Sand Casting Aluminum | Green Sand Casting Process | Mechanical Engineering
Properties of Additives:
1. Kaolin clay is used for mould stability
2. Aluminium oxide is used for hot strength of
bonded sand
3. Invert Sugar is used after pouring to reduce
the retained strength of the mould or core
which removes from the mould with less
shaking.
Steps involved
1. Mould material is pure Silica, 3-5% of liquid
base binder of sodium silicate, mulled for 3 to 4
minutes
2. Now rammed around pattern in moulding
box
3. CO2 gas forced into mould at about 1.4 to 1.5
kg/cm2 for a predetermined time (15 to 30
seconds)
4. Apply refractory coating, system ready for
pouring
5. Use either wood or metal pattern
6. Suitable pressure reducing valves are used to
reduce pressure of gas
7. Pattern rubbed with graphite before
ramming to overcome removal of pattern from
mould
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Advantages:
1. Low raw material cost
2. Fast production rate
3. No core or mould baking equipments
4. Semi skilled workers enough
5. Hollow moulds can be easily made
6. Easily mechanized
Disadvantages:
1. Difficult to reclaim the used sand
2. Poor collapsibility due to inorganic nature of
bond
3. Moisture susceptibility
4. Less suitable for non ferrous casting
Applications:
1. For larger cores preparation
2. Heavy or thick walled castings
3. Producing cores of Fe, Al, Cu base alloys
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