Casting Equipment Engineering Guide

Casting Equipment Engineering Guide is a comprehensive resource for the preparation and production of iron, steel, and aluminum castings, addressing the entire line of equipment involved. The publication covers various aspects such as sand and metal storage and handling, sand preparation, retrieval,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Nath, Jagan (Metallurgical engineer) (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Materials Park, OH : ASM International, [2023]
Subjects
Founding > Equipment and supplies.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781627084468
1627084460
1627084452
9781627084451
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • About the Author
  • Casting Manufacturing Layout-Principles and Guidelines
  • 1.1
  • 1.1.1
  • 1.1.2
  • 1.1.3
  • 1.1.4
  • 1.1.4.1
  • 1.2
  • 1.2.1
  • 1.2.2
  • 1.2.3
  • 1.3
  • Appendix
  • Sand and Metal Charge Storage and Handling
  • 2.1 Metallic Charge Materials
  • 2.1.1 Large Bulk Amounts
  • 2.1.2 Smaller Packages
  • 2.2 Raw Material Handling
  • 2.2.1 Metallic Charge Materials
  • Large Bulk Amounts
  • 2.2.2 Nonmetallic Materials
  • Large Amounts of Silica and Olivine Sands
  • 2.2.3 Nonmetallic Materials
  • Coke and Limestone
  • 2.2.4 Nonmetallic Materials
  • Bentonite, Sea Coal, and Dextrin
  • 2.2.5 Nonmetallic Materials
  • Resin Binders, Sodium Silicate, and Mold Coatings
  • 2.3 Scrap-Breaking Equipment
  • 2.4 Sand Drying, Cooling, and Storage
  • 2.4.1 Types of Sand Dryers
  • 2.4.1.1 Advantages of Drum or Rotary Dryers
  • 2.4.1.2 Advantages of fluidized bed dryers
  • 2.4.2 Drum or Rotary Dryers and Coolers
  • 2.4.3 Fluidized Bed Dryers and Coolers
  • 2.5 Handling and Dosing of Bentonite and Sea Coal
  • Sand Conditioning Equipment
  • 3.1 Sand Dosing into the Muller
  • 3.1.1 Variable Feed Belt Speed
  • 3.1.1.1 Calibration
  • 3.1.2 Dosing Hopper with Load Cell
  • 3.2 Sand Muller Types and Features
  • 3.2.1 Vertical Roller-Type Muller
  • 3.2.2 Horizontal Roller-Type Muller
  • 3.2.3 Duplex Muller
  • 3.2.4 DISAMATIC Sand Mixer
  • 3.2.5 Continuous Screw-Type Muller
  • 3.3 Automated Sand Conditioning Control
  • 3.3.1 Time-Controlled and Energy-Controlled Mulling
  • 3.4 Core Sand Mixers
  • 3.5 Sand Conveyors and Bucket Elevators
  • 3.5.1 Sand Conveyors
  • 3.5.2 Bucket Elevators
  • 3.6 Sand Aerators
  • 3.6.1 Types of Aerators
  • 3.6.1.1 Belt-Type Aerator
  • 3.6.1.2 Pin Bushing-Type Aerator
  • 3.7 Mold Conveyors-Types and Lengths for Cooling
  • 3.7.1 Mold Conveyors
  • 3.7.1.1 Roller Conveyors
  • 3.7.1.2 Guide Rail System for Mold Movement
  • 3.7.1.3 Multilevel Mold Conveyors
  • 3.7.1.4 Walking Beam Mold Conveyor
  • Precision Mold Conveyor
  • 3.7.1.5 Sliding Mold Conveyor
  • Automatic Mold Conveyor
  • 3.7.1.6
  • 3.7.2 Engineering for Cooling Time
  • 3.7.2.1 Example Calculation of Conveyor Length for Gray Iron Foundries
  • 3.7.2.2 Conveyor Length for Ductile Iron Castings
  • 3.7.2.3 Conveyor Length for Steel Castings
  • 3.7.3 Flexibility in Conveyor Design
  • 3.7.4 Extended Cooling Times
  • 3.8 Shakeout Units and Features
  • 3.8.1 Basic Brute and Variable Drives
  • 3.8.2 Two-Mass High-Frequency Type (Ref 16, 17)
  • 3.8.3 Vibratory Drum-Type
  • 3.8.4 Rotary Drum-Type
  • 3.8.5 Hydroblasting
  • 3.8.6 Summary
  • 3.9 Magnetic Separators
  • 3.9.1 Magnetic Drum
  • 3.9.2 Magnetic Pulley Segment
  • 3.9.3 Belt-Type Magnetic Separator
  • 3.10 Lump Breakers and Core Crushers
  • 3.10.1 Over-Screen-Type Lump Breakers
  • 3.10.2 Roller-Type Lump Breakers
  • 3.10.3 Rotary-Type Lump Breakers
  • 3.10.4 Attrition Mills
  • 3.10.5 Hybrid Units
  • 3.11 Screens
  • 3.11.1 Hexagonal screens

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