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Manufacturing: Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing: Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing
Evolution of Manufacturing
• Began about 5000 to 4000 B.C with the production of various
articles of wood, ceramic, stone and metal
• Derived from Latin word manu factus – meaning “made by hand”
• The word manufacture first appeared in 1567
• The word manufacturing appeared in 1683
• Production is also used interchangeably .
Traditional Manufacturing Processes
Casting
Forming
Sheet metal processing
Plastics processing
Joining
Lathe
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• Riser: A vertical opening in the mould • Gating System: Channels used to deliver the
• Act as a vent for gases molten metal to the mould cavity
• Helps to confirm that the mould is completely • Sprue: The vertical passage in the gating
filled system
• Act as a reservoir of molten metal to feed and • Runner: The horizontal channel of the gating
compensate for shrinkage during solidification system
of a casting • Gate: Channel which connects runner and
mould
Advantages
• Product can be cast as one piece.
• Very heavy and bulky parts can be
manufactured • VERSATILE: complex geometry, internal cavities, hollow sections
• Metals difficult to be shaped by other • VERSATILE: small (~10 grams) very large parts (~1000 Kg)
manufacturing processes may be cast (eg: Cast
Iron) • ECONOMICAL: little wastage (extra metal is re-used)
• Best for mass production • ISOTROPIC: cast parts have same properties along all directions
• Complex shapes can be manufactured
• Casting process is a labour intensive process • Transportation vehicles(eg.:engines)
• Not possible for high melting point metals • Machine tool structures.
• Dimensional accuracy, surface finish and the • Turbine vanes
amount of defects depends on the casting • Mill housing
process • Valves
• Allowances required.
• Sanitary fittings
• Agricultural parts
• Construction &atomic energy applications.
Crank Shaft
V6 engine block
BMW cylinder head
AUDI engine block
Brake assembly
TYPES OF PATTERN
• Gated pattern
• In the mass production of casings, multi cavity moulds are used. Such
moulds are formed by joining a number of patterns and gates and providing
a common runner for the molten metal, as shown in Fig.
• These patterns are made of metals, and metallic pieces to form gates and
runners are attached to the pattern.
• Sweep pattern • Segmental pattern
• Sweep patterns are used for forming large circular moulds of symmetric • Patterns of this type are generally used for circular castings, for example
kind by revolving a sweep attached to a spindle as shown in Fig. wheel rim, gear blank etc.
• Sweep is a template of wood or metal and is attached to the spindle at one • Such patterns are sections of a pattern so arranged as to form a complete
edge and the other edge has a contour depending upon the desired shape of
the mould. • mould by being moved to form each section of the mould.
• The pivot end is attached to a stake of metal in the center of the mould. • The movement of segmental pattern is guided by the use of a central pivot.
A segment pattern for a wheel rim is shown in Fig.
• Shell pattern
• Shell patterns are used mostly for piping work or for
producing drainage fittings. This pattern consists of a thin
cylindrical or curved metal piece parted along the center line.
• The two halves of the pattern are held in alignment by dowels.
• The outside surface of the pattern is used to make the mould
for the fitting required while the inside can serve as a core box.
PATTERN ALLOWANCES
• Shrinkage Allowance
• In practice,all common cast metals shrink a significant amount when they
• The size of a pattern is never kept the same as that of the desired casting
are cooled from the molten state. The total contraction in volume is divided
because of the fact that during cooling the casting is subjected to various
into the following parts:
effects and hence to compensate for these effects, corresponding
allowances are given in the pattern. • 1. Liquid contraction, i.e. the contraction during the period in which the
temperature of the liquid metal or alloy falls from the pouring temperature
• These various allowances given to pattern can be enumerated as, allowance
to the liquidus temperature.
for shrinkage, allowance for machining, allowance for draft, allowance for
• 2. Contraction on cooling from the liquidus to the solidus temperature, i.e.
rapping or shake, allowance for distortion and allowance for mould wall
solidifying contraction.
movement . • 3. Contraction that results there after until the temperature reaches the
room temperature. This is known as solid contraction.
• The first two of the above are taken care of by proper gating and risering.
Only the last one, i.e. the solid contraction is taken care by the pattern
makers by giving a positive shrinkage allowance. This contraction
allowance is different for different metals.
• Machining Allowance
• The contraction allowances for different metals and alloys such as Cast • It is a positive allowance
Iron 10 mm/mt.. Brass 16 mm/mt., Aluminium Alloys. 15 mm/mt., Steel 21
• given to compensate for the amount of material that is lost in machining or
mm/mt., Lead 24 mm/mt. In fact, there is a special rule known as the
finishing the casting.
pattern marks contraction rule in which the shrinkage of the casting metals
is added. • If this allowance is not given, the casting will become undersize after
machining.
• The pattern must be made over size to compensate for contraction of
liquid metal on cooling. This addition to the dimension of the pattern • this allowance depends on the size of casting, methods of machining and
is known as shrinkage allowance. the degree of finish.
• value varies from 3 mm. to 18 mm.
• pattern must be made over size for machining purpose
• This extra amount of dimensions provided in the pattern is known as
Machining allowance.
• Taper allowance
• positive allowance
•
• Rapping or Shake Allowance
given on all the vertical surfaces of pattern to make withdrawal easier.
• Before withdrawing the pattern it is rapped and thereby the size of the
• taper on the external surfaces varies from 10 mm to 20 mm/mt. On interior mould cavity increases.
holes and recesses which are smaller in size, the taper should be around 60 • by rapping, the external sections move outwards increasing the size and
mm/mt. internal sections move inwards decreasing the size.
• These values are greatly affected by the size of the pattern and the molding • insignificant in the case of small and medium size castings,
method • but it is significant in the case of large castings. negative allowance pattern
• In machine molding its, value varies from 10 mm to 50 mm/mt. is made slightly smaller in dimensions 0.5-1.0 mm.
Distortion Allowance
• This allowance is applied to the castings which have the tendency to distort • COLOR CODIFICATION FOR PATTERNS
during cooling due to thermal stresses developed.
• For example a casting in the form of U shape will contract at the closed
end on cooling, while the open end will remain fixed in position. • Surfaces to be left unfinished after casting are to be painted as
• Therefore, to avoid the distortion, the legs of U pattern must converge black.
slightly so that the sides will remain parallel after cooling.
• Surface to be machined are painted as red.
• Core prints are painted as yellow.
• Seats for loose pieces are painted as red stripes on yellow
background.
• Stop-offs is painted as black stripes on yellow base.
Mould
• suitable and workable material possessing high refractoriness
in nature
• material can be metallic or non-metallic
• For metallic category, the common materials are cast iron,
mild steel and alloy steels.
• non-metallic group molding sands, plaster of paris, graphite,
silicon carbide and ceramics
• molding sand is the most common utilized non-metallic
molding material because of its certain inherent properties
namely refractoriness, chemical and thermal stability at higher
temperature, high permeability and workability along with
good strength.
MOLDING SAND
• molding sand is the most common utilized non-metallic • Sources of receiving molding sands
molding material
• because of its certain inherent properties namely, • beds of sea,
• refractoriness, • rivers,
• chemical and thermal stability at higher temperature,
• lakes,
• high permeability and
• workability along with good strength. • granulular elements of rocks,
• highly cheap and easily available. • and deserts.
Types of molding sand
Synthetic sand
Natural Molding sand:
• known as green sand • known as silica sand
• having appreciable amount of clay which acts as a • not having binder(clay) in natural form
binder between sand grains
• desired strength and properties developed by separate addition
• obtained by crushing and milling of soft yellow sand of binder like bentonite, water and other materials.
stone, carboniferrous etc
• More expensive than natural sand
• Ease of availability
• Low cost
• High flexibility
• Mostly used for ferrous and non ferrous metal casting
Types of moulding sand
(According to use)
Special sands
• Zicron-cores of brass and bronze casting Green sand
• Olivine-for non ferrous casting Dry sand
• Chromite-for heavy steel casting
Facing sand
• Chrome-magnesite-used as facing materials in steel casting.
Backing sand
System sand
Parting sand
Loam sand
Core sand
Backing sand
• Backing sand or floor sand is used to back up the facing sand
and is used to fill the whole volume of the molding flask.
• Used molding sand is mainly employed for this purpose.
• The backing sand is sometimes called black sand because that
old
Parting sand
System sand • without binder and moisture to keep the green sand not to stick
• In mechanized foundries where machine molding is employed. to the pattern
• A so-called system sand is used to fill the whole molding flask. • to allow the sand on the parting surface the cope and drag to
• The used sand is cleaned and re-activated by the addition of water and special separate without clinging.
additives. This is known as system sand.
• Since the whole mold is made of this system sand, the properties such as
• This is clean clay-free silica sand which serves the same
strength, permeability and refractoriness of the molding sand must be higher purpose as parting dust.
than those of backing sand.
• It is property by virtue of which the sand grain particles interact and attract
• It is also termed as porosity of the molding sand in order to allow the
each other within the molding sand.
escape of any air, gases or moisture present or generated in the mould
when the molten metal is poured into it. • Thus, the binding capability of the molding sand gets enhanced to increase
• All these gaseous generated during pouring and solidification process must the green, dry and hot strength property of molding and core sand.
escape otherwise the casting becomes defective.
• Permeability is a function of grain size, grain shape, and moisture and clay
contents in the molding sand.
• The extent of ramming of the sand directly affects the permeability.
• Dry strength
• Green strength
• By virtue of this property, the pattern can be taken out from the mould
without breaking the mould and also the erosion of mould wall surfaces • As soon as the molten metal is poured into the mould, the moisture in the
does not occur during the flow of molten metal. sand layer adjacent to the hot metal gets evaporated and this dry sand layer
must have sufficient strength to its shape in order to avoid erosion of
• The green sand after water has been mixed into it, must have sufficient mould wall during the flow of molten metal.
strength and toughness to permit the making and handling of the mould.
• The dry strength also prevents the enlargement of mould cavity cause by
• For this, the sand grains must be adhesive, i.e. they must be capable of the metallostatic pressure of the liquid metal.
attaching themselves to another body and therefore, and sand grains having
high adhesiveness will cling to the sides of the molding box.
• Flowability or plasticity
• Strength of the moulding sand depends on: • It is the ability of the sand to get compacted and behave like a fluid. It will
flow uniformly to all portions of pattern when rammed and distribute the
• 1. Grain size and shape ramming pressure evenly all around in all directions.
• 2. Moisture content • Generally sand particles resist moving around corners or projections.
• 3. Density of sand after ramming • In general, flowability increases with decrease in green strength, an,
• · The strength of the mould increases with a decrease of grain size and an increase decrease in grain size.
of clay content and density after ramming. The strength also goes down if moisture
• The flowability also varies with moisture and clay content.
content is higher than an optimum value.
• Adhesiveness
• · It is the important property of the moulding sand and it is defined as the • Collapsibility
sand particles must be capable of adhering to another body, then only the
sand should be easily attach itself with the sides of the moulding box and
give easy of lifting and turning the box when filled with the stand.
• After the molten metal in the mould gets solidified, the sand mould must be
collapsible so that free contraction of the metal occurs and this would
naturally avoid the tearing or cracking of the contracting metal.
• In absence of this property the contraction of the metal is hindered by the
mold and thus results in tears and cracks in the casting.
• This property is highly desired in cores.
CONSTITUENTS OF MOLDING SAND
• Silica sand
• Silica sand in form of granular quarts is the main constituent of molding
sand
• having enough refractoriness
• The main constituents of molding sand involve
• which can impart strength,
• silica sand,
• stability and
• binder,
• permeability to molding and core sand.
• moisture content and
• along with silica small amounts of iron oxide, alumina, lime stone,
• additives. magnesia, soda and potash are present as impurities.
• The silica sand can be specified according to the size (small, medium and
large silica sand grain) and
• the shape (angular, sub-angular and rounded).
Binder Moisture
• In general, the binders can be either inorganic or organic substance. • The amount of moisture content in the molding sand varies generally
• The inorganic group includes clay sodium silicate and port land cement between 2 to 8 percent.
etc. • This amount is added to the mixture of clay and silica sand for developing
• In foundry shop, the clay acts as binder which may be Kaolonite, Ball bonds.
Clay, Fire Clay, Limonite, Fuller’s earth and Bentonite. • This is the amount of water required to fill the pores between the particles of
• Binders included in the organic group are dextrin, molasses, cereal clay without separating them.
binders, linseed oil and resins like phenol formaldehyde, urea • This amount of water is held rigidly by the clay and is mainly responsible for
formaldehyde etc. developing the strength in the sand.
• Organic binders are mostly used for core making. • The effect of clay and water decreases permeability with increasing clay and
• Among all the above binders, the bentonite variety of clay is the most moisture content.
common. However, this clay alone can not develop bonds among sand • The green compressive strength first increases with the increase in clay
grains without the presence of moisture in molding sand and core sand. content, but after a certain value, it starts decreasing.
• For increasing the molding sand characteristics some other additional
materials beside basic constituents are added which are known as additives.
Additives Sand Testing
• Dextrin
• Molding sand and core sand depend upon shape, size composition and distribution
• carbohydrates
of sand grains, amount of clay, moisture and additives.
• increases dry strength of the molds.
•
• The increase in demand for good surface finish and higher accuracy in
Corn flour
castings necessitates certainty in the quality of mold and core sands.
• It belongs to the starch family of carbohydrates
• is used to increase the collapsibility of the molding and core sand.
• Sand testing often allows the use of less expensive local sands. It also ensures
• Coal dust
reliable sand mixing and enables a utilization of the inherent properties of molding
sand.
• To avoid oxidation of pouring metal
• For production of grey iron and malleable cast iron castings.
• Sand testing on delivery will immediately detect any variation from the standard
•
quality, and adjustment of the sand mixture to specific requirements so that the
Sea coal
casting defects can be minimized.
• sand grains become restricted and cannot move into a dense packing pattern.
• Pitch
• It allows the choice of sand mixtures to give a desired surface finish. Thus sand
•
testing is one of the dominating factors in foundry and pays for itself by obtaining
form of soft coal (0.02 % to 2%)
lower per unit cost and.
• Wood flour:0.05 % to 2%
• To avoid expansion defects.
• increases collapsibility of both of mold and core.
• Silica flour
• added up to 3% which increases the
• hot strength and finish on the surfaces of the molds and cores.
• It also reduces metal penetration in the walls of the molds and cores.
• 5. Strength test •
•
3. Moulding sand is taken out of the pan and reweighed.
4. The percentage of moisture can be calculated from the difference in the weights, of the
original moist and the consequently dried sand samples.
• 6. Refractoriness test • Percentage of moisture content = (W1-W2)/(W1) %
• Where, W1-Weight of the sand before drying,
• 7. Mould hardness test • W2-Weight of the sand after drying
• Clay Content Test
• Clay influences strength, permeability and other moulding properties. It is
responsible for bonding sand particles together.
• Procedures are:
• 1. Small quantity of prepared moulding sand was dried
• 2. Separate 50 gms of dry moulding sand and transfer wash bottle.
• 3. Add 475cc of distilled water + 25cc of a 3% NaOH.
• 4. Agitate this mixture about 10 minutes with the help of sand stirrer.
• 5. Fill the wash bottle with water up to the marker.
• 6. After the sand etc., has settled for about 10 minutes, Siphon out the water from
the wash bottle.
• 7. Dry the settled down sand.
• 8. The clay content can be determined from the difference in weights of the initial
and final sand samples.
• Percentage of clay content = (W1-W2)/(W1) * 100
• Where, W1-Weight of the sand before drying,
• W2-Weight of the sand after drying.
SAND CONDITIONING
• Natural sands are generally not well suited for
• casting purposes. On continuous use of molding sand, the clay coating on
the sand particles gets thinned out causing decrease in its strength.
• Thus proper sand conditioning accomplish uniform distribution of binder
• around the sand grains, control moisture content, eliminate foreign
particles and aerates the sands.
• Therefore, there is a need for sand conditioning for achieving better results.
• The sand constituents are then brought at required proper proportion and
mixed thoroughly.
• Next, the whole mixture is mulled suitably till properties are developed.
After all the foreign particles are removed from and the sand is free from
the hard lumps etc., proper amount of pure sand, clay and required
additives are added to for the loss because of the burned, clay and other
corn materials.
• As the moisture content of the returned sand known, it is to be tested and
after knowing the moisture the required amount of water is added.
• mixture weak which can only be compensated by adding more binder. Thus the
• Now thesethings are mixed thoroughly in a mixing muller. adequate mulling economizes the use of binders. There are two methods of adding
• The main objectives of a mixing muller is to distribute the binders, clay and water to sand.
additives and moisture or water content uniformly all around each sand • In the first method, first water is added to sand follow by clay, while in the other
grain and helps to develop the optimum physical properties by kneading on • method, clay addition is followed water.
the sand grains. • It has been suggested that the best order of adding ingredients to clay bonded sand
is sand with water followed by the binders.
• Inadequate mulling makes the sand mixture weak which can only be
• In this way, the clay is more quickly and uniformly spread on to all the sand grains.
compensated by adding more binder.
An additional advantage of this mixing order is that less dust is produced during the
• Thus the adequate mulling economizes the use of binders. There are two mulling operation.
methods of adding clay and water to sand. • The muller usually consists of a cylindrical pan in which two heavy rollers;
• In the first method, first water is added to sand follow by clay, while in the carrying two ploughs, and roll in a circular path. While the rollers roll, the
other method, clay addition is followed water. It has been suggested that ploughs scrap the sand from the sides and the bottom of the pan and place it in
the best order of adding ingredients to clay bonded sand is sand with water front of For producing a smearing action in the sand, the rollers are set
followed by the binders. slightly off the true radius and they move out of the rollers can be moved up
and down without difficulty mounted on rocker arms.
• In this way, the clay is more quickly and uniformly spread on to all the
• After the mulling is completed sand can be discharged through a door. The
sand grains. mechanical aerators are generally used for aerating or separating the sand grains by
increasing the flowability through whirling the sand at a high speed by an impeller
towards the inner walls of the casting.
• Sprue and riser pins are placed in vertically position at suitable locations using
support of molding sand. It will help to form suitable sized cavities for pouring
• molten metal etc. [Fig. (c)].
• 10. The gaggers in the cope are set at suitable locations if necessary. They should
not be located too close to the pattern or mold cavity otherwise they may chill the
casting and fill the cope with molding sand and ram uniformly.
• 11. Strike off the excess sand from the top of the cope.
• 12. Remove sprue and riser pins and create vent holes in the cope with a vent wire.
• The basic purpose of vent creating vent holes in cope is to permit the escape of
gases generated during pouring and solidification of the casting.
• 13. Sprinkle parting sand over the top of the cope surface and roll over the cope on
the bottom board.
• 14. Rap and remove both the cope and drag patterns and repair the mold suitably if
• needed and dressing is applied
• 15. The gate is then cut connecting the lower base of sprue basin with runner and
then the mold cavity.
• 16. Apply mold coating with a swab and bake the mold in case of a dry sand mold.
• 17. Set the cores in the mold, if needed and close the mold by inverting cope over
drag.
• 18. The cope is then clamped with drag and the mold is ready for pouring,
Cores and Core Making
Core
• Cores are compact mass of core sand (special kind of molding sand ) 1. Core produces hollowness in castings in form of internal cavities.
prepared separately that when placed in mould cavity at required location 2. It must be sufficiently permeable to allow the easy escape of gases during
with proper alignment does not allow the molten metal to occupy space for pouring
solidification in that portion and hence help to produce hollowness in the and solidification.
casting.
3. It may form a part of green sand mold
• The environment in which the core is placed is much different from that of
the mold. In fact the core has to withstand the severe action of hot metal 4. It may be deployed to improve mold surface.
which completely surrounds it. 5. It may provide external under cut features in casting.
• They may be of the type of green sand core and dry sand core. 6. It may be inserted to achieve deep recesses in the casting.
• Therefore the core must meet the following functions or objectives which 7. It may be used to strengthen the mold.
are given as under. 8. It may be used to form gating system of large size mold.
CORE SAND
• It is special kind of molding sand. Keeping the above mentioned objectives • The main constituents of the core sand are pure silica sand and a binder. Silica sand
in view, the special considerations should be given while selecting core is preferred because of its high refractoriness. For higher values of permeability
sand. Those considerations involves sands with coarse grain size distribution are used.
• The main purpose of the core binder is to hold the grains together, impart strength
• (i) The cores are subjected to a very high temperature and hence the core
and sufficient degree collapsibility.
sand should be highly refractory in nature
• Beside these properties needed in the core sand, the binder should be such that it
• (ii) The permeability of the core sand must be sufficiently high as produces minimum amount of gases when the molt metal is poured in the mould.
compared to that of the molding sands so as to allow the core gases to • Although, in general the binder are inorganic as well as organic ones, but for core
escape through the limited area of the core recesses generated by core making, organic binders are generally preferred because they are combustible and
prints can be destroyed by heat at higher temperatures thereby giving sufficient
• (iii) The core sand should not possess such materials which may produce collapsibility to the core sand.
gases while they come in contact with molten metal and
• (iv) The core sand should be collapsible in nature, i.e. it should disintegrate
after the metal solidifies, because this property will ease the cleaning of the
casting .
Video
• Squeezer machine
• These machines may be hand operated or power operated.
• The pattern is placed over the machine table, followed by the molding box.
In hand-operated machines, the platen is lifted by hand operated
mechanism.
• In power machines, it is lifted by the air pressure on a piston in the cylinder
in the same way as in jolt machine. The table is raised gradually.
• The sand in the molding box is squeezed between plate and the upward
rising table thus enabling a uniform pressing of sand in the molding box.
• The main advantage of power operated machines in comparison hand
operated machines is that more pressure can be applied in power operated.
GATING SYSTEM IN MOLD
• 8. Chills
• In some casting, it is required to produce a hard surface at a
particular place in the casting.
• At that particular position, the special mould surface for fast
extraction of heat is to be made.
• The fast heat extracting metallic materials known as chills will be
incorporated separately along with sand mould surface during
molding.
• After pouring of molten metal and during solidification, the molten
metal solidifies quickly on the metallic mould surface in comparison to
other mold sand surfaces. This imparts hardness to that particular
surface because of this special hardening treatment through fast
extracting heat from that particular portion.
FACTORS CONTROLING GATING
DESIGN
• The following factors must be considered while designing gating system.
(i) Sharp corners and abrupt changes in at any section or portion in gating
system should be avoided for suppressing turbulence and gas
entrapment. Suitable relationship must exist between different cross-
sectional areas of gating systems.
(ii) The most important characteristics of gating system besides sprue are
the shape, location and dimensions of runners and type of flow. It is also
important to determine the position at which the molten metal enters the
mould cavity.
(iii) Gating ratio should reveal that the total cross-section of sprue, runner
and gate decreases towards the mold cavity which provides a choke
effect.
(iv) Bending of runner if any should be kept away from mold cavity.
(v) Developing the various cross sections of gating system to nullify the
effect of turbulence or momentum of molten metal.
(vi) Streamlining or removing sharp corners at any junctions by providing
generous radius, tapering the sprue, providing radius at sprue entrance
and exit and providing a basin instead pouring cup etc.
Caine’s rule
SOLUTION
• Solution: • Compare the solidification time for casting of different shapes of same volume
• (cubic, cylindrical and spherical)(d=h)
• (a) Volume V = (50)3 = 125,000 mm3 • Cube=0.0277s
• Area A = 6 x (50)2 = 15,000 mm2 • Cylinder=0.03263s
• (V/A) = 125,000/15,000 = 8.333 mm • Spherical=0.482 s
• Chvorinov’s Rule: TTS = Cm (V/A)2
• Cm = TTS /(V/A)2 = 155/(8.333)2 = 2.232 s/mm2
•
• (b) Cylindrical casting with D = 30 mm and L = 50 mm.
• Volume V = πD2L/4 = π(30)2(50)/4 = 35,343 mm3
• Area A = 2 πD2/4 + πDL = π(30)2/2 + π(30)(50) = 6126 mm2
• V/A = 35,343/6126 = 5.77
• Chvorinov’s Rule: TTS = Cm (V/A)2
• TTS = 2.232 (5.77)2 = 74.3 s = 1.24 min.
MELTING FURNACES
Factors responsible for the selection of furnace:-
• Before pouring into the mold, the metal to be casted has to be in the molten or
(i) Considerations of initial cost and cost of its operation.
liquid state.
• Furnace is used for carrying out not only the basic ore refining process but (ii) Relative average cost of repair and maintenance.
mainly utilized to melt the metal also. (iii) Availability and relative cost of various fuels in the particular
• A blast furnace performs basic melting (of iron ore) operation to get pig iron, locality.
cupola furnace is used for getting cast iron and an electric arc furnace is used for (iv) Melting efficiency, in particular speed of melting.
re-melting steel. (v) Composition and melting temperature of the metal.
• Different furnaces are employed for melting and re-melting ferrous and (vi) Degree of quality control required in respect of metal purification of
nonferrous materials. refining,
(vii) Cleanliness and noise level in operation.
(viii) Personnel choice or sales influence.
Process
• Pattern creation - The wax patterns are typically injection molded into a
metal die and are formed as one piece. Cores may be used to form any
internal features on the pattern.
• Mold creation - This "pattern tree" is dipped into a slurry of fine ceramic
particles, coated with more coarse particles, and then dried to form a
ceramic shell around the patterns and gating system. This process is repeated
until the shell is thick enough to withstand the molten metal it will encounter.
• The shell is then placed into an oven and the wax is melted out • Casting removal - After the molten metal has cooled, the mold
leaving a hollow ceramic shell that acts as a one-piece mold, hence can be broken and the casting removed. The ceramic mold is
the name "lost wax" casting. typically broken using water jets, but several other methods
• Pouring - The mold is preheated in a furnace to approximately exist. Once removed, the parts are separated from the gating
1000°C (1832°F) and the molten metal is poured from a ladle into the system by either sawing or cold breaking (using liquid
gating system of the mold, filling the mold cavity.. nitrogen).
• Cooling - After the mold has been filled, the molten metal is allowed • Finishing - Often times, finishing operations such as grinding
to cool and solidify into the shape of the final casting. Cooling time or sandblasting are used to smooth the part at the gates. Heat
depends on the thickness of the part, thickness of the mold, and the treatment is also sometimes used to harden the final part.
material used.
Feasible
Typical
Shapes: Thin-walled: Complex Flat
Solid: Cylindrical Thin-walled: Cylindrical
Solid: Cubic Thin-walled: Cubic
Solid: Complex
Part size: Weight: 0.02 oz - 500 lb
Materials: Metals Cast Iron
Alloy Steel Lead
Carbon Steel Magnesium
Stainless Steel Tin
Aluminum Titanium
Copper Zinc
Nickel
Benefits
• Cylinders and shapes with rotational symmetry are most commonly cast
by this technique. "Tall" castings are always more difficult than short
• Features of centrifugal casting castings. In the centrifugal casting technique the radius of the rotation,
• Castings can be made in almost any length, thickness and diameter. along which the centrifugal force acts, replaces the vertical axis.
• Different wall thicknesses can be produced from the same size mold. • The casting machine may be rotated to place this in any convenient
• orientation, relative to gravity's vertical. Horizontal and vertical axis
Eliminates the need for cores.
machines are both used, simply to place the casting's longest dimension
• Resistant to atmospheric corrosion, a typical situation with pipes. conveniently horizontal.
• Mechanical properties of centrifugal castings are excellent. • Thin-walled cylinders are difficult to cast by other means, but centrifugal
• Only cylindrical shapes can be produced with this process. casting is particularly suited to them.
• Size limits are up to 3 m (10 feet) diameter and 15 m (50 feet) length. • Centrifugal casting is also applied to the casting of disk and cylindrical
• Wall thickness range from 2.5 mm to 125 mm (0.1 - 5.0 in). shaped objects such as railway carriage wheels or machine fittings where
• Tolerance limit: on the OD can be 2.5 mm (0.1 in) on the ID can be 3.8 mm (0.15 the grain, flow, and balance are important to the durability and utility of
in). the finished product.
• Surface finish ranges from 2.5 mm to 12.5 mm (0.1 - 0.5 in) rms. • Providing that the shape is relatively constant in radius.
• noncircular shapes may also be cast.
Materials
• Typical materials that can be cast with this process • Typical parts made by this process are
are iron, • pipes,
• steel, • boilers,
• pressure vessels ,
• stainless steels,
• flywheels,
• glass, and
• cylinder liners and
• alloys of aluminum, • other parts that are axi-symmetric.
• copper and nickel. • It is notably used to cast cylinder liners and sleeve valves for
piston engines, parts which could not be reliably manufactured
otherwise.
Video Cold chamber die casting
Continuous casting
Permanent good finish, low porosity, high Costly mold, simpler gears, gear housings
mold production rate shapes only
Die Excellent dimensional accuracy, costly dies, small parts, gears, camera bodies,
high production rate non-ferrous metals car wheels
Centrifugal Large cylindrical parts, good Expensive, few shapes pipes, boilers,
quality flywheels
Inspection of Casting Casting Design: Typical casting defects
• Visual Inspection
• Dimensional inspection
• Sound test
• Impact test
• Pressure test
• Magnetic particle testing
• Penetrant test
• Ultrasonic test
σ0
σmax
2a
2b
σ0
Casting Design: guidelines Casting Design: guidelines
(c1) avoid rapid changes in cross-section areas (d) avoid large, flat areas
(c2) if unavoidable, design mold to ensure - warpage due to residual stresses (why?)
- easy metal flow
- uniform, rapid cooling (use chills, fluid-cooled tubes)
Impellers
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