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Foundry study's mch
Foundry study's mch
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Foundry study
- 300-645 BC: The oldest relics of metal casting were found, with
most of them in Mesopotamia
- 4000 years ago: The technique of melting and casting metal was
established in Britain, with Cornwall being one of the few
European sources of tin for making bronze.
- Melting metal
- Allowing it to solidify
To illustrate:
- A foundry might produce 100 castings (e.g., engine blocks) per
day.
- The foundry is the facility where the casting process takes place.
- Scrap acquisition
- Sorting
- Bailing
- Weighing
- Charge mixing
- Casting
- Cold rolling
- Charging preparation
- Melting
- Casting operations
10. *Gravity Die Casting*: Pouring molten metal into a metal mold
under gravity.
Casting defect
*Preventing Measures:*
*Curative Measures:*
Construction of patterns