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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.
- Mid-first millennium BC: Wrought iron working followed.
- 1907: The first student chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS)
was established in Minnesota, where a patent for high-pressure die
casting machinery was also issued in the same year.
- 1950s: The larger and strategically important iron and steel foundries
were nationalized under the British Steel Company.
- 1980s: Production of iron and steel castings had fallen to 40% of their
previous peak levels.
- Melting metal
- Allowing it to solidify
*Key differences*:
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.
5. *Cold Shut*: A defect that occurs when two streams of metal fail to
fuse properly, resulting in a weak spot.
6. *Hot Tears*: Cracks that form in the casting as it cools and contracts.
*Preventing Measures:*
*Curative Measures:*
10. _Match Plate Pattern_: A pattern made up of two plates that match
each other, used to create a casting with a symmetrical shape.
Construction of patterns
7. *Gates and risers*: Add gates and risers to the pattern to facilitate
during casting.