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ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : P. Ramulu
Designation : Work Shop Supdt.,
Branch : Mechanical Engineering
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for women,
Medak.
Year/semester : I year
Subject : Work shop Technology
Subject Code : M-105
Topic : Foundry
Duration : 100 Minutes
Sub. Topic : Moulding sand , their Properties
Types, Ingredients
Teaching Aids : Animation Clips & Images
Recap
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What is Moulding sand
Can be re-used
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Properties of Moulding Sand
Porosity (permeability) :
• A porous material.
• Gap between sand particles provides passage
for flue gases.
Plasticity:
• Acquires the shape of pattern .
• Deforms to required shape.
Contd..
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Properties of moulding sand
Flowability:
• It flows into corners and deeper into
moulding box.
Collapsibility:
• Can be broken into particles and can be re-
used.
Contd..
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Properties Of Moulding Sand
Adhesiveness :
• Adheres to surface of pattern and moulding box
Cohesiveness :
• Ability of sand particles to stick each other .
Refractoriness :
• Withstands high temperature .
• Withstands heat of molten metal .
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Types of Moulding sand
Natural sand
Synthetic sand
Special sand
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Natural sand
Sand collected from river beds.
Sand collected from pits
Added with (5-20%) of clay.
Clay develops strength and plasticity.
Used for non-ferrous casting and gray cast iron
castings.
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Fig 2. Natural Sand 9
Synthetic sand
It is clay –free sand.
Mixture of sand ,bentonite(3 to 5%)(binder) ,water
(3 to4%).
Used for ferrous castings.
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Special Sand
•Zirconium
•Olivinite
•Chromite
•Magnesite
•Chamott
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Advantages of synthetic sand over natural
sand
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Limitations
Patching is difficult
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Classification according to the initial
condition
Green sand
Dry sand
Loam sand .
Facing sand
Backing sand .
System sand
Parting sand
Core sand
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Green sand
Can be re-used
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Dry sand
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Loam sand
mills)
Facing sand
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Backing sand
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Parting sand
eg : brick powder
Core sand
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List of ingredients in foundry sand
Binder
a) Clay
b) Organic binder (bentonite ,line-
seed oil,resines)
c) Inorganic binders (port land cement
sodium silicate)
Water
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Sand additives
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Summary
1. Porosity is of ---------------------------------
(Gap between sand particles)
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Quiz
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