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Special Casting Techniques

 

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Shell moulding : Process details ,types , characteristics and process variables, types of sand used and additives, application

 

Investment casting: Pattern material and its production, techniques of Investment casting – Investment , Pattern removal and firing , pouring and casting , process variables and characteristics, application

 

Die casting: Process details, gravity and pressure die casting equipment and die details, casting techniques, characteristics of the process , application

 

Centrifugal casting : Process details, centrifugal force calculations , production techniques- True, semi centrifugal and centrifuging processes , process variables and characteristics, application

 

Squeeze  casting , Low pressure die casting , thixo and rheo casting , full mold process , electro slag casting , Magnetic casting , No bake or pepset moulding, casting process for reactive metals

 

 

TEXT BOOKS:

 

1. Heine R., Loper C.R., Rosenthal P.C. , Principles of metal casting . 2 nd  edition , Tata

     Mcgraw Hill publishers ,1985

 

2. Jain P.L., Principles of foundry technology, 3 rd edition, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2004

 

REFERENCES

 

 

1.  Beeley P.R. Foundry Technology , , Butterworth- Heimann publishers, London  2006