MT356
Special Casting Techniques
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