PR201
FOUNDRY TECHNOLOGY
PRE-REQUISITE: Nil
Faculty: Dr. R. Narayanasamy
OBJECTIVE: To introduce the principles and practices of casting.
1. Patterns - types of patterns - core boxes.
2. Molding and core sands - sand control tests - sand preparation - types of sands - applications.
3. Casting techniques - description of various sand casting techniques - features - applicability and economical considerations.
4. Casting design consideration - types of gating system, - design of gating system for different metals.
5. Furnaces -types and operational features for melting - different metals and their alloys - foundry practices - foundry mechanization - features of automatic handling of foundry operations.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Heine, R.W.,Loper,C.R.,andRosenthal, P.O., "Principles of Metal casting" 2nd Edn.,Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1997.
2. Banga, T.R. and others, "Foundry Engineering", Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1987.
REFERENCES
1. Heine, R.W., Loper, C.R., and Rosenthal, P.C., "Principles of Metal casting" 2nd Edn., Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 1997.
2. Banga, T.R. and others, "Foundry Engineering", Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 1987.
3. Srinivasan, N.K., "Foundry Technology", Khanna Publications, 1996
