Metalcasting

Name: Metalcasting
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ISBN: 9780071342469

ISBN-10: 007134246X

ISBN-13: 9780071342469

Edition: 2000

Authors: C. W. Ammen

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Description:

A new generation of metalcasters need up-to-date practical information on techniques, processes, equipment, and materials. Topics include: patination of cast metals; working with chemically bonded molds; newest molding and casting processes; newest pattern-making techniques. Bill Ammen's lifetime of experience in the trade makes him the ideal guide to the time-honored craft of metalcasting.

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 10/21/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628



Introduction



Casting Processes


Sand Casting


Green Sand Casting


Sand Casting with Styrofoam Molds


Die Casting


Plaster Mold Casting


Shell Mold Casting


Slush Casting


Permanent Molds


Casting Defects



Mold Making


Investments


Direct Casting Investment Mold


Foamed Plaster Investment Molds


Cored Molds


Hand-Built Molds, Step by Step


Cement Molds


Ceramic Shell Molds


Green Sand Molding


Skin-Dried Sand Molds


Dry Sand Molds


No-Bake Molds


Proven Advantages


Total System Approach


No-Bake Binders



Molding Sands


Molding Sand Properties


Cohesiveness


Permeability


Fineness


Additives


Refractoriness


Green Bond Strength


Tensile Strength


Dry Strength


Durability


Moldability


Blended Sands


Petro Bond Molding Sands


Parting Dust and Graphite Powder


Synthetic Sands


Popular Sand Mixtures


Keeping Molding Sand in Condition


Dry Sand Molds



Molding Tools and Equipment


Trowels


Finishing Trowel


Heart Trowel


Core Maker's Trowel


Brushes and Swabs


Camel Hair Swab


Flax Swab


Blow Can


Bulb Sponge


Sprues and Cutters


Tubular Sprue Cutters


Gate Cutter


Ramming and Rapping Tools


Bench Rammer


Floor Rammer


Rapping Bar and Rapper


Hand Riddles


Bellows


Strike Off Bar


Rawhide Mallet


Miscellaneous Tools


Draw Pins, Screws and Hooks


Sucker


Bench Lifter


Slick and Oval Spoon


Dust Bags


Vent Wire


Flasks


Basic Flask


Homemade Wood Flask


Floor Flasks


Large Steel Floor Flasks


Snap Flask


Other Types of Flasks


Jacket


Upset


Boards


Molding Board


Bottom Board


Clamps and Weights


Floor Mold Clamps


Mold Weights



Metal Melting Devices


Crucible Furnaces


Burners


First Heat


Coke Fired Furnace


Tapped Crucible Furnace


Pouring the Casting Mold


Kilns


Cupolas


Cupola Operations


Jammed Taps



Metal Handling and Pouring Devices


Crucibles


Ladles


Care of Crucibles


Tongs


Temperature Determinations


Optical Pyrometer


Thermocouple Pyrometer



Casting Small Items


Investment Casting Basics


Making the Pattern


Burn-out Oven


Super Simple Setup


Electrical Burn-out Ovens


Clean Burn-outs


Investments


Investing



Metallurgical Properties of Cast Metals


Popular Alloys


Aluminum


Silicon Bronze


Red Brass


Bronze


Bronwite


Zinc


Undesirable Alloys


Managanese Bronze


Aluminum Bronze


Brass


Scrap Versus Virgin Alloys



Cores and Their Application


Binders


Core Mixes


Stand-up Cores


Pasted Cores


Three Part Core Box


Loose Piece Box


Swept Core


Core Driers


Balance Core


Chaplets


Ram-Up Core


Core Washes


Core Plates


Vent Wax


Core Ovens


Shell Coremaking


False Coring of Bas-Reliefs



Patterns and Related Equipment


Draft


Shrinkage


Machining Allowance


Production Pattern


Master Pattern


Parting Line


Back Draft


Gated Pattern


Split Pattern


Medium Pattern


Mounted Pattern


Matchplate


Cope and Drag Mounts


Follow Board


Miscellaneous Patterns


Wood Patterns


Mounting Patterns


Recessed Pattern


Glossary


Index