Description
CASTING TECHNOLOGY HAND BOOK
The book Casting Technology Hand Book covers Rules for Casting Design, Melting Furnaces and Refractories, Casting Processes, Cast Irons, Various Types of Cast Steels, Production of Cast iron Castings, Production of Steel Castings.
RULES FOR CASTING DESIGN
Factors Affecting Casting Design
Fluid Life
Solidification Shrinkage
Type of Solidification
Volume
Slag/Dross Formation
Mechanical Factors
Common Design Rules
MELTING FURNACES AND REFRACTORIES
Cupola
Cold Blast Acid Lined Cupola
Construction of the cupola
Operational procedure
Metallurgical reactions
Importance of cupola well depth
Factors affecting the efficiency of cupola operation
Divided Blast Cupola
Cokeless Cupola
Hot Blast Cupola
Water Cooled Cupola
Use Oxygen in Cupolas
Rotary Furnace
Energy Furnace
Energy Consumption and Heat Transfer
Induction Furnace
Types of Induction Furnace
Ramming materials
Cored Induction Furnace
Induction Furnace Lining
Vacuum Induction Melting
Arc Furnace Melting
Bridge Formation
Disadvantages of DRI
DC Arc Melting Furnace
Electrode breakages
Scrap mix up
Use of sponge iron/HBI
Advantages
Applications of Vacuum Metallurgy in Steel Melting
Introduction
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Vacuum carbon dexidation
Fundamental Principles of Reactions Under Vacuum
Ladle Degassing by Argon Purging
Vacuum Arc Melting
Non-consumable electrode arc furnace
Consumable electrode vacuum arc process
VOD Process
AOD Process
Foundry Refractories
Classification of Refractories
Refractories for Non-ferrous Melting
CASTING PROCESS
Shell Process
Coating
Making Shell Cores/Moulds
Evaporative Pattern Casting Process
Centrifugal Casting
True Centrifugal Casting
Semi centrifugal Casting
Centrifuging
Investment Casting
Rapid Prototyping
Die Casting
Die Casting Methods
Cold Chamber Process
Low Pressure Die Casting
Cosworth Process
Squeeze Casting
Semi solid Metal Working Process
Technologies for Semi solid Metal processing
Rheocasting
Thixoforming
Rapid Solidification Processing
CAST IRONS
Introduction
Types of Cast Irons
Gray Cast Iron
Melting and Inoculation
VARIOUS TYPES OF CAST STEELS
Pearlitic Steels
Austenitic Manganese steel
Effect of Alloy Additions on Austenitic Manganese Steels
Effect of Process Parameters
Prevention of Failure
Stainless Steels
Austenitic Stainless Steels
Heat treatment
Martensitic Stainless Steels
Duplex Stainless Steels
Maraging Steels
PRODUCTION OF CAST IRON CASTINGS
Classification of cast Irons
Ceemical Composition Effect on structure and Properties
Carbon Equivalent
Silicon
Manganese
Slphur
Phosphorus
Other Minor and Alloying Elements
Types of Graphite
Graphite Size
Metallurgy of Cast Irons
Moulding Practice for Gray Cast Iron Castings
Malleable Irons
Moulding Practice for Malleable Cast Irons
Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron (Sg Iron)
Uses of SG iron Castings
Chemical Composition
Production Technique
Moulding and Casting Practice
Vermicular Iron
PRODUCTION OF STEEL CASTINGS
Classes of Steel Castings
Specific Characteristics of Casting of Steels
Melting Practice
Moulding Practice
Green Sand Moulding
Dry sand Moulding
Pouring Gating and Risering
Risering Practice
Cleaning and Inspection
Alloying Practice for Steel Casting
Heat Treatment of Steel Castings
Annealing
Normalising
Quenching and Tempering
Flame Hardening
