Foseco non-ferrous foundryman's handbook / revised and edited by John R. Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, John R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Founding--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Founding.

Nonferrous metals--Founding--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Nonferrous metals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

11th ed.

Other Title:

Non-ferrous foundryman's handbook

Foseco foundryman's handbook

Foseco foundryman's handbook.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Non-Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook provides a practical reference book for all those concerned with dealing with aluminium, copper and magnesium casting alloys.International SI units are used throughout, but in almost all cases conversions to the more familiar Metric and Imperial units are given. Wherever possible, Casting Alloy Specifications include equivalent specifications for several countries as well as international specifications. Individual chapters cover the casting of all types of non-ferrous metals. For each group of alloys, specifications, and typical applications are d

Contents:

Front Cover; Foseco Non-Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Tables and general data; SI units and their relation to other units; SI, metric, non-SI and non-metric conversions; Conversion table of stress values; Areas and volumes of circles, spheres, cylinders etc.; The physical properties of metals; Densities of casting alloys; Approximate bulk densities of common materials; Patternmakers' contraction allowances; Volume shrinkage of principal casting alloys; Comparison of sieve sizes; Calculation of average grain size

Calculation of AFS grain fineness numberRecommended standard colours for patterns; Dust control in foundries; Buoyancy forces on cores; Core print support; Opening forces on moulds; Dimensional tolerances and consistency achieved in castings; Chapter 2. Aluminium casting alloys; Introduction; Casting alloys; Casting processes; The effect of alloying elements; Heat treatment of aluminium alloys; Chapter 3. Melting aluminium alloys; Introduction; Raw materials; Melting furnaces; Corundum growth; Choice of melting unit; Chapter 4. Fluxes; Introduction; Application of COVERAL powder fluxes

Granular COVERAL fluxesChapter 5. INSURAL refractory for ladles and metal transport; Introduction; Ladle liners; Chapter 6. Treatment of aluminium alloy melts; Introduction; Hydrogen gas pick-up in aluminium melts; Degassing aluminium alloys; Grain refinement of aluminium alloys; Modification of aluminium alloys; Sodium modification; Strontium modification; Permanent modification; Melting procedures for commonly used aluminium alloys; Sand, gravity die and low pressure diecasting; Medium silicon alloys, 4-7% Si; Eutectic silicon alloys, 12% Si

Treatment of hypereutectic Al-Si alloys (over 16% Si)Melting and treatment of aluminium-magnesium alloys (4-10% Mg); Special requirements for gravity diecasting; Treatment of alloys for pressure diecasting; Chapter 7. Running, gating and feeding aluminium castings; Introduction; Gating without filters; Gating with filters; Feeding mechanisms in Al alloy and other non-ferrous castings; Simulation modelling; Chapter 8. Filtration of aluminium alloy castings; Introduction; SIVEX FC filters; Use of conventional running systems; Direct pouring of aluminium alloy castings

KALPUR combined sleeve and SIVEX FC filter for aluminium castingsDirect pouring into metal dies; Chapter 9. Pressure diecasting of aluminium alloys; Introduction; Die design; Process control; Modification of the diecasting process; Applications of diecasting; The diecasting foundry; Die coating; Chapter 10. Low pressure and gravity diecasting; Low pressure diecasting; Gravity diecasting; Die coatings for gravity and low pressure diecasting; Chapter 11. Sand casting processes; Introduction; Green sand; Moulding machines; Core assembly sand processes; The Lost Foam process

Chapter 12. Sands and sand bonding systems

Notes:

Prev. eds. published under title: Foseco foundryman's handbook.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-12011-1

9786611120115

0-08-053187-3

OCLC:

476083188