Foundry Tech Lesson Plan 8a 2014 2015

THE OXFORD COLLE GE OF ENGINEERING
HOSUR ROAD, BOMMANAHALLI, BANGALORE - 68

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
LESSON PLAN
Date: 17/01/2015
Subject code /Title
Course / Branch
Semester / Academic Year
: 10ME838 / Foundry Technology

: Mechanical Engineering
: 2015
Objectives of Course :
To gain the knowledge in advanced manufacturing methods towards increasingly complex needs
of current industries
To understand the basics of the present trends in metal casting.

Prerequisites : Basics of manufacturing process-1
Module/
Unit
1.
6.
Topic No
Date
Topic
Foundry Metallurgy: Oxidation of
liquid metals,
1.1
05/02/15
1.2
06/02/15
1.3
07/02/15
1.4
12/02/15
1.5
13/02/15
2.1
14/02/15
2.2
19/02/15
redesign considerations
2.3
20/02/15
design for minimum casting stresses,
2.4
21/02/15
design for directional solidification,
2.5
26/02/15
design for metal flow, safety factors,
2.6
27/02/15
3.1
28/02/15
3.2
05/03/15
3.3
06/03/15
3.4
07/03/15
3.5
12/03/15
3.6
13/03/15
4.1
14/03/15
design for low pattern cost and

model making as an aid in design.
Solidification Of Castings:
Crystallization and development of
cast structure - nucleation, growth
and dendritic growth
Structure of castings significance
and practical control of cast structure
grain shape and orientation, grain
size,
refinement and modification of cast
structure.
Concept of progressive and
directional solidification,
solidification time and derivation of
Chvorinovs equation, influence on
mold characteristics and cast metal.
Risering And Gating: Need for
risering, general considerations of
risering,
12.
18.
Books Referred & Pages
Principles of metal casting, Heine

Loper & Rosenthal TMH - 2005
gas dissolution in liquid metals,
methods of degassing, fluidity,
factors affecting fluidity
fluidity tests, hot tearing
shrinkage of liquid metals
Casting Design: Introduction to Pr
Principles of metal casting,
casting design
Hein e Lo
Loper& Rosenthal TMH - 2005
Loper & Rosenthal TMH
Principle of Foundry Technology,
P. L. Jain, 5th Ed., TMH 2006
4.2
19/03/15
riser shapes, riser size, and location.
4.3
20/03/15
4.4
26/03/15
4.5
27/03/15
4.6
28/03/15
Requirements of a riser. Sand,

insulating, and exothermic materials
used for risers
Riser feeding distance and theory of
risering. Internal chills, external
chills
use of mould materials of different
chill capacities, padding for
directional solidification
Open type and blind risers
4.7
09/04/15
4.8
10/04/15
4.9
11/04/15
5.1
16/04/15
5.2
17/04/15
5.3
18/04/15
5.4
23/04/15
5.5
24/04/15
5.6
25/04/15
5.7
30/04/15
6.1
02/05/15
6.2
14/05/15
6.3
15/05/15
production, specification, and

properties of some typical steels,
grey cast iron, malleable iron, and
6.4
16/05/15
spheroidal graphite cast iron castings
7.1
21/05/15
7.2
22/05/15
7.3
23/05/15
Non-Ferrous Foundry: Melting

procedures, casting characteristics
production, specification, and
properties of some typical aluminum,
copper, and magnesium based alloy
castings.
Modernization And Mechanization
Of Foundry: Need for
modernization,
mechanization, moulding and core
making,
melting, pouring, shake out
equipment and fettling,
dust and fume control, material
handling equipments
for sand moulds and cores,
molten metal and castings,
reclamation of sands.
Pollution control norms, and
agencies
Riser treatment using exothermic and

insulating compounds.
Gating system theoretical
consideration of gating, laws of fluid
flow,
turbulence in gating system, use of
ceramic foam filters in gating, need
for tapered sprue, gating ratio,
simple problems.
Special Moulding Techniques:
Principles, materials used
process details and application of nobake sand systems
vacuum moulding, flaskless
moulding,
high pressure moulding
25.
8.1
Ext.class
8.2
Ext.class
8.3
Ext.class
8.4
Ext.class
8.5
Ext.class
8.6
Ext.class
CUPOLA MELTING:
Developments in cupola melting
hot blast cupola,
water cooled cupola, balanced blast
cupola
cokeless cupola, cupola charge
calculations.
Ferrous Foundry: Melting
procedures, casting characteristics

Self-study Topics (Out of- Syllabus)

Sl. No.
Self study Topics
1
Advanced manufacturing methods
2
Present trends in industries over ferrous &non-ferrous metals
Reinforcing of fibres in metal matrixes
Latest trends of composite manufacturing
Suggested Reference
Castings, John Campbell, Second
edition, Elseivier
Manufacturing Process, I, Dr. K.
Radha Krishna 5th Edn
Production Technology, HMT
Tata McGraw Hill. 2001
Handbook: Machining Volume
16, Joseph R. Davis (Editor)
Assignment Topics
Sl. No.
Assignment Topics
1
Manufacturing of polymer matrix composites
Submission due on
10/3/2015
Manufacturing of metal matrix composites
15/4/2015
Manufacturing of ceramic matrix composites
01/5/2015
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THE OXFORD COLLE GE OF ENGINEERING

HOSUR ROAD, BOMMANAHALLI, BANGALORE - 68

: 10ME838 / Foundry Technology

To understand the basics of the present trends in metal casting.

design for minimum casting stresses,

design for directional solidification,

design for metal flow, safety factors,

design for low pattern cost and

Books Referred & Pages

Principles of metal casting, Heine

riser shapes, riser size, and location.

Requirements of a riser. Sand,

production, specification, and

spheroidal graphite cast iron castings

Non-Ferrous Foundry: Melting

Riser treatment using exothermic and

Principle of Foundry Technology,

Self-study Topics (Out of- Syllabus)

Present trends in industries over ferrous &non-ferrous metals

Reinforcing of fibres in metal matrixes

Latest trends of composite manufacturing

Manufacturing of metal matrix composites

Manufacturing of ceramic matrix composites

Students Feedback about the course from Last Year:

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