Introduction
Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually
poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then
allowed to solidify. The solidified part is known also as a casting, which is ejected
or broken out of the mold to complete the process.
Discussion :-
First of all
we made a complete design for the cone by using SolidWorks software,
taking in our minds product consideration.
Considerations of our castings
1. Draft angle and fillets.
2. Allowance for shrinkage (1.3% for aluminum).
3. the mold filling time which calculated by the equation: TMF=V/Q.
Preparing the mold in our case we used a sand mold because of its properties
which is
1. Strength
2. Permeability
3. Thermal stability
4. Collapsibility
5. Reusability
1. The cavity in the sand mold is formed by packing sand around pattern,
then separating the mold into two halves and removing the pattern after
making a riser to avoid shrinkage and pouring cup.
3. Then heating the mold well to get good surface quality and reduce the
moisture of sand.
4. Pouring the metal through the pouring cup taking the pouring rate into
consideration and leaving it to cool.