BY:
MUATTAR ZAHID 2014-MM-21
RIDA ARSHAD 2014-MM-19
TANZEELA ANIS
2014-MM-09
SAIMA BIBI
2014-MM-16
Contents
Introduction
Requirements of all sand reclamation systems
Savings to be made from sand reclamation
Basic steps in sand reclamation
Types of sand reclamation process
Dry reclamation process
Wet reclamation process
Thermal reclamation
sand reclamation
WHAT AND WHY?
Sand Casting
Traditional sand casting dominates other casting
processes
Silica sand is most commonly used
This most commonly used process thus produces the
greatest amount of used sand
Disposed-off
Sand
Huge amounts of
used sand is
produced
Around 70% of
resource
Sand Reclamation
An alternative solution
Think of used sand as a product, not a waste!
Increasing interest in sand reclamation
Reclamation
achieved
Environmental
Technical
Savings Made
New sand purchases
Sand disposal cost
Less variation in sand properties
New sand storage can be reduced
Binder or catalyst reduction
basic steps
H O W I T IS D O N E ?
SHAKE-OUT
CRUSHING
CLASSIFICATION
COOLING
SCRUBBING
Magnetic Separation
Magnetic overhead separators are required to remove rods,
chills and other magnetic metals
Impact
Rubbing action
Compression
Scrubbing
Pneumatic
Mechanical
types
B A S I C C L A S S I F IC A T I O N
Dry reclamation
Wet reclamation
Thermal reclamation
dry reclamation
WHAT AND HOW?
Dry Reclamation
Binder is separated from sand particles through
attrition
Lump breakers are employed
Pneumatic or mechanical scrubbing is provided
Dry Reclamation
Pneumatic Scrubbing
Sand flows down the blast tube due to gravity, air from blower
(placed at the bottom) rises up
Sand grains experience double attrition
Scrubbed sand either moves to next cell (if present) or is kept
within same cell
Degree of cleanliness determined by:
Dry Reclamation
Mechanical Scrubbing
Dry Reclamation
Breaking
Equipment
Demagnetizing
Equipment
Dry
Reclaiming
Machine
Heating
Equipment
Winnowers
Dry Reclamation
Binder is not removed completely
Dry reclaimed sand can only be used as support
sand
In dry reclamation, the cleaner the sand, the better
its quality (achieved by scrubbing more fiercely and
for a longer time)
Dry Reclamation
In case of clay-bonded sands, sands with very high
wet reclamation
WHAT AND HOW?
Wet Reclamation
Mainly used for silicate binder systems
Silicate systems are difficult to reclaim by thermal
reclamation
Water dissolves residual binders and frees the sand
particles
Wet Reclamation
Steps
Wet Reclamation
Breaking
Equipment
Dehydrating
Equipment
Demagnetizing
Equipment
Wet
Reclaiming
Machine
Drying
Equipment
Sewage
Disposal
Equipment
Wet Reclamation
Most installations allow 100% reuse of reclaimed
sand
Clay-bonded systems may not be reclaimed through
wet reclamation
Slurry disposal
High running cost
thermal reclamation
WHAT AND HOW?
Thermal Reclamation
Removes all the organic binder and carbonaceous
materials
Expensive process than mechanical attrition process
Quality of reclaimed sand is equal to the new sand
provided that no inorganic material is present
Principle
Combination of mechanical attrition reclamation
Equipments
Lump Reducer
Screw Feeder
Feeds the sand from storage silos to the sand preheating unit
Equipments
Sand Pre-heating Unit
Air Pre-heater
Equipments
Dust Extraction System
To remove dust by using suction points at various stages
of reclamation system
Equipments
Skip Hoist
To transport hot reclaimed sand into hot sand silos at the inlet
of the cooler
combustion
Contamination of sand with products of
combustion
temperature(500c)
Chances of thermal shock cracking and
heat losses are minimum
higher temperature(800c)
Chances of thermal shock cracking
and heat losses are greater
conclusion
TRASH CAN BE TREASURED!
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