Casting Handbook · Volume 4, Mold Materials: Mold Materials

Author: China Society of Mechanical Engineering - Foundry Branch
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: The "Foundry Handbook" is divided into six volumes: Cast Iron, Cast Steel, Cast Non-ferrous Alloys, Molding Materials, Foundry Processes, and Special Casting. This book is Volume 4, "Molding Materials." The second edition is a comprehensive revision of the first, updating and improving many technical contents. This volume includes an introduction; raw materials and their properties; mold and core sands, coatings, and their properties; and testing methods for molding materials (Chapter 4). It discusses the development process of molding materials, provides detailed introductions to the sources, properties, and origins of various mold and core materials, and systematically and thoroughly elaborates on the technical key points, formulations, properties, application examples, and regeneration of binders such as clay sand, sodium silicate sand, oil sand, synthetic resin sand, and coatings for molds (cores). It systematically introduces various testing methods and instruments for molding materials.