Foseco Non-Ferrous Foundryman's Handbook

John Brown (Author)

9780750642866

Hardback, published 17 September 1999

320 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.61 kg

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 described, together with details of melting practice, metal treatment and casting practice. Sand moulding materials, including green sand and chemically bonded sands are also included. Recently there have been many major technical developments including new sand binders, the adoption of metal filtration of castings and widespread use of computers for the optimisation of feeder design.

Tables and general data
Aluminium casting alloys
Melting aluminium alloys
Fluxes
INSURAL refractory for ladles and metal transport
Treatment of aluminium alloy melts
Running, gating and feeding aluminium castings
Filtration of aluminium alloy castings
Pressure diecasting of aluminium alloys
Low pressure and gravity diecasting
Sand casting processes
Sands and sand bonding systems
Resin bonded sand
Sodium silicate bonded sand
Magnesium casting
Copper and copper alloy castings
Feeding systems
Index.

Subject Areas: Metals technology / metallurgy [TDM], Reference works [GBC]