ME60015: Advanced Metal Casting Technology

ME60015
Course name	Advanced Metal Casting Technology
Offered by	Mechanical Engineering
Credits	4
L-T-P	4-0-0
Previous Year Grade Distribution
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Semester	Autumn

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Advanced Metal Casting TechnologyCasting Processes, classification, characteristics of sand casting processes, metal mould casting processes and casting processes using other mould/core materials, Pattern materials, types of patterns, Mould and core making materials and their characteristics. Technology of Selected Casting Processes, clay bonded, oil bonded, synthetic resin bonded, inorganic material bonded mould and core making processes. Sand additives and mould coatings. Metal mould casting processes; centrifugal and continuous casting processes. Solidification, Gating and Risering, Nucleation and grain growth, Solidification of pure metals, short and long freezing range alloys. Rate of solidification, macrostructure and microstructure. Solidification contraction; gating and risering design calculations. Fluidity and its measurement. Mould-metal interface reactions. Cast Metals and Alloys, Family of cast irons, Melting and casting technology; Inoculation. Technology of steel and non-ferrous cast metals. Gases in metals. Melting furnaces and refractories.