The Foseco Foundryman's Handbook
eBook - PDF

The Foseco Foundryman's Handbook

Facts, Figures and Formulae

  1. 446 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Foseco Foundryman's Handbook

Facts, Figures and Formulae

About this book

Provides practical guidance, suggestions and recommendations on making castings by all common casting methods. Aided by clear diagrams and comprehensive physical data tables, the text defines technical terms, details the procedures used in good foundry practice, describes the industrial plant used and gives lucid explanations of casting phenomena with helpful advice on overcoming problems encountered in casting processes. Thoroughly updated, the revisions for this edition include important new sections covering metal filtration, computer applications, resin-bonded sand, self-setting processes, mould and core coatings and feeding aids. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in foundry practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Foseco Foundryman's Handbook
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. FOREWORD
  6. SECTION I: Tables and General Data
  7. SECTION II: Sands and Sand Bonding Systems, Alternative Moulding Systems
  8. SECTION III: Mould and Core Coating Introduction
  9. SECTION IV: Light Casting Alloys
  10. SECTION V: Non-Ferrous Casting Alloys
  11. SECTION VI: Iron Castings
  12. SECTION VII Die-castings
  13. SECTION VIII: Steel Casting Specifications
  14. SECTION IX Application of Insulating and Exothermic Risers to Castings
  15. SECTION X: Principal FOSECO Products
  16. Index