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Metal Pattern
Metallic patterns are preferred when the number of castings required is large enough to justify their use. These patterns are…
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Common Pattern Materials
The common materials used for making patterns are wood, metal, plastic, plaster, wax or mercury. The some important pattern materials…
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PATTERN
A pattern is a model or the replica of the object (to be casted). It is embedded in molding sand…
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AIR FURNACE
This furnace is also known as puddling or reverbratory furnace. It is used for making wrought iron. Fig 6.8 shows…
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OPEN HEARTH FURNACE
In open hearth furnace, pig iron, steel scrap etc. are melted to obtain steel. This furnace is widely used in…
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Precautions for Safety of Cupola Furnace
For operating the cupola successfully, the following safety precautions must always be kept into account. 1. For safety of Cupola,…
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CUPOLA FURNACE
Cupola furnace is employed for melting scrap metal or pig iron for production of various cast irons. It is also…
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Blast Furnace
After mining, various kinds of iron ores are brought to the blast furnace which is the starting process for refining…
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Furnaces For Melting Different Materials
1. Grey Cast Iron (a) Cupola (b) Air furnace (or Reverberatory Furnace) (c) Rotary furnace (d) Electric arc furnace 2.…
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Classification Of Engineering Materials
A large numbers of engineering materials exists in the universe such as metals and non metals (leather, rubber, asbestos, plastic,…
