Abstract
As a method of producing metal shapes, sand casting is of very long standing and currently occupies a most important position in the metal casting industry. It is probable that well over 90% of the total foundry production is cast into sand moulds and Fig. 1 illustrates that, over a period of some 15 years, sand usage has increased markedly. The main features which contribute towards this popularity are the ease, the economics and, above all, the flexibility of the process, which may be utilised for the production of practically any quantity of castings from one upwards and ranging in weight from tens of grammes to hundreds of tonnes. Modifications to production methods are relatively easy and the sand casting process is suitable for practically all of the cast metals including plain carbon, alloy and manganese steels, white and grey irons, nodular iron, nickel and copper alloys, gunmetals, phosphor and aluminium bronzes, brasses, aluminium alloys and magnesium alloys.
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Bownes, F.F. (1971). Sand Casting. In: Beadle, J.D. (eds) Castings. Production Engineering Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01179-7_7
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