First published in 1946, the Foundryman’s Handbook provides instant access to facts and figures on just about every aspect of metal casting. Since casting technology has become more specialised and there have been many significant developments so the Handbook is now published in two volumes.
Available only in English, the 11th edition was published in 2000 and provides a practical reference book for everyone involved in making castings in any of the commonly used alloys by any of the conventional methods.
Ferrous Foundryman’s Handbook
The Foseco Ferrous Foundryman’s Handbook is a practical reference book for all those concerned with making iron and steel castings. National and International specifications are given for grey, ductile, malleable and special irons as well as for carbon, low alloy and high alloy steels.
Melting practice, metal treatment and metal handling methods are described. Sand moulding materials, including green and chemically bonded sands are included, together with details of mould and core making and coating practice.
The running, gating and feeding of iron and steel castings with and without metal filters is described with many illustrations and the use of computers for the optimisation of feeder design, simulation of solidification and mould filling is covered.
CONTENTS: Tables and General Data, Types of Cast Iron, Grey Cast Iron, Melting Cast Iron, Inoculation of Grey Cast Iron, Ductile Iron, Malleable Cast Iron, Special Purpose Cast Irons, Types of Steel Castings, Melting and Treatment of Steel for Casting, Molten Metal Handling, Sands and Green Sand, Resin Bonded Sand, Sodium Silicate Bonded Sand, Lost Foam Casting, Coatings for Cores and Moulds, Filtration and the Running and Gating of Iron Castings, Filtration and the Running and Gating of Steel Castings, Feeding of Castings, Computer Simulation of Casting Processes.
Non-Ferrous Foundryman’s Handbook
The aim of the Foseco Non-Ferrous Foundryman’s Handbook is to provide 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.
CONTENTS: 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.
