Testing of Moulding Sand and Core Sand:
Preparation of sand specimens and conduction of the following tests:
a. Compression, Shear and Tensile tests on Universal Sand Testing Machine.
b. Permeability test
c. Core hardness & Mould hardness tests.
d. Sieve Analysis to find Grain Finest number of Base Sand
e. Clay content determination in Base Sand
Foundry Practice:
a. Use of foundry tools and other equipment.
b. Preparation of molds using two molding boxes using patterns or without patterns. (Split pattern, Match plate)
c. Preparation of one casting (Aluminum or cast iron-Demonstration only)
Forging Operations:
a. Calculation of length of the raw material required to prepare the model.
b. Preparing minimum three forged models involving upsetting, drawing and bending operations. Out of above models, at least one model is to be prepared by using powerhammer.