Principles of Foundry Process Design

The book is designed to bridge the gap between the artesian and engineering approaches. The contents have been aligned chronologically from solidification behaviour to fuzzy inference expert system for optimum process selection. This will help to visualize the actual situations like core/mould assembly, gating and feeding arrangements etc. Finally solidification simulation, with some practical examples, have been illustrated. This book has also been designed to formulate the knowledge based expert system so that the required knowledge of an expert could be utilized as and when required for any critical decision making like selection of casting process, defect diagnosis, sand preparation for mould and core, charge calculation to get optimum mechanical properties etc. Besides serving the needs of the students in mechanical, manufacturing and metallurgical engineering, this book is invaluable for shop floor foundrymen, engineering consultants, researchers and casting software developers.The book is designed to bridge the gap between the artesian and engineering approaches. The contents have been aligned chronologically from solidification behaviour to fuzzy inference expert system for optimum process selection. This will help to visualize the actual situations like core/mould assembly, gating and feeding arrangements etc. Finally solidification simulation, with some practical examples, have been illustrated. This book has also been designed to formulate the knowledge based expert system so that the required knowledge of an expert could be utilized as and when required for any critical decision making like selection of casting process, defect diagnosis, sand preparation for mould and core, charge calculation to get optimum mechanical properties etc. Besides serving the needs of the students in mechanical, manufacturing and metallurgical engineering, this book is invaluable for shop floor foundrymen, engineering consultants, researchers and casting software developers.