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Development of low cost block mold for copper alloy casting
Siti Zaleha Mohd Nor1, Romzee Ismail2, Sahrim Ahmad3, Ahmad Salihin Samsudin4, Mohd Ikmar Nizam Mohamad Isa5.
Suitable block mold formulations for copper alloy casting have been
developed and the formulations used were 25% plaster of paris (POP),
75% silica sand and 31-37% water. Silica sand with a grain size of 106-
212 µm was added into dilute suspension of POP and the mixing
process was continued until a thick slurry (mixture) was obtained. It
has been found that the mixing time of molding materials was highly
depended on the type of plaster and optimum slurry viscosity around
the diameter of 7.7 – 9.6 cm (slump test) was essential to ensure that
the wax pattern could be fully invested. In the dewaxing process, the
mold was subjected to the temperature of 170oC for 3 hours and
burnout process was effectively achieved by heating the molds at
750oC for 5 hours. The pouring process was successfully carried out
without any leakage and it was found that all molds can be easily
broken under a force of a hammer. The developed mold also able to
produce fully formed of casting without any major defects such as
misrun, fin or flash and rat tail, which can be associated with
inadequate mold temperature, mold cracks and the separation of
mold’s material respectively.
Affiliation:
- SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia
- SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia
- National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
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