MDA04-111: Innovative Manufacturing Process Improvement

Abstract

The overall objective is to demonstrate both the technical and economic feasibility of using a fluidized bed system, initially developed for heat treatment, quenching, and aging of premium aluminum sand castings, to separate castings from sand molds, to de-core internal passageways in the castings, to reclaim the sand for re-use, and to use the binder resins from the molds and waste sand from mold building as a partial source of energy supply for the operation. This system will replace the mechanical shaker tables and hot air convective ovens currently used to remove sand and de-core premium aluminum castings from resin-bonded sand molds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA440061

Entities

People

  • Robert Buch

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Beds (Process Engineering)
  • Casting (Fabrication)
  • Castings
  • Contracts
  • Fungi
  • Grain Size
  • Heat Treatment
  • Manufacturing
  • Monitoring
  • Production
  • Reclamation
  • Sand Casting
  • Standards
  • Thermocouples

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Metallurgy
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.