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Shell Moulding with Hexamine Catalyst

The document discusses the process of creating shell molds for casting using phenol formaldehyde resin and hexamethylene tetra amine catalyst. The resin and catalyst mixture cures the sand into a hard shell when heated. The process involves pouring heated sand over a pattern, curing the sand into a shell of desired thickness, and heating the shell to fully cure it. The two shell halves are then assembled and used to produce a casting.

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Shell Moulding with Hexamine Catalyst

The document discusses the process of creating shell molds for casting using phenol formaldehyde resin and hexamethylene tetra amine catalyst. The resin and catalyst mixture cures the sand into a hard shell when heated. The process involves pouring heated sand over a pattern, curing the sand into a shell of desired thickness, and heating the shell to fully cure it. The two shell halves are then assembled and used to produce a casting.

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Hexamethylene tetra amine Catalyst

The Phenol Formaldehyde resin are thermoplastic


in nature & require a formaldehyde donor to cure
at a certain temperature. After blending of resin &
Catalyst as it is thermoset in nature and thus
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formation of Shell mould & Cores are accomplished.


The Catalyst used is a blend of Hexamethylene
tetra amine & a Lubricant.
Lubricant helps in improving Flowability.
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Steps to prepare Shell Mould
Step I
A Match plate metal pattern comprising Cope &
Drag is heated to the required temperature and
fitted over a box containing the sand mixture.
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Step II
The box is inverted such that the sand mix falls
over the hot pattern, this cures a layer of sand
mix to form a hard shell.
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Step III
Once the desired thickness of shell is achieved the
box is rotated to the actual position. The shell
thickness depends upon time of contact i.e. curing
time. The required shell thickness (2-8mm)
depends upon the pouring temperature
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& complexity of
product being casted.
Step IV
In order to complete the curing process the sand
shell along with the metal plate is heated in an
oven for a calculated time. The heat from the
pattern helps in melting of the resin & formation
of the bond with the sand thereby forming the
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obtained shell.
Step V
The obtained shell mould from
this process is removed from the
pattern. Now the two portion
Cope & Drag of the mould, which
are manufactured by the same
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method are assembled to form


the mould with gating system.
The Gating system is an integral
part of shell. Riser is generally not
required for this process and
pouring basin, runner, themselves
acts as riser.
Some sand particles are used in a box as backing
sand for support purpose. After cooling the
finished casting along with sprue is sent for the
finishing operation.
Parameters affecting the quality of Process
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Ishikawa cause effect diagram is constructed in


order to illustrate affect of process parameters on
quality of casting.

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