Unit 1 Casting Processes

7 lecture hours

• characteristics of sand casting processes
• metal mould casting processes and casting processes using other mould/core materials
• Pattern materials
• types of patterns
• Mould and core making materials and their characteristics

Unit 2 Casting Technology

7 lecture hours

• Technology of Selected Casting Processes
• clay bonded
• Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Mechanical Engineering Course / Subject Code:ME01000511 Course / Subject Name : Advance Casting Technology oil bonded
• synthetic resin bonded
• inorganic material bonded mould and core making processes
• Sand additives and mould coatings
• Metal mould casting processes
• centrifugal and continuous casting processes

Unit 3 Casting for heterogeneous materials-FRP, quick casting, full mould casting,

• evaporative pattern casting 07 15

Unit 4 Solidification, Gating and Riser design & analysis, Nucleation and grain

10 lecture hours

• Solidification of pure metals
• short and long freezing range alloys
• Rate of solidification
• macrostructure and microstructure
• Solidification contraction
• Fluidity and its measurement
• Mould-metal interface reactions

Unit 5 Melting and quality control of various steels and non-ferrous alloys - casting

• defects - fettling
• inspection and testing of castings 07 15

Unit 6 Design for castability, process friendly design, castability analysis and

• collaborative engineering 07 14