Author(s): P. N. Bidulya
Publisher: Peace Publishers
Year: 1960
Language: English
Pages: 323
Chapter I Properties of Steel Castings............................. 7
1. Product* of Steel Foundry............................. 7
2. Classes of Steel Castings............................. 8
3. Casting Methods............................................ 10
4. Steel Casting Process...................................... II
5. Carbon Steel Castings...................................... 13
6. Castings of Alloy Structural Steel......................... 15
Chapter II. Casting and Other Engineering Properties of Steel....... 23
7. Fluidity of Steel and Mould Filling Ability........... 23
8. Saturation of Steel with Gases. Gas Cavities and Flakes in Castings..................................................... 33
9. Casting Defects Related to Moulding Sands.................. 40
10. The Effect of Nonmetallic Inclusions on Cast Steel..... 48
11. Solidification of Steel in a Foundry Mould.................. 56
12. Shrinkage, Aftereffects and Prevention...................... 70
13. Directional Solidification.................................. 91
14. Hot Cracking, Causes and Prevention........................ 100
15. Residual Stresses, Warping and Annealing Cracks............ 115
Chapter III. Manufacture of Steel Castings.......................... 126
16. Process Designing.................................... 128
17. Moulding and Core Sands for Steel Castings........... 135
18. Gating Systems for Steel Castings.................... 141
19. Risers. Design, Shape and Size. Calculation Methods . . 167
20. Heating the Risers................................... 180
21. Pressure in the Risers............................... 184
22. Moulding and Mould Assembly.......................... 186
23. External and Internal Chills. Application and Calculation 193
24. Necked-down Risers......................................... 208
25. Drying the Moulds and Cores Used for Steel Castings . . 210
26. Steel Pouring Theory and Practice.......................... 212
27. Cooling of Castings. Cooling Rates. Calculation............ 218
28. Cleaning. Removal of Gates and Risers..................... 225
29. Heat Treatment of Castings................................ 226
30. Finishing and Inspection ................................. 231
Chapter IV. Operating Properties of Cast Steel .................. 233
31. Carbon Steel............................................ 233
32. Mangane*e Steel......................................... 23S
33. Copper Steel............................................ 237
34. Slllco-manganese Steel.................................. 233
35. Multicomponent Alloy Steel*............................. 238
36. Hlgb-alloy Steels with Special Properties......... 245
37. Austenitic Manganese Steel.............................. 246
38. Stainless Steel......................................... 249
39. Iron-base and Other Heat-Resistant Alloys............... 259
40. Tool* Ca»t from High-speed Steel.................. 266
41. The Properties of Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Alloys .... 267
Chapter V. Smelting Steel for Shaped Castings.................... 269
42. Side-blown Converter Process............................ 269
43. Open-hearth Process..................................... 284
44. Electric Arc Process.................................... 294
45. Combined Processes...................................... 308
46. Vacuum Treatment of Steel............................... 311
Index 317
