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FOUNDRY SHOP HAND TOOLS

FOUNDRY SHOP HAND TOOLS :
1.Showel: It consists of iron pan with a
wooden handle. It can be used for mixing and
conditioning the sand.

2. Trowels: These are used for finishing flat

surfaces and comers inside a mould. Common
shapes of trowels are shown as under. They are
made of iron with a wooden handle.

3. Lifter: A lifter is a finishing tool used for

repairing the mould and finishing the mould

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sand. Lifter is also used for removing loose sand

from mould.

4. Hand riddle: It is used for ridding of sand

to remove foreign material from it. It consists of
a wooden frame fitted with a screen of
standard wire mesh at the bottom.

5.Strike off bar: It is a flat bar, made of wood

or iron to strike off the excess sand from the
top of a box after ramming.
Its one edge made beveled and the surface
perfectly smooth and plane.

6. Vent wire: It is a thin steel rod or wire

carrying a pointed edge at one end and a
wooden handle or a bent loop at the other.

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After ramming and striking off the excess sand

it is used to make small holes, called vents, in
the sand mould to allow the exit of gases and
steam during casting.

7. Rammers: Rammers are used for striking

the sand mass in the moulding box to pack it
closely around one pattern. Common types of
rammers are shown as under.

8. Swab: It is a hemp fiber brush used for

moistening the edges of sand mould, which are
in contact with the pattern surface, before
withdrawing the pattern. It is also used for
coating the liquid blacking on the mould faces
in dry sand moulds.

9. Sprue pin: It is a tapered rod of wood or

iron, which is embedded in the sand and later
withdrawn to produce a hole, called runner,

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through which the molten metal is poured into

the mould.
10. Sprue cutter: It is also used for the same
purpose as a sprue pin, but there is a marked
difference between their use in that the cutter
is used to produce the hole after ramming the
mould. It is in the form of a tapered hollow
tube, which is inserted in the sand to produce
the hole.

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