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7. Answer any four from the following : 5×4 B. MET. ENGG. PART–I EXAMINATION, 2007
a) Discuss the micro-structures of Cast Irons. (2nd Semester)

b) Heat treatment for Ferritic Malleable iron. FOUNDRY METALLURGY

c) Melting of Aluminium Alloys.
Time : Three hours Full Marks : 100
d) Gating of a Plate Casting.

e) Heterogeneous Nucleation Answer any five questions.

All questions carry equal marks.
Assume any data, you feel necessary.

––––––––×–––––––– 1. I. Explain the differences : (any five) 3×5

a) Ceramic Molding and Shell Molding.
b) Sand Slinging and Sand Squeezing Machines.
c) Core Sand and Molding Sand.
d) Clay bond and Hydraulic bond.
e) Liquid Forging and Die Casting.
f) Blow holes and Pin holes.

II. What is the similarity between the Moduli of three castings?

a) A spherical casting having a radius 300 mm.

b) A Cube casting having a side of 600 mm.
c) A Cylindrical casting having a radius of 200 mm × 300 mm
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2. I. Explain the following : (any five) 3×5 4. I. How will you do the following operations ? (any three)
a) Many common foundry alloys are of Eutectic 5×3
compositions. a) Radiographic testing of castings.
b) Steel of low-carbon composition cannot be melted in b) Select the sand for molding purpose.
Cupolas. c) Melting Ductile Iron.
c) Sprues are tapered at the bottom. d) Remove the Hot tear defects from castings.
d) Pattern maker’s scale is larger than standard scale. II. Draw a neat sketch of a Cupola and label its parts. 5
e) Die casting is uneconomic for small quantity of castings.
5. I. Describe with reasons : (any three) 5×3
f) Magnaflux testing cannot be applied for brass castings.
a) Cupola is lined with Silica bricks.
b) Risers are generally placed on thickest section of casting.
II. A ladle is filling a plate casting having 700 mm × 500 mm
c) Compositions of Cast Irons.
× 20 mm dimensions with an ingate of 15 mm diameter
with a sprue of 100 mm height by bottom gating. d) Silumin alloys are often modified by Sodium salts.
Calculate the filling time. 5
II. A Allhabad sand has the following Sieve Analysis results :

3. I. Briefly describe : (any five) 3×5 B.S.S. No : 16 30 40 60 80 100 150 200 Pan

a) Divided Blast Technology, Weight % retained

b) Na-silicate bond, in each sieve : 0.1 6.4 23.6 44.0 15.9 7.9 1.2 0.5 0.2

c) Follow board Pattern, Calculate the Grain Fineness Number and comment on
d) Clay micelle, the suitability of the sand for the type of metal that can
be cast. 5
e) Discontinuous eutectics,
f) Coring 6. Define with examples : (any ten) 2×10

II. What the following items ? 1×5 a) Core Print, b) Core blower, c) Hot Top, d) Sweep,
e) Pattern Draft, f) Sea-coal, g) Blind Riser, h) Choke,
Chaplets, Scab, Choke, Crucible, and Master alloy.
i) Permeability Number, j) ADI, k) Dendritic solidification.

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