INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL ACTIVATION OF QUARTZ SAND ON PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FOUNDRY MIXTURES BY THE METHOD „NO BAKE”
- 1 Laempe EAST Co, Ruse, Bulgaria
- 2 Kaolin AD, Senovo, Bulgaria
- 3 Technical University, Ruse, Bulgaria
Abstract
At the contemporary conditions of cast production there has been a permanent interest in economically more profitable technologies for obtaining moulds and cores of controlled properties. A part of this interest is related to quartz sands as a basic and the most common component in the practice of foundry mixture productions. State of sand surface and its influence in formation of foundry mould and core physico-chemical properties are of particular importance.
In this report, various conditions of mechanical activation on the surface of quartz sand in “a fluidized bed” are discussed. The theory of such activation necessity has been partly explained. The “time” factor in preserving the activated layer potential is noticed. The efficiency of the activated layer in producing foundry mixtures strength by the method “No Bake is shown.