1-Casting Jntuh QS

1.
a) What points are to be considered before the selection of “casting process” for
manufacturing a component? [2]
b) What are the advantages of true centrifugal casting process?
1.a) What is the difference between pattern and casting? [2]

b) What are the advantages of casting process and mention its applications.
a) Explain briefly about sweep pattern and match plate pattern. [2]
b) A rectangular block of dimensions 80 × 50 × 20 mm is to be made from cast iron
by the casting process. The mould for this job is made using a wooden pattern.
Determine the dimensions of wooden pattern if machining allowance is 2mm on each
side, shrinkage allowance of 2% and taper allowance of 10.
a) What materials are used for moulding sand? [2]

b) What is pressurized gating ratio?
a) State the application of casting process. [2]

b) Draw the complete casting process with neat sketch.
1.a) Describe repair methods used for casting. [2]

b) Write different types of patterns.
a) Explain briefly about sweep pattern and match plate pattern.[2]

b) A rectangular block of dimensions 80 × 50 × 20 mm is to be made from cast iron
by the casting process. The mould for this job is made using a wooden pattern.
Determine the dimensions of wooden pattern if machining allowance is 2mm on each
side, shrinkage allowance of 2% and taper allowance of 10.
a) Can a finished casting be used as a pattern for making mould? Justify your
answer. [2]
b) What are expendable patterns and why they are used?
2.a) What is the significance of shrinkage in the production of castings?
b) Calculate the size of a cylindrical riser (Height and diameter equal) necessary to
feed a slab casting 45 × 45 × 25 cm with a side riser, casting poured horizontally in to
the mould. Use caine’s equation and take constants in caine equation as a = 0.18, b =
0.05 and c = 1.0. [5+5]
OR
3.a) Why is it important to provide a means of venting gases from the mold cavity?
b) Why might directional solidification be desirable in the production of a cast
product?
2.a) Differentiate between pressurized and unpressurised gating systems with

reference to the applications.
b) What do you understand by centrifugal casting? How are the centrifugal casting
methods classified? [5+5]
OR
3.a) What purpose is served by the risers in sand casting? Explain the principles of
design of risers.
b) What are the advantages, limitation and applications of investment casting?
2. A cylindrical riser with diameter-to-length ratio =1 is to be designed for a sand

casting mold. The casting geometry is shown in figure, in which the units are in
inches. If the mold constant is Chvorinov’s rule (proportionality constant) = 19.5
min/in2, n=2, determine the dimensions of the riser so that the riser will take 0.5 min
longer to freeze than casting itself.
3. Explain the working principle of shell mould casting, hot chamber and cold
chamber die casting process.
2.a) What are the types of gates used in the casting process?
b) What are the advantages of centrifugal casting as compared to other conventional
methods of casting? [5+5]
OR
3.a) How chills and pads help in directional solidification?
b) What process is followed in shell moulding process?
2. Explain the working principle of shell moulding process with neat sketch. Also
discuss the advantages, limitations and applications of shell moulding process. [10]
OR
3.a) What are the advantages of true centrifugal casting process? Discuss the
influence of average rotational speed upon centrifugal casting.
b) Discuss the advantages and limitations of different pattern materials.
2.a) What is the purpose of sand conditioning equipment? Name several machines of
this purpose indicating the specific purpose each.
b) Give the steps in sand casting process and explain each briefly. [5+5]
OR
3.a) List several ways to clean casting surfaces, also write advantages and dis-
advantages of each.
b) Describe centrifugal casting process and to what work piece configuration it is best
suited.
a) What are the materials that are generally used for making patterns? Explain the
reasons for their choice.
b) What are the common allowances provided on patterns? Why and how they are
provided? Give suitable examples. [5+5]
OR
3.a) Describe the solidification of a pure metal with a neat sketch.
b) Large castings are not made by investment casting. Comment.
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3. (a) What is permeability and why is it important in molding sands?
(b) What are the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of casting process?[7+8]
6. With the help of suitable diagrams discuss the following casting methods.
(a) True-Centrifugal casting
(b) Semi Centrifugal casting
(c) Centrifugal Casting.
2. (a) How a hot chamber die casting di_ers from cold chamber die casting?
(b) What are the advantages of investment casting?
6.(a) What are the criteria to be used for designing the pouring basin? Discuss briey.
(b) What are split and multi piece patterns? What are the advantages of making them
in two or more pieces? Give examples.
5. (a) State the di_erence between short and long freezing ranges. How is range
determined?
(b) List the advantages and limitations of die casting? [7+8]
6. (a) Describe some special types of patterns and indicate the production
circumstances in which each would be used.
(b) De_ne shrinkage allowance and indicate its value for some of the common metals.
7. (a) Sketch a graph of specific volume Vs Temperature for a metal that shrinks as it
cools from the liquid state to room temperature. On graph, mark the area where
shrinkage is compensated for by risers?
(b) What is the di_erence between the solidi_cation of pure metals and metal alloys?
Explain. [7+8]
8. (a) What are the necessary steps involved in sand moulding? Explain.
(b) What are the functions of core bonding agents and what are some of the important
features of the bonds that allow them to serve their purpose?[7+8]

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1.a) What is the difference between pattern and casting? [2]

a) What materials are used for moulding sand? [2]

a) State the application of casting process. [2]

1.a) Describe repair methods used for casting. [2]

a) Explain briefly about sweep pattern and match plate pattern.[2]

2.a) Differentiate between pressurized and unpressurised gating systems with

2. A cylindrical riser with diameter-to-length ratio =1 is to be designed for a sand

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