The running, gating and feeding of iron and steel castings with and without metal filters is described with many illustrations and the use of computers for the optimisation of feeder design, simulation of solidification and mould filling is covered.

CONTENTS: Tables and General Data, Types of Cast Iron, Grey Cast Iron, Melting Cast Iron, Inoculation of Grey Cast Iron, Ductile Iron, Malleable Cast Iron, Special Purpose Cast Irons, Types of Steel Castings, Melting and Treatment of Steel for Casting, Molten Metal Handling, Sands and Green Sand, Resin Bonded Sand, Sodium Silicate Bonded Sand, Lost Foam Casting, Coatings for Cores and Moulds, Filtration and the Running and Gating of Iron Castings, Filtration and the Running and Gating of Steel Castings, Feeding of Castings, Computer Simulation of Casting Processes.
Butterworth Heinemann ISBN 0-7506-4284-X