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10am to 4pm
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10am to 4pm
Prerequisites -
Complete introduction training session
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Prerequisites -
Complete introduction & intermediate training sessions
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Metal - Pewter
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Metal - Aluminium
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Metal – Bronze or Aluminium
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Introductory Session
- Welcome, housekeeping
- introductions
- Workshop induction, signing forms & paperwork
- Discussion - What are your expectations for the sessions
- Brief history of metal casting and metal casting processes
- OH&S review. Safety equipment processes. Not if but when.
- Molding sands (oil based, water based, other)
- Handouts and course notes
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Furnace Setup and Operation
- OH&S review. Safety equipment processes. Not if but when
- Safety check of furnace and furnace area
- Pack metal into crucible
- Start furnace set for Temp Degrees Celsius
- Setup metal ingots for re-charge in preheat furnace
- Start preheat furnace
- Open furnace for re-charge
- Housekeeping, review OH&S
- Start furnace
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Furnace Setup and Operation
- OH&S review. Safety equipment processes. Not if but when.
- Safety check of furnace and furnace area
- Pack metal into crucible
- Start furnace set for Temp Degrees Celsius
- Setup metal ingots for re-charge in preheat furnace
- Start preheat furnace
- Open furnace for re-charge
- Housekeeping, review OH&S
- Start furnace
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Overview of Patterns
- Draft angles and parting lines
- Sprues, vent holes, gates
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Other information
- Variables in the process. Log books and records.
- Molding sands. Detailed information (oil based, water based, other)
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Pre-casting discussion
- Review project scope and size, material.
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Demonstration Packing Molding Flasks
- Packing pattern into flask with ‘green sand’
- Pattern removal. Parting Powder.
- Creating, sprues, vent holes, gates
- Molding box design.
- Packing molding boxes. Misalignment.
- Demonstration packing sand into molding box with alphabet letter pattern
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Lost Foam Casting
- Limitations of the lost foam technique & Types of foam
- Working with foam making models/patterns
- Sprues, vent holes, gates.
- Demonstration packing sand into molding box with foam pattern
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Student Activity Packing Molding Flasks
- Packing pattern into flask with ‘green sand’
- Pattern removal. Parting Powder.
- Creating, sprues, vent holes, gates
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Student Activity Packing Molding Flasks
- Packing pattern into flask with ‘green sand’
- Pattern removal. Parting Powder.
- Creating, sprues, vent holes, gates
- Student can use pattern available
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Student Activity Packing Molding Flasks
- Packing pattern of your own design for your own project into flask with ‘green sand’, petrobond and/or sodium silicate
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Metal Pour
- Optional observation of Metal Pour
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Metal Pour
- Optional observation of Metal Pour
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Metal Pour
- Optional observation of Metal Pour
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Types of patterns & Sand Cores
- Sodium silicate sand cores and molds
- Different types of patterns for cores.
- Risers (Why and where)
- Demonstration packing sand into molding box with traditional pattern.
- Pack-up, Cleanup & Finish
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Post-Metal Pour
- Un-pack castings. Review results.
- Cutting and polishing metal castings
- Pack-up, Cleanup & Finish
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- 30 minutes - phone calls and emails for follow up questions after training
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- 30 minutes - phone calls and emails for follow up questions after training
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Cost - $390
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Cost - $590
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Cost - $400
(Plus metal costs)
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