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Sheet No.	Sheet Title	No. of Pages	Group Price (Rs.)
Category : ALLOYING ADDITIONS AND INOCULATIONS
70	Copper in Gray Iron	2	200.00
71	Phosphorous in Gray Iron	2
72	Addition of Ferro-Alloys and other Alloys to Cast Iron (Part 1)	2
73	Addition of Ferro- Alloys to cast Iron (part 2)	2
12	Inoculation of SG Iron	2
111	Ladle Inoculation Practice	3
11	Inoculation of Gray Iron	2
Category : ALUMINIUM
35	Melting Non Ferrous Metals in Induction Furnace	2	340.00
36	Heat Treatment of Aluminium Alloy Castings.	2
37	Precipitation Treatment of Aluminium Alloys Castings	1
51	Difference between Modification&Grain Refinement of Aluminium – Silicon Alloy	1
52	Modification Mechanism in Aluminium – Silicon Alloy.	2
53	Hot Tearing in Aluminium alloy castings.	2
55	Role of Fluxes in Aluminium casting.	1
56	Application of Fluxes in Aluminium castings.	2
57	Use of Nitrogen gas and chlorine gas for degassing of molten Aluminium Alloy.	1
63	Grain Refinement of Aluminium castings	2
64	Test bar for Aluminium alloy castings.	3
89	Green sand molding for Aluminium castings	2
90	Crucibles for Aluminium Melting	4
Category : CASTING DEFECTS
13	Casting Defect – Cold Crack	2	340.00
14	Casting Defects – Cavities An Overview	4
15	Casting Defects – Cavities – Blow Holes – Pin Holes.	2
16	Casting defects cavities-blow holes adjacent to inserts, chills chaplets etc.	1
17	Casting Defects – Cavities Slag Blow Holes.	1
18	Casting Defects – Shrinkage General	2
19	a)Open or external shrinkage b)Corner or Fillet shrinkage c)Core shrinkage.	3
20	a)Casting defects internal or blind shrinkage b)C.defects-line or axial shrinkage	2
21	Casting Defects-Macro Shrinkage, Micro Shrinkage, Shrinkage porosity, leakers	2
107	Internal Shrinkage Defect In Grey Iron Castings	2
108	Surface Sink, Draw And Pipe Defects In Grey Cast Iron Castings	2
109	Subsurface Blowholes Associated With Segregation Of Manganese Sulphide Inclusion	3
110	Lustrous Carbon Defects In Castings	2
Category : CUPOLA
1	Cupola operation (General)	2	260.00
2	Cupola operation (Cupola repairs)	2
3	Making sand Bed, Spouts, Tap Hole and Slaghole.	2
4	Making Coke – Bed and Getting Cupola ready for charging.	2
5	Charging the Cupola.	2
6	Cupola Operation – Melting.	2
9	Preparation of Tap Hole in Intermittent Tapping Cupola.	2
49	Selection of Blowing Equipment for Cupola.	2
50	Selection Cupola Size.	2
10	Divided Blast Cupola.	3
Category : MISCELLANEOUS
47	Heat treatment of gray and alloy cast iron(part I stress relieving, annealing & normalising	2	260.00
48	Heat Treatment of Gray and Alloy Cast Iron (Part 2-surface hardening by flame & induction hardening and nitriding)	1
68	Lining materials for coreless induction furnaces	2
69	Ramming procedure for Silica Ramming Mass in coreless induction furnace.	4
106	Quality Control In Knockout, Fettling & Handling Of Castings	2
7	Hand Shank Ladles	2
25	Ordering of Pattern Equipment	2
26	Life of Pattern Equipment	2
101	Testing of Refractories	3
54	Zing Die Casting alloy – Ilzro 14 and 16	1
Category : MOLDING SAND AND CORE SANDS
22	Molding Sand – Sampling prepared Greensands	2	500.00
23	Testing Prepared Molding Sand : Preparation of standard Test Pieces	2
24	Testing prepared Molding Sand : Measuring Compactibility	1
27	Testing prepared Molding Sand : Determination of Moisture Content	2
38	Foundry Molding Materials	2
39	Basic Principles : Clay Bonded Molding Sands	2
40	Green Working Properties of Clay Bonded molding Sands	2
41	Basic Properties:properties of clay bonded molding sands in the compacted state	4
42	Bentonite type	3
43	Property changes and conditioning of recirculating molding sand in the sand system	3
44	sands with chemically setting mineral inorganic & Natural Organic Binders.	3
45	Synthetic Resins	2
46	The Behavior of Sands with Organic Binders during Pouring.	2
78	Carbon Dioxide process.	2
79	Cement Sand process.	2
103	Sand Quality Control For Core Making Process	2
104	Quality Control Of Mould & Core Coating	4
105	Green Sand Properties	2
116	No Bake System for Mould & Cores	7
Category : SPC IN FOUNDRY
28	SPC – Statistical process control in Foundries	1	200.00
29	SPC – Charts and Graphs	4
30	Pareto Analysis	1
31	Cause and Effect Diagram	1
32	Scatter Diagram	2
33	Histogram	3
34	Control Chart	3
Category : METHODING
74	Solidification Pattern in steel Castings	2	450.00
75	Risering of Steel Castings Modules Principle.	2
82	Modulus calculations for sphere and cube.	2
83	Modulus calculations for cylinders (Riser and Riser neck)	2
84	Five rules of risering steel castings	2
85	Use of Chills to Aid feeding (steel castings)	4
86	Precautions in use of Chills (steel castings)	2
87	Padding (steel castings)	4
88	Breaker cores (steel castings)	2
95	Gating System for steel Castings	3
96	Various Types of Gates (steel Castings)	4
97	Pouring Rate & Pouring Time (Steel Castings)	2
98	Flow of Metal and Design Of Gating System	4
99	Calculation of Pouring Time and Choke Area	3
100	Design Of Gating System (Steel Castings)	2
60	Silicon Carbide chills	1
102	An Useful Running Method – The Connor Runner	1
Category : SPECIFICATIONS, TESTING & MICROSTRUCTURE
8	Chill Control (Wedge test)	2	430.00
58	Carbon Equivalent of Cast Iron.	1
65	Fluidity of Cast Iron	2
59	Brinell Hardness Number (BHN) for cast irons.	2
66	Measurement of Carbon & Carbon Equivalent -checks for instruments & systems.	2
67	Measurement of Molten metal temperature – checks for Instrument & Systems.	2
61	Specifications flake graphite iron	2
62	Specifications for Spheroidal, Graphite iron.	2
119	Ductile Iron Specifications	1
91	Preparation of Specimen for Microscopical Examination of Cast Iron.	2
92	Etching Techniques	2
93	Etching Reagents for Cast Irons.	3
94	Microstructure of Grey Cast Irons.	3
117	Graphitization In Grey Cast Irons	4
118	Graphitization In Nodular Cast Iron	5
120	Effects Of Alloying Elements On Microstructure Of S. G. Iron	3
Category : HIGH TENSILE BRASS
76	Effect of Alloying elements in high Tensile brass.	2	100.00
77	Zinc Equivalent in Brass.	2
80	Precautions in melting and alloying high tensile brasses.	2
81	Foundry Characteristic of High Tensile Brasses	2
Category : SHELL MOULDING PROCESS
112	Shell Moulding Process	3	100.00
113	Check List For Operating Shell Moulding Machine And Core Making	3
114	Shell Mould Properties	2
115	Shell Mould Defects	5