Casting Defects: The defects in a casting may be due to pattern and moulding box equipment, moulding sand, cores,gating system or molten metal. Some of the defects are: 1: Mould shift It results in a mismatching of the top and the bottom parts of the casting , usually at the parting line. 2: Swell It is an enlargement of the mould cavity by molten metal pressure resulting in localized or general enlargement of the casting. 3: Fins and Flash These are thin projections of the metal not intended as a part of casting. These usually occurs at the parting line of the mould. 4: Sand Wash It usually occurs near the in the gates as rough lumps on the surface of a casting. 5: Shrinkage It is a crack or breakage in the casting on the surface of the work piece, which results from un equal contraction of the metal during solidification. 6: Hot Tear It is an internal or external ragged discontinuously in the metal casting resulting just after the metal has s...
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