Why the quality of sand deteriorates if the same molding sand is used again and again?
A. Build up of clay and other organic coatings on the molding sand particles
B. Presence of foreign and scrap matter like iron particles, feyalite, etc.
C. Occurrence of pieces of oil sand
D. All of these
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Shrinkage allowances is also known as
A. finish allowance
B. contraction allowance
C. taper allowance
D. camber allowance
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Green sand consists of
A. 70% sand and 30% clay
B. 40% sand and 60% clay
C. 30% sand and 70% clay
D. 60% sand and 40% clay
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The low permeability in sand can cause which of the following defects in casting
A. Rough surface
B. Blow holes
C. hot tears
D. Drop
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In a sand casting of a rectangular slab, the thickness of the solidified layer after 2 minutes is known to be 3 cm. Based on Chvorinov's rule, the solidified thickness (in cm) after 4 minutes is
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Feed heads, feeders and risers in casting serve to provide sources of molten metal to compensate for
A. misruns
B. cold shuts
C. hot tears
D. shrinkage
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What are the applications of nodular cast iron?
A. Paper industries machinery
B. Power transmission equipment
C. Construction machinery
D. All of these
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In centrifugal castings, the impurities are . . . . . . . .
A. Uniformly distributed
B. Forced outside the surface
C. Collected in the center of casting
D. Present in the middle section of casting
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The thickness of shells in shell molding is
A. 0.3 to 0.6mm
B. 0.6 to 0.9mm
C. 0.9 to 1.2mm
D. 1.2 to 1.5mm
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Solidification time of a thin plate casting in a sand mould increases by approximately 4 times with the doubling of
A. thickness
B. length
C. both width and length
D. length, width and thickness
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Match the requirement from
Group 1 with the suitable casting process from
Group 2 .
Group 1
Group 2
P. Good surface finish
1. Slush casting
Q. Expandable mould
2. Pressure die casting
R. Heavy casting
3. Investment casting
S. Hollow ornamental casting
4. Sand casting
A. P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
B. P-4, Q-2, R-4, S-1
C. P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-4
D. P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4
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. . . . . . . . process removes fines and foreign matter, partly clay coating from the sand and partially removes the carbonaceous and organic materials from sand grains.
A. Dry reclamation
B. Thermal reclamation
C. Wet reclamation
D. Combined wet reclamation plus thermal reclamation
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Sprue in casting refers to . . . . . . . .
A. Gate
B. Runner
C. Riser
D. Vertical passage
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The shrinkage allowance for 6mm section malleable cast iron is . . . . . . . . mm.
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If two parts of a mould are not joined properly, the casting may have the following defect.
A. Scab
B. Blowhole
C. Gas porosity
D. Flash
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The solidification time for a cube casting having 5 cms side is 10 minutes. Under similar condition of heat transfer, the solidification time, inminutes, for a cube casting having 10 cm side will be
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In a casting, shrinkage occurs
A. only after transformation from liquid to solid
B. only during transformation from liquid to solid
C. before, during and after transformation from liquid to solid
D. only when the metal is in the liquid state
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A jet engine turbine blade is normally manufactured by
A. forging
B. shell moulding
C. investment casting
D. pressure die casting
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The casting processes that require expendable moulds are
P. Investment casting
Q. Low pressure casting
R. Shell moulding
S. Slush casting
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Riser in a casting compensates for
A. liquid state shrinkage
B. solidification shrinkage
C. liquid state shrinkage, solidification shrinkage and solid state shrinkage
D. liquid state shrinkage and solidification shrinkage
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