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Smooth Moves: Sand's Impact on Surface Finish
Different Types of Sand Molds and Cores Used by Your Supplier Will Impact the Surface Finish of Your Castings. Excerpt from Casting...
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Hill and Griffith
- Sep 24, 2019
- 1 min
20 Green Sand Casting Defects and Their Suggested Remedies
Originally published January 2017 by Mechanical Engineering Probable causes and suggested remedies of various casting defects such as...
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Hill and Griffith
- Jan 15, 2019
- 5 min
Review of Reliance Foundry's, "How to make green sand for metal casting foundry" article
This is a great basic description of the "Green Sand" foundry method. "Molding sand is at the heart of the sand casting process. It must...
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Hill and Griffith
- Oct 2, 2018
- 6 min
5 Steps to Identify Green Sand Metalcasting Defects
The procedure of identifying, diagnosing and minimizing or eliminating crucial casting defects is important for a foundry to run in a...
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Hill and Griffith
- Jul 10, 2018
- 7 min
See the Green Sand Casting Process
Green Sand Casting Your Product, from Reliance Foundry, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada A man dressed in a silver protective suit pours...
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Hill and Griffith
- Jun 5, 2018
- 3 min
Article Review: Electric Vehicles and the Prospects for Aluminum Casting
Improving battery technology and pending regulations on internal combustion engines are boosting the outlook for EVs, which means new...
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Hill and Griffith
- Apr 4, 2018
- 5 min
Nobake: The Basics (Including Mold Coatings)
This article focuses on the nobake process and when it would be appropriate for use. An MCDP Staff Report Click here to see this story as...
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Hill and Griffith
- Mar 27, 2018
- 5 min
"I" - Glossary of Foundry Additives (Green Sand Additive Products)
I - Foundry Additives Glossary ILLITE (See: CLAYS-SHALE) INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL (See: ETHYL ALCOHOL) INHIBITORS Are agents which prevent...
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Hill and Griffith
- Dec 19, 2017
- 34 min
"C" - Glossary of Foundry Additives (including core pastes)
C - Foundry Additives Glossary CALCINED CERAMIC GROG (See: BRICK, CRUSHED-CHAMOTTE-GROG) Many finely ground, calcined, ceramic, grog...
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Hill and Griffith
- Nov 21, 2017
- 9 min
"A" - Foundry Additives Glossary
A - Foundry Additives Glossary ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL (See: ALCOHOL-ETHYL ALCOHOL) ACACIA GUM (See: GUM ARABIC) ACCELERATOR {See: ACID...
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Hill and Griffith
- Nov 7, 2017
- 5 min
Environmentally Friendly Sodium Silicate Binders
Corosil (Silicate Products) - Application to Aluminum Castings Sodium Silicate based products are one of the most environmentally...
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Hill and Griffith
- Oct 10, 2017
- 6 min
Feeling Out Green Sand Conditioning
This article looks at the characteristics metalcasters should be looking for in their sand systems. Explained within is the role...
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Hill and Griffith
- Oct 3, 2017
- 7 min
Forget Southern! Go Western Bentonite Green Sand Binders
This article explores the feasibility of using a predominantly Western Bentonite preblend in place of the traditional Southern and...
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Hill and Griffith
- Aug 8, 2017
- 6 min
Choosing Between Nobake and Green Sand Metal Casting Systems
Navigate the differences in capabilities and cost factors between nobake and green sand metal casting molding processes to ease your...
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Hill and Griffith
- Jun 27, 2017
- 2 min
Molten Metal Slag Coagulant for Iron, Brass and Bronze Metalcasting
Hill and Griffith’s Slagone is a perlite material used as a slag coagulant in a molten metal application. Slagone is typically used with...
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Hill and Griffith
- Apr 11, 2017
- 2 min
$3.3B Takeover of MPG, including Grede Green Sand Foundry
This post is from Apr 10, 2017 Robert Brooks' news release in FOUNDRY Magazine's web site, "American Axle Completes $3.3B Takeover of...
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Hill and Griffith
- Jan 4, 2017
- 9 min
2017 Metalcasting Foundry Outlook
(This post is from a Dec 10, 2016 Foundry Management and Technology Staff article which ran in Foundry Magazine. Read it online here.)...
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Hill and Griffith
- Dec 28, 2016
- 5 min
Green Sand Control Best Practices for a Metalcasting Foundry
(This post is from a March 2015 article that ran in MODERN CASTING by Al Jacobson, Grede-St. Cloud, St. Cloud, Minnesota.) Regular sand...
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Hill and Griffith
- Dec 16, 2016
- 4 min
Sodium Silicate Binders for Green Sand Metalcasting Foundry
Hill and Griffith Sodium Silicate Binders are formulated with water based solutions of Sodium Silicates and collapsibility agents. These...
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Hill and Griffith
- Nov 29, 2016
- 6 min
Green Sand Metalcasting - 3D Printing as an Alternative to Patternmaking
(This post highlights some more of the new capabilities of 3D printed cores. The article is from ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, 1/20/2014, Peter...
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