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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, 20191 min read
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, 20195 min read
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, 20186 min read
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, 20187 min read
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, 20183 min read
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
Mar 27, 20185 min read
"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, 201734 min read
"C" - Glossary of Foundry Additives (including core pastes)
C - Foundry Additives Glossary CALCINED CERAMIC GROG (See: BRICK, CRUSHED-CHAMÂOTTE-GROG) Many finely ground, calcined, ceramic, grog...
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Hill and Griffith
Nov 21, 20179 min read
"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, 20175 min read
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, 20176 min read
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, 20177 min read
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, 20176 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20172 min read
$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, 20179 min read
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, 20165 min read
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, 20164 min read
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, 20166 min read
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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