Faculty Publications

Profiling The Quality Of Bentonite Clay With Dilatometry

Document Type

Conference

Keywords

Bentonite, Foundry Clays, Green Sand Binder, Molding Binders, Sand Additives

Journal/Book/Conference Title

73rd World Foundry Congress "Creative Foundry", WFC 2018 - Proceedings

First Page

49

Last Page

50

Abstract

Bentonite clay (Montmorillonite) is one of the basic components of a green sand system. The bentonite clay serves as a sand binder that is both cost effective and abundant. The green sand process is currently used in the production of more castings than any other molding method. The quality of the clays used has been historically evaluated using standard tests including CEQ, (Cation Exchange Quotient), chemical analysis, swelling index, and test casting results. The University of Northern Iowa Metal Casting Center has developed a method of determining clay quality using the thermal expansion profile determined by dilatometry. This method can quickly predict not only the quality of the castings the clay will produce but also the durability of the clay in a green sand system over several casting cycles. The method can also be used to determine how sand additives will affect the performance of the clay in the system.

Department

Metal Casting Center

Original Publication Date

1-1-2018

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

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