Foseco Non-Ferrous Foundryman’s Handbook

The last edition of the Handbook was published in 1994 and like all the earlier

editions, it aimed to provide a practical reference book for all those involved

in making castings in any of the commonly used alloys by any of the usual

moulding methods. In order to keep the Handbook to a reasonable size, it was

not possible to deal with all the common casting alloys in detail. Since 1994

the technology of casting has continued to develop and has become more

specialised so that it has been decided to publish the 11th edition of the

Handbook in three separate volumes:

Non-ferrous dealing with aluminium, copper and magnesium casting

alloys

Iron dealing with grey, ductile and special purpose cast

irons

Steel dealing with carbon, low alloy and high alloy steels

Certain chapters (with slight modifications) are common to all three

volumes: these chapters include tables and general data, sands and sand

bonding systems, resin bonded sand, sodium silicate bonded sand and

feeding systems. The remaining chapters have been written specifically for

each volume.

The Handbook refers to many Foseco products. Not all of the products are

available in every country and in a few cases, product names may vary.

Users should always contact their local Foseco company to check whether a

particular product or its equivalent is available.

The Foseco logo and all product names appearing in capital letters are

trademarks of the Foseco group of companies, used under licence.

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