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Casting and Moulding Quiz Solutions

The document discusses various topics related to sand casting processes and properties of moulding sands. It includes 15 multiple choice questions about the functions of vent wires and drawspikes, properties of sand moulds, uses of additives like wood flour, ramming methods, purposes of cores and core prints, full mould casting process, properties of moulding sands including cohesiveness, adhesiveness, refractoriness and collapsibility. The questions also cover typical compositions of moulding sands and binder materials like sodium silicate. Moulding processes discussed include those using sodium silicate, plaster moulding and vacuum moulding.

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Casting and Moulding Quiz Solutions

The document discusses various topics related to sand casting processes and properties of moulding sands. It includes 15 multiple choice questions about the functions of vent wires and drawspikes, properties of sand moulds, uses of additives like wood flour, ramming methods, purposes of cores and core prints, full mould casting process, properties of moulding sands including cohesiveness, adhesiveness, refractoriness and collapsibility. The questions also cover typical compositions of moulding sands and binder materials like sodium silicate. Moulding processes discussed include those using sodium silicate, plaster moulding and vacuum moulding.

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Solution of Assignment 3

1. Major function of vent wire is that


(a) To provide compressive strength to the mould
(b) To uniform flow of molten metal into the mould cavity
(c) To provide permeability to the mould
(d) To provide sufficient strength to core
2. Drawspike is ued to
(a) Remove the pattern from the mould
(b) Support the core inside the mould cavity
(c) Provide compressive strength to the mould
(d) Flow the molten metal inside the mould cavity
3. Which one of the following is not a property of a sand mould?
(a) Permeability
(b) Collapsibility
(c) Strength
(d) Fluidity
4. Wood flour is added to core sand to improve
(a) Collapsibility of core
(b) Dry strength of core
(c) Shear strength of core
(d) Tolerance on casting

5. Which of the following sand ramming methods result into hardest layer at parting plane
and around the pattern and less dense in top layers?
(a) Jolting
(b) Squeezing
(c) Jolting and Squeezing
(d) Slinging
6. In which of the following method of ramming, a stream of sand is thrown downward onto
pattern with high velocity?
(a) Jolting
(b) Squeezing
(c) Jolting and squeezing
(d) Slinging
7. Which of the following is used for making cavities and hollow projections in casting?
(a) Core
(b) Core print
(c) Muller
(d) Padding
8. Recess provided in the material for locating and positioning of cores is called as
(a) Chill
(b) Slinging
(c) Core print
(d) Core
9. Full mould casting process is also known as
(a) Evaporative pattern casting
(b) Shell moulding
(c) Ceramic moulding
(d) Investment moulding
10. Which of the following statement is correct for full mould casting process?
(a) Best suited method for mass production of casting
(b) Pattern with gates and riser are made by expanded polystyrene
(c) Wax is normally used as a pattern material
(d) None of these
11. Match the following according to the properties of moulding sand
(A) Cohesiveness (i) Ability of breaking the mould with little force
(B) Adhesiveness (ii) Ability to withstand higher temperature without losing strength
(C) Refractoriness (iii) Ability of bond formation of sand particles with other materials
(D) Collapsibility (iv) Ability to form bond between sand particles

(a) A-iii, B-ii, C-i, D-iv


(b) A-ii, B-i, C-iii, D-iv
(c) A-i, B-iii, C-iv, D-ii
(d) A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i
12. Match the four basic elements of moulding sand with its percentage
(A) Silica sand (i) 6 to 8%
(B) Clay (ii) upto 2%
(C) Water or Sodium silicate (iii) 75 to 80%
(D) Additives (iv) 15 to 20%
(a) A-iv, B-i, C-iii, D-ii
(b) A-ii, B-iii, C-iv, D-i
(c) A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
(d) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv

13. Which of the following statement is/are correct for moulding processes using sodium
silicate as binder material?
(i) Mould and cores do not need baking
(ii) Mould and cores always need drying and baking
(iii) It is applicable for ferrous as well as nonferrous castings

(a) i and iii


(b) ii and iii
(c) Only i
(d) Only ii
14. Which of the following statement is/are not correct for Plaster moulding process?
(i) Mould is prepared by Gypsum plaster mixed with water and additives
(ii) Permeability of the mouldis very high \
(iii) Because of low refractoriness of mould, only non-ferrous metal is cast

(a) Only i
(b) i and iii
(c) only ii
(d) ii and iii
15. Which of the following statement is/are correct for Vacuum moulding process?
(i) No use of binders and moisture
(ii) No fettling problem
(iii) Fettling is the key issue for this process
(a) Only ii
(b) Both i and ii
(c) Only iii
(d) Both i and iii

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