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c/foundry-workersadams.veraadams.vera3mo agoProlific Poster

Serious question, I always thought the old sand reclamation units were a waste of time.

I was cleaning up after a pour yesterday and heard Mike from the core room say he gets an extra 30% life out of his molding sand by running it through the old Simpson mixer twice. I tried it on a small batch today and the grain structure looked way better. How many of you guys are doing something similar with your reclaim systems?
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lunab97
lunab972mo ago
Mike over in quality ran that same test last month and got similar results but our reject rate didnt change at all after a week. I think it depends a lot on what kind of binder system youre running, not just the grain shape.
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jason524
jason5243mo ago
Read that in a foundry trade magazine once.
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umaanderson
That's where you find the real stuff, not the fluff online.
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