APPLICATION OF GEOPOLYMER BINDER IN MANUFACTURING OF CASTING FROM FERROUS ALLOYS

The article presents the results of laboratory and industrial tests on the application of a new geopolymer Rudal A binder used in production of moulding and core sands for castings from carbon and alloyed cast steels and from cast iron. The new binder contains an inorganic polymer based on silicon and aluminium. After hardening the sand with this binder is characterised by high strength and permeability, low viscosity (easy cleaning of the tooling) and low humidity, compared with sands containing sodium silicate. The binder in composition with proper hardener is applicable in the technology of loose self-setting sands. It is also suitable in preparation of moulding and core sands hardened with CO2. Owing to the use of proper hardener there is a vast range of possibilities to control the binding rate of self-setting sands. Besides the above mentioned advantages, the content of binder in the sand is much lower than in the sands with sodium silicate, which reduces the binder cost on purchase. The sand offers very good knocking out properties and reclamability. Application of the new binder in the technology of self-setting and CO₂ hardened sands improves the work conditions and environmental protection, compared with the sodium silicate-based sand technology and sands with organic binders.

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