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Founding cast iron, sand moulding: packing the mould box with sand
MV 000761
Description Founding cast iron, sand moulding: packing the mould box with sand
Date 9/11/2017
Collection Historic Environment Scotland
Catalogue Number MV 000761
Category Digital Files (Non-image)
Scope and Content Process: Casting Iron, preparing the mould box (bottom half) for part of a bowl casting to be replaced on Ross Fountain, Waverley Gardens, Edinburgh. The mould for the casting is in two halves. The pattern of the object to be duplicated is packed and compressed into the sand to produce a negative (in two halves) which are clamped together and into which the molten iron will run to create a three dimensional casting. Here we see the foundry worker packing the silica sand into the mould after he has dusted the mould with chalk dust. .This ensures that the casting can be removed easily at the end of the process. The mould will now have holes pushed through to allow gas escape during the pouring of the molten iron. The mould is now ready. The part being recast is one of the basins from the Ross Fountain. JT and E Castings of Wigan carried out the foundry work. Sound: sound Colour: colour Running Time: 0.40 mins (40 seconds)
External Reference vimeo251652835
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1595343
File Format (MP2) MPEG-2
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