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Developments of a new technology for water based coatings used by sme's in the foundry industry

Objective



Core coastings are used in the foundry industry for three basic reasons: a. To ensure the quality of the mould (and thus of the casting); b. To improve the heat resistance of the cores; c. For surface quality (the coating applied to the core acts like a refractory paint and so can reduce the routhness of the casting). The application of these coatings can also help to reduce the amount of finishing word needed to obtain the surface quality required by customers. Currently, most of these coatings are alcohol-based formulations. For environmental reasons (to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds with the direct consequence of improving working conditions and cutting pollution), these coatings are destined to be replaced increasingly by water-based formulations. The latter are trickier to use and require substained development efforts (automative industry foundries are emerging as the first to show an interest). The innovative character of this programme files in the following points: a. Investigation of the use of water-based coatings according to their formulations about which little is known for different applications. b. Currently, there is manual checking only; but no automatic monitoring of the process. The innovation lies in the use of sensors to check the rheology of the coat as the different parameters are varied. c. Creation of a complete system (currently there is none) to be incorporated into production lines. The study will enable SMEs foundries to make use of this new technique in their plants.

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Fonderie Grandry Sable
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4,Boulevard de la Primaudière
72302 Sable-sur-Sarthe
France

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