Application of modern technological solutions, as well as the economic and ecological solutions, is for foundries one of the main aspects of the competitiveness on the market for castings. IT solutions can significantly support technological processes. This article presents neural networks with different structures that have been used to determine the moisture content of the moulding sand based on the moulding sand selected properties research results. Neural networks were built using Matlab software. Moulding sand properties chosen for quality control processes were selected based on wide previous results.For the proposed moulding sand properties, neural networks can be a useful tool for predicting moisture content. The structure of artificial neural network do not have a significant influence on the obtained results. In subsequent studies on the use of neural networks as an application to support the green moulding sand rebonding process, it must be determined how factors such as environmental humidity and moulding sand temperature will affect the accuracy of data obtained with the use of artificial neural networks.Keywords: data mining, artificial neural networks, green moulding sands Zastosowanie nowoczesnych rozwiązań technologicznych, a także ekonomicznych i ekologicznych stanowi dla odlewni jeden z głównych aspektów konkurencyjności na rynku produktów odlewów. Doskonałym wsparciem dla procesów technologicznych są rozwiązania informatyczne. W artykule zaprezentowano sieci neuronowych o różnej strukturze, które zostały użyte do określania wilgotności masy formierskiej na podstawie wyników badania wybranych właściwości masy. Sieci neuronowe zbudowano z wykorzystaniem oprogramowania Matlab. Właściwości mas wybrane do procesów sterowania jakością zostały dobrane w oparciu o wcześniejsze wyniki badań.Dla zaproponowanych właściwości syntetycznych mas formierskich sztuczne sieci neuronowe mogą być użytecznym narzędziem do przewidywania wilgotności masy. Ilość warstw ukrytych w strukturze sieci nie ma wpływu na otrzymywane rezultaty. W kolejnych badaniach nad wykorzystaniem sieci neuronowych jako aplikacji wspierającej procesy odświeżania syntetycznych mas formierskich, należy określić, w jaki sposób czynniki takie jak wilgotność otoczenia, czy temperatura masy wpłyną na dokładność danych uzyskanych z wykorzystaniem sztucznych sieci neuronowych.
Modern techniques of castings production, including moulding sands production, require a strict technological regime and high quality materials. In the case of self-hardening moulding sands with synthetic binders those requirements apply mainly to sand, which adds to more than 98% of the whole moulding sand mixture. The factors that affect the quality of the moulding sands are both chemical (SiO2, Fe2O3 and carbonates content) and physical. Among these factors somewhat less attention is paid to the granulometric composition of the sands. As a part of this study, the effect of sand quality on bending strength Rgu and thermal deformation of self-hardening moulding sands with furfural and alkyd resin was assessed. Moulding sands with furfural resin are known [1] to be the most susceptible to the sand quality. A negative effect on its properties has, among others, high content of clay binder and so-called subgrains (fraction smaller than 0,1mm), which can lead to neutralization of acidic hardeners (in the case of moulding sands with furfuryl resin) and also increase the specific surface, what forces greater amount of binding agents. The research used 5 different quartz sands originating from different sources and characterized with different grain composition and different clay binder content.
The paper presents possibility of using biodegradable materials as parts of moulding sands' binders based on commonly used in foundry practice resins. The authors focus on thermal destruction of binding materials and thermal deformation of moulding sands with tested materials. All the research is conducted for the biodegradable material and two typical resins separately. The point of the article is to show if tested materials are compatible from thermal destruction and thermal deformation points of view. It was proved that tested materials characterized with similar thermal destruction but thermal deformation of moulding sands with those binders was different.
The article discusses the issue of the influence of furfuryl alcohol content in resin binders on properties of moulding sand at elevated temperature. Reducing the share of this component -due to the requirements of the European Union regarding its toxicity -may cause a decrease in temperature of moulding sands' destruction and, consequently, the thermal deformation of moulds and the creation of many casting defects. The study examined the impact of the furfuryl alcohol content of the thermal destruction processes and on the strength of the moulding sand at an ambient temperature and the tendency to thermal deformation.Keywords: moulding sand, thermal destruction, bending strength, hot-distortion W artykule omówiono zagadnienie wpływu zawartości alkoholu furfurylowego w spoiwach żywicznych na właściwości mas formierskich w podwyższonej temperaturze. Zmniejszenie udziału tego składnika -spowodowane wymaganiami Unii Europejskiej odnośnie jego toksyczności -może powodować obniżenie temperatur destrukcji masy, a w konsekwencji deformację cieplną form i powstanie wielu wad odlewniczych. W pracy przebadano wpływ zawartości alkoholu furfurylowego na procesy cieplnej destrukcji spoiwa a także na wytrzymałość masy w temperaturze otoczenia oraz skłonność do deformacji cieplnej.
The article takes into consideration the researches concerning inserting the Glassex additive to the microwaved-hardened and selfhardened moulding sands with water glass. In the research different types of ester hardeners to self-hardened moulding sands with water glass were used. The influence of Glassex additive on retained strength of moulding sands with different hardeners and prepared by different technologies of hardening were tested. The influence of different hardeners and the technology of hardening on retained strength of moulding sand with water glass and the Glassex additive were also estimated.
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