Foundry Engineering. Feasibility and pre-engineering

We can't talk about foundry engineering without mentioning the foundry business. The term "foundry" covers a whole range of tasks, from the melting of base metals, to the finishing and painting of parts, including the production of part shapes through molding and core-making operations. It also defines the corresponding workshops, often imposing in size.

Technological know-how is important, both with regard to metallurgy and to manufacturing principles and processes at all stages. There are many variations in this field, depending on the metal being processed, the size of the parts and the quantities to be produced. The means used will be different each time, whether in terms of :

• fusion ;

• molding ;

• coring ;

• completion ;

• control of parts produced.

Engineering is a vast subject, even if it relates here to the foundry field. We can't go into all the details, including the technological ones, and the work presented here is intended to be no more than a general outline of how to approach an engineering project, and to describe the tasks involved in the various phases of an engineering project. The approach is chronological, as in a real-life situation, and valid for any type of foundry engineering project. In this way, the reader (or project manager) can use this document as a method for managing an engineering project.

The engineering firm or design office in charge of the project will be responsible for guiding it through all the different stages, with a constant concern for providing the customer with relevant advice and guiding him towards the solutions best suited to his needs.

Readers can supplement this article with the one on the engineering study and realization [M 3 665] .