The Problem of Economic Foundry Production

Abstract

The paper describes methods of obtaining the greatest efficiency in the foundry by the simplest possible means, a principle of the first importance. The author has had forty years' experience of foundry practice, during which he has often changed his opinion on particular points, as requirements have grown, and as the means of realizing them have developed.

Economy in transport in the foundry depends on sound organization of methods. The preparation and stocking of sand are of no less importance. Continuous discharge from the sand mill is advocated, and the various means of transporting and handling the sand are described, and the suitability or otherwise of different types of apparatus discussed. Mould conveyers and the positions of the moulding machines relative to them are also considered. The conclusion is drawn that with care the simplest plants can be profitably mechanized.