4) Manufacturing of shell sand.

The various methods used are as follows.

1. Warm air process 2. hot coating process.

Warm air process

Pre weighted sand along with hexa catalyst is mixed in mixer. Phenolic resins are then added (liquid resins ) alcohol or water is then removed by passing hot air. During coating process there can be lump formation. But they can be easily disintegrated . After this sand is send to cyclone for removal of the siliceous particles.

Hot coating process

Sand is heated between temperature of 125150 deg. Resins are added which melts at such high temperature and sand gets coated. Hexamine is then added which is aqueous solution. Lubricant is then added to avoid lump formation. Water is then removed by means of hot air. By disintegrator the sand lumps are broken At the last the sand is sent to cyclone.