Summary of forging and casting lab requirements

Tools
Steel rammer round shape, Steel rammer square shape, C.I. peen hammer, Wooden hand rammer ,
Wooden peen rammer, Trowel rectangular shape, Trowel long shape, Trowel heart shape, Bent wire (steel
wire) with handle, Strike off bar, Yankee lifter, Lifter or cleaner, Heart and spoon slick, Draw spike sharp
edge, Draw spike – threaded, Sprue cutter, Wooden mallet, Gate cutter, Smoother and corner slick set,
Runner and riser pin Set, Aluminium smoother, Swab, Vent wire, Hand bellow, Moulding box 12 x 12x 4
1/2 (cope and drag), pattern (size should be suitable for the moulding box), Miscellaneous accessories
etc.

Approximate cost for one set of above: 25000

Materials and Consumables

Core boxes and related accessories for preparing cores

All types of sands (like silica sand, facing sand, mould wash, backing sand, parting sand etc.)
and binders required to prepare sand casting mould. (cost depends on how many moulds to be
prepared at a time)

All types of patterns (material - wood)

 Single piece pattern

 Split or two piece of pattern
 Cope and drag pattern
 Match plate pattern
 Gated pattern
 Loose piece pattern
 Sweep pattern
 Skeleton pattern
Casting products manufactured using the moulds prepared

Approximate cost for 1 set of above: 150000

Lab equipment
Sieve shaker with sieve set

Permeability meter

Hardness testers

Moisture tester

Universal strength machine

Clay content tester

Sans rammer

Sand muller

Tube filler accessories

Miscellaneous

Approximate Cost of above: 3 to 7 lakhs

Furnace for molten metal melting