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The act of rehabilitating sand physically, chemically, or thermally so that it may be used to create new casting moulds is
known as sand reclamation. It involves removing the adhesive binding coats from the used sand to clean it. Mechanical
attrition or thermal heating are also acceptable methods.

After being treated, the utilised, rejected, or "return" demoulded sand is used repeatedly in the green sand clay bonded
process. The process of treating involves sifting, removing iron particles, chilling, adding water and binder, mixing, etc.
However, in the case of a chemically bonded sand system, the strength of the mould or core is created through a chemical
or thermal process. Chemically bonded sand's binder is permanently fixed, in contrast to the green sand technique. It
ceases to be "active" and is unable to participate in the subsequent cycle of sand bonding. (Ghosh, 2019)

The system's existing binder is completely dead after the mould or core is set and casting is complete; new binder must be
introduced before the sand can be used in the following cycle. By reusing sand in this manner, "dead" binder will build up
in the system, rendering the sand completely useless. Some people have chosen to completely dump the spent sand after
usage and begin each cycle with fresh sand. On the basis of economic and environmental factors, this is an impractical
notion. It is getting more and more difficult to find a place to discard used chemically bound sand. The price of dumping is
also increasing.

lack of dumping space and the high expense of dumping, the environmental issue is a serious worry. Due
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to its toxicity, the dumped sand would contaminate both the groundwater and the air, harming the environment and
vegetation for a considerable amount of time. On these matters, the government authority is growing stricter.

On the other side, it's getting harder to find new sand these days. Sand mining and extraction are completely restricted by
local authorities. Consequently, there will be very little or no new sand supplied to foundries. They will therefore be forced
to rely on sand made from reclaiming used or demolished sand in order to survive. There are also excellent technical
reasons for recovering chemically bonded sand for reuse in addition to the obligation mentioned above.

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Cleaning of the mold material grain to remove binders which still adhere to it following the thermal load
affixed to the grain due to this load and
removal of powdered components, i.e., separation of the reclaimed molding base material.

Due to the dead binder present in the used sand, the system sand contains more "fines". Due to their higher surface-to-
volume ratio, the particles require more resin or chemical to achieve the required level of binding strength. When sand
particles rise, the characteristics of the system sand also deteriorate. Therefore, the system needs to get rid of these fines.
The majority of the "dead" binder is still present, adhering in layers on the surface of the sand grains. Further cycles would
coat the sand grain with multiple layers of these "dead" substances if these layers were left on it. Since this deposit is
brittle, it alters the sand's characteristics and renders it completely unsuitable for moulding because the required strength
would not be obtained even with a higher percentage of sand.

In order to achieve the necessary chemical percentage in the following cycle, it is dependent on the amount of remaining
"dead" binder in the system. In a chemically bonded sand system, the amount of this "dead" organic binder, which is often
assessed by "Loss on Ignition" (LOI), is crucial. The percentage of chemicals to be added would likewise fluctuate in each
cycle if the LOI changed.

As a result, every effort must be taken to maintain the LOI figure, which makes the system "stable." Stability is the process
of getting the reclaimed sand's LOI figure to match the sand's LOI figure prior to the addition of binder at the beginning of

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the cycle. It frequently becomes necessary to introduce a specific amount of fresh sand to the system in order to achieve
this state. The amount of new sand that must be added to reclaimed sand typically ranges from 10% to 20%.

When thinking about reclamation, it is yet another crucial factor. The sand grains change throughout reclamation because
of grain-against-grain rubbing/abrading and grain-rubbing against rubbing surfaces of different reclamation equipment at
various stages of reclamation. The sand grains go from being angular to subangular to rounded as the sharp corners are
smoothed off.

This significantly enhances the good characteristics of sand. Reduced surface-to-volume ratios lead to a decrease in the
need for binders. Due to this beneficial effect of reclamation, new sand is typically supplied to the lump breaking stage of
the reclamation process rather than the system directly so that grains are, to some extent, adjusted before mixing and
moulding.

The real reclamation process involves a peeling or impact technique that best eliminates all adhesions from the sand grain.
The employed mono or mixed sand is manufactured for this purpose using a variety of process combinations. Sand grain is
separated after the reclamation procedure.

● Superior to casting quality: One of the main advantages of thermally recovered sand is that it helps foundries decrease
expansion defects. Foundries routinely run brand-new sand through the thermal system due to the significance of this for
cast surfaces such as impellers, volutes, etc.(Palmer, 2021)

● Economy: Economical because all foundries worked to reduce the total cost of sand, which includes the cost of the
substance, shipping, and disposal.(Kumar & Dr. Gandhi, 2017)

● Environment friendly: Because it is difficult to bury significant quantities of trash. Reduced sand disposal will result in less
ground pollution because waste sand contains bentonite and other chemicals that may contain toxic substances like lead.

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