Fayoum University

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Industrial
ndustrial Engineering

2008
Patterns Making

Prepared by: Mohammed Abd Elghany Abd Elsalam

2nd Industrial Engineering Department

Prepared to: Dr/Masoud Ibrahim

Fayoum university-Faculty
Faculty of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering

“Patterns”

- Designing and making a pattern is the first step in making a sand casting
casting.
- The cavity in the sand is formed by using a pattern (an approximate
approximate duplicate of the real
part).
► Consideration must be given to:

• Type of casting process used.

used
• Metal being cast.
• Molding technique used.
used

► Pattern materials can be:

• Wood.
• Metal.
• Plastics.
• Wax.

► Types of patterns:

1- Single Piece Pattern.

2- Split pattern.
3- Follow board pattern
pattern.
4- Cope and drag pattern.
pattern
5- Match plate pattern.
pattern
6- Loose-piece
piece pattern.
pattern
7- Sweep pattern.
8- Skeleton pattern.

Fig (1) Typical metal match

match-plate

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Fig (2) Sweep pattern

Fig (3) Follow board pattern

Fig (4) Split pattern

Fig (5) Loose-piece pattern

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Fig (6) Skeleton pattern

► Pattern allowances:

• Shrinkage allowance.

• Machining allowance.

• Distortion allowance.

Fig (6) Pattern allowances

→ Shrinkage Allowance:

• Patternmakers account for solidification shrinkage and thermal contraction by

making mold cavity oversized

• Amount by which mold is made larger relative to final casting size is called
pattern shrinkage allowance

• Casting dimensions are expressed linearly, so allowances are applied accordingly

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► References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_casting

http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~snd7483/MCHE365/11%5B1%5D.1.ppt

http://www.crms.engr.uky.edu/ME/me151/worddocs/Chapter14ba.pdf

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