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    Department of Technical Education,

    Andhra Pradesh
    Name of the staff : Y. Sathish Babu
    Designation : Lecturer
    Institute : Govt. polytechnic, Vijayawada
    Semester : IV
    Subject : Engineering Materials
    Major Topic : Production of cast Iron
    Code : M 404
    Sub Topic : production of cast Iron In
    cupola Furnace
    Duration : 50 min
    Teaching Aids : visuals, Diagrams
    Revised by : K.Vijaya Bhaskar
    9M404.24 1
    Recap

    In the previous class, we have discussed


    about
    • Extraction of metal
    • Production of Pig Iron in Blast Furnace and
    Composition of Pig Iron
    • Production of Wrought Iron in Puddling Furnace
    and Composition of Wrought Iron

    9M404.24 2
    Objectives

    On completion of this topic the student will


    able to know
    • What is Cast Iron?
    • Manufacture of cast iron in cupola Furnace
    • Cupola Furnace constructional details
    • Raw materials
    • Operation of cupola furnace to produce Cast Iron

    9M404.24 3
    Flow chart

    9M404.24 4
    Constructional Details of Cupola Furnace
    • Cylindrical shell lined with fire bricks

    • Shell diameter 0.9m to 2m, height 4 to 5 times


    diameter

    • On bottom 100 to 150mm thick sand bed with


    slope

    • Dry wood placed on sand bed

    • Coke charged on bed 0.75m above tuyeres

    9M404.24 5
    Charge

    • Consists of metal(75% pig iron +25% steel scrap), coke,


    lime stone
    • Above materials arranged as alternate layers on burning
    coke bed
    • 1 tonne of coke,10 tonnes of metal , 0.2 tonnes of lime

    9M404.24 6
    Cupola furnace

    Fig 1
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    Cupola Furnace

    Fig 2
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    Operation Of Cupola Furnace

    • Coke first lit at bottom

    • Cupola charged from charging door upto bottom of


    door

    • Alternate layers of metal (75%pig iron +25% steel


    scrap), coke, lime stone

    • Air blast put on through tuyers

    9M404.24 9
    Heating Zones

    • Preheating zone

    • Melting zone

    • Superheating zone

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    Heating zones

    Fig 3
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    Reactions
    • Limestone melts and forms flux

    • Flux protects metal from excessive oxidation

    • Lime fuses, forms slag with coke ash

    • Hot gases rise through furnace and melts the iron

    • 1% Si, 1.5%Mn oxidised, phosphorous remains


    unchanged
    • Molten iron and slag taken out in separate notches and
    molten iron tapped into laddle and cast into moulds
    9M404.24 12
    Composition of Cast Iron

    • Fe = 92 – 96 %
    • C = 2.5 – 3.75 %
    • Si = 1.0 – 2.5 %
    • Mn = 0.4 – 1.0 %
    • S = 0.06 – 0.12 %
    • P = 0.1 – 1.0 %

    9M404.24 13
    Summary

    In the period, we have discussed the following


    • cupola furnace constructional details
    • Operation of cupola furnace
    • Reactions
    • Production of cast iron
    • Cast iron composition

    9M404.24 14
    Quiz

    1. Composition of cast iron……….(Fe = 92 – 96 %,


    C = 2.5 – 3.75 %,Si = 1.0 – 2.5 %, Mn = 0.4 1.0%,
    S = 0.06 – 0.12 %,P = 0.1 – 1.0 %)
    2. Ratio of diameter to height of cupola…..…( 1:4)
    3. Charge consists of …………(Pig iron , Scrap,
    Limestone) in cupola

    9M404.24 15
    Frequently Asked Questions

    1. What is the charge used in cupola?

    2. Explain production of cast iron in cupola furnace?

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