Title

Optimizing Cold Box Core Making in Cast Iron Foundry: A Sustainable Approach with Taguchi Technique and Desirability Function

Journal title

Archives of Foundry Engineering

Yearbook

2025

Volume

vol. 25

Issue

No 2

Authors

Chate, G.R. ; Kulkarni, P.H. ; Gramopadhye, A. ; Kalbhairav, A. ; Chungade, S. ; Patil, H. ; Kono, A.M. ; Rangaswamy, N.

Affiliation

Chate, G.R. : Mechanical Engineering Department, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi. Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India ; Gramopadhye, A. : Mechanical Engineering Department, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi. Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India ; Kulkarni, P.H. : Mechanical Engineering Department, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi. Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India ; Kalbhairav, A. : Mechanical Engineering Department, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi. Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India ; Chungade, S. : Mechanical Engineering Department, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi. Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India ; Patil, H. : Mechanical Engineering Department, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi. Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India ; Kono, A.M. : Grihalaxmi Metal Industries, Waghawade, Belagavi, Karnataka, India 590014 ; Rangaswamy, N. : School of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Keywords

Cores ; Cold box core shooter machine ; scratch (core) Hardness ; Gas Evolution ; Taguchi technique ; Amine ; LPP ; HPP

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Techniczne

Coverage

112-125

Publisher

The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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Date

24.06.2025

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/afe.2025.153803