Studies on the Potentiality of Kusum Oil (Schleichera Oleosa) as a Core and Mould Binder for Foundry Applications

The paper is an attempt to establish kusum oil as a core and
mould binder for foundry applications. Different percentage of kusum
oil, with or without additives are mixed with sand and baked at
different time and temperature, to evaluate the tensile strength. The
results were compared with the tensile strength of sand-mixes with
linseed oil. Kusum oil yielded better baked tensile strength and shows
better baking cycles. The gas evolution characteristics of the sand-
mixes containing kusum oil was also studied.