Several different methods such as casting, powder metallurgy, forging and machining are available to shape metals into useful products. One of the oldest process is sand casting which basically involves pouring molten metal into a sand mould cavity, where upon solidification it takes the shape of the cavity. Beauty of this process is, any complicated shape in any metal can be casted. Sand casting technique is the most cost-effective and design flexible in foundry. Innovative and well-planned management of sand is essential for maintaining quality of the product and process. Success of getting defect free sand casting depends on gating and riser design and other process control in the foundry. Defect in casting also can be prevented by applying DFM techniques for casting and effective use of simulation. Knowledge on all these topic is must for foundry engineer, casting design engineer and supplier quality engineers.

Keeping this in view, Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) is organizing a webinar on "Defect-free Sand Castings through Right Part and Process design".

This Program will be conducted by Mr. Ganapathi K N. He is having 16 years of industrial and 16 years of academic/Training experience. He is a mechanical engineer with post-graduation in metal casting science and engineering.
Prior to working at IMTMA, Mr. Ganapathi has worked at various capacity in both Ferrous and nonferrous foundries. He has thorough understanding of all foundry operations and has experience of providing solutions to the foundry problems. He has also imparted specialized training on metal casting domain to more than 1000 engineers across manufacturing companies in India. He has also taught metal casting topics to post graduate engineering students.