| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L38783/01 |
| Title: |
THE RECLAMATION AND RECYCLING OF CLAY-BONDED FOUNDRY SANDS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Miles, Professor N |
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| Department: |
Sch of Chemical and Environmental Eng |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 1997 |
Ends: |
31 July 1999 |
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159,547
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There are over 450 foundaries in the UK producing iron, copper and aluminium castings which use silica sand as the moulding media. Until recently, the industry did not consider the disposal of waste sand to be a major problem; sand was either disposed on-site or to a local landfill site. Although primary reclamation is carried out by many foundaries new sand is still necessary for the casting process. The cost to the industry to purchase over 1 million tonnes of new sand and its subsequent disposal is over 32 million annually. There is increasing interest from the foundry industry to develop more cost effective ways of recycling of clay-bonded foundry sands by applying techniques and approaches used by the mineral processing industry. The novelty of this project will be in developing techniques not only to recover silica sand but also higher value components (e.g., chromite, olivine, zircon, etc.), clay binders (i.e., live clay) and additives (e.g., coal dust and coal dust substitutes).
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |