Green-Sand Processing- Environmental Friendly
According to a report by Furness-Newburge Inc. (FNI), it has completed the second year of a research program with Neenah Foundry Co. and Pennsylvania State University, in which it has demonstrated that residual clay and coal may be reused directly in green sand casting processes. It was also pointed out that the reclaimed sand can be reused for cold-box processes.
The company specializes in the development of process and equipment, related to control of hazardous air pollutants and volatile organic compounds resulting from sand casting. Furness-Newburge's Sonoperoxone system treats water used in green sand processes with advanced oxidants, to destroy some of the organic compounds that coat bonded sand, to reduce HAPs and VOCs.
The research program with and Neenah Foundry & the Pennsylvania State University was financed partly by the National Science Foundation. It expects to present research reports on the process in the coming year, too. The project is likely to be completed in 2008
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