13th week

FERNANDO HUMANES

This week we have begun to design each group member his sketch for the design of the mold.

Nagore has given us some rules that the mold has to meet when designing and then melt it in foundry. The mold we designed is in accordance with the die we designed in the previous challenge, since it has to respect the measures of the die so that the die rests on the mold.

We have also received a talk from an expert in casting parts and molds, this person has given us some guidelines to follow and some good advice, that if we fulfill them the design will come out perfect.

On Friday we made a visit to an Elorrio smelter, it is called Betsaide.

The visit was very interesting and very contributing to the design of our mold.

In the final design, which will be the group design, we have to position the flasks, the filling system and the mold feeding system.

The mission of the mazarotas is to avoid the rechupes of the pieces and the complete and uniform filling.

After designing the mold we have to design it with a 5% oversize, since when the liquid cools it contracts.

ALEX DEL RIO

This is the second week of the new challenge. In these five days we have continued designing the base. At the end of the initial design we have inserted it and made an assembly with our die.

After making the assembly we have chosen one of them through a matrix to make some small changes and improve it. After changing the method of leaving the remaining material, we design some flasks and the entrance for the liquid to be able to simulate the filling.

On Thursday of this week we only had two hours to continue with the project because later we went to Elorrio to pay a visit to the Betsaide company in which they showed us how a foundry worked.

KEPA AGÜERO

This is the second week of the new challenge.This week we continue with the design of the base. We make the assembly of the base to the press and to the die, and take first look of how it fit one each other. 

After each meamber of the group have design his own base, through a design matrix with some parameters we choose one of the 5 different degigns.

On Thursday we went to Elorrio to visit Betsaide company where they show us how a foundry works 

 

Unai Elorza

This week we had to design a sketch for the design of the mold.

 The mold we designed, is in has to go with the die that we made on the prject before, it goes below the dies that we made.

A man came this week to give us a lesson about doundition a few tips for the designing. He helped us a lot with the explanaitions that he gave us.With all the designs that we made, we had to pick one out of evey group and final design, and design the flasks, the filling system and the mold feeding system.

After designing the mold we have to design it with a 5% oversize, since when the liquid cools it contracts that way when it cools, it increases.