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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 21, No. 3, 235-242 (2003)

Foundry waste recycling in moulding operations and in the ceramic industry

Maria Chiara Zanetti

Department of Georesources and Territory, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Silvia Fiore

Department of Georesources and Territory, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

An industrial treatment was performed by the Sasil plant of Brusnengo (Biella, Northern Italy), which is part of the Gruppo Minerali S.p.A. (Novara, Northern Italy), to consider the reclamation of bentonite bonded moulding sands obtained from the Teksid Italia S.p.A. cast iron foundry plant in Crescentino (Vercelli, Northern Italy). An evaluation of the fine particles produced by the wet-mechanical regeneration treatment was made with the purpose of proposing their recycling as binding agents in moulding operations in the cast iron foundry and for the production of tiles in the ceramic industry. The premixed product sold by bentonite suppliers (35% coal dust and 65% bentonite, 0.15 (EURO)/kg) could be made from the recovered fine fraction below 0.025 mm with the addition of active clay and coal dust, thus obtaining a product that will have physico-chemical properties similar to those of calcic bentonite. The improvements due to the addition of the fine particles to the usually employed clay for tile production were also underlined from the results of several baking tests.

The recovery and recycling of sands and fine particles obtained from the reclamation of bentonite moulding sands will lead to a saving of raw materials and landfill space, with economic and environmental advantages.

Key Words: Foundry wastes • reclamation • green sands • bentonite bonded moulding sands • black mineral • coal dust • wmr 602-3.


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