REPORT no.2 on molding materials: Effect of binder type, including selection of inorganic binder, on properties of molding sands dedicated to 3D printing

Abstract

This report shows the results achieved partially within NetCastPL4.0 project. The project is being realized in cooperation between AGH Faculty of Foundry Engineering (Leader), CNR-ICMATE and Aalto University School of Engineering. The results presented in the work were presented during international scientific conferences - XXXI. medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie slovenských, českých a poľských zlievačov SPOLUPRACA 2025 on 2-4 April 2025 in Rajecke Teplice (Slovak Republik), ECIG 2025 European Cast Iron Group Meeting 2025 on 29 April 2025 in Milan (Italy) and V International Conference of Casting and Materials Engineering ICCME 25 in Krakow (Poland). The work presents the influence of binder type on the properties of molding sands, including sands dedicated to 3D printing. The authors demonstrated the possibility of replacing environmentally harmful organic binders with inorganic binders.