Environmentally friendly foundry molding sands as a part of Green Deal policy

Abstract

This conference abstract shows the results achieved 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 work presented during XXXI. medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie slovenských, českých a poľských zlievačov SPOLUPRACA 2025 in Rajecke Teplice (Slovak Republik) aimed analyzing modern solutions for molding sands, both with organic and inorganic binders. In molding sands with organic binders, the innovative approach of replacing part of the binder with biodegradable additives reduces the harmfulness of molding sand at the stage of casting production a solution, molding sands with organic binders based on modified with furfuryl alcohol resins cured by hardeners with reduced sulfur content, molding technologies with alkyd resins hardened by catalyst based on isocyanates and alkaline phenolic resin hardened by esters. Molding sands with environmentally friendly inorganic binders based on sodium silicates and aluminosilicates were also analyzed.