Recent content by rustyskills

There it is! I guess this answers the age old question "Why do I have to learn this- I'll never use it." Math in the foundry... I thank you. I still have some R&R concerns regarding sampling technique but we can easily test and measure that. The roadblock was the calculation of the mix and...

modern day (math) warrior, mean mean stride... thank you. I can duplicate that but I don't fully understand it yet. I get the 850M + 889T = 87800 can you show me a little more about how you got to the rest? much appreciated.

Mechanically reconditioned sand weighs 8.50#/gallon Thermally reclaimed sand weighs 8.89#/gallon A mix of these two kinds of sand weighs 8.78#/gallon What is the % thermal and %mechanical in the mix? I work in a foundry and we feed these two types of sand into a hopper that feeds a mixer. It's...