Whilst on a visit last week (16th December) to William Cook's premises in Sheffield, our chairman took some photos of the wheel patterns, which were being prepared to create the casting moulds. He was also shown the computer simulations which showed the pouring, the cooling and estimates the shrinkage likely to occur, using a program called MagmaFlow. Casting is scheduled to commence in January.
Front and Back faces of the wheel pattern
Showing wooden bases for Blind Side Feeders which are fitted to the rim of the wheel pattern
Commence cooling 1560 degrees C Red/Yellow
Shrinkage Indicator on cooling.
Model wheel in sand (contained in Moulding Box profile)