Coremaking: Life of a Casting | Reliance Foundry
If the shear strength of the sand is below that of the pressure created by the liquid metal filling the mold, the core might split and create a distortion in the casting body. Binders are a big part of the core-sand making process. Green sand cores are made from standard damp molding-sand mixtures, and a binder, like dextrin. Cores of this type