Foundry sand definition

Foundry sand means silica sand used in the metal casting process, including binding material or carbonaceous additives, from ferrous or nonferrous foundries.
Foundry sand means pure sand or a mixture of sand and any additives necessary for use of the sand in the foundry process, but does not include such foundry process by-products as air pollution control dust or refractories.
Foundry sand means silica sand used in the metal

Examples of Foundry sand in a sentence

  • Foundry sand containing lead was identified on part of the site, and the top three feet of the site was excavated and removed from the site.


More Definitions of Foundry sand

Foundry sand means a solid by-product from the foundry industry that is derived from molding, core-making, and casting cleaning processes that primarily contain sand, olivine, or clay and that is suitable for disposal as solid waste in a sanitary landfill.
Foundry sand means silica sand used in the metal casting process, including binding material or
Foundry sand means pure sand or a mixture of sand and any additives necessary for use of the sand in the foundry process, including dusts and sludges from air pollution control equipment exclusively dedicated to sand processing and handling, but not including such foundry process by-products as other air pollution control dusts or sludges, wastewater treatment plant sludge, or refractories.
Foundry sand means silica sand and binders from sand molds and cores that have been processed and screened, as necessary, to meet it’s intended beneficial use; that have been through the production process from foundries that use iron (gray and ductile), steel, and aluminum metals; and that either can no longer be reused to cast products or are in excess of the existing sand system storage capacity.
Foundry sand means the following:
Foundry sand means pure sand or a mixture of sand and any additives necessary for use of the sand in the foundry process, but does not include
Foundry sand means spent silica-based molding and core sand used in the metal casting process. This includes foundry dry baghouse and wet collector sand fines collected during the metal casting process.