摘要 |
A method of providing an iron cylinder liner ( 1 ) for incorporation in a cast aluminium block for an internal combustion engine, including the steps of placing the liner ( 1 ) in a heated fluidised bed so as to simultaneously clean and heat the liner, and then positioning the cleaned and heated liner on the sand barrel core ( 2 ). The barrel core having been sized to accept the heated and thus expanded liner, which will subsequently cool and retract locking the liner onto the sand core in the correct position, in readiness for casting of the aluminium cylinder block. |