Question

The maintenance cost in mechanized foundry is also cheap as the cost of castings produced by mechanization.

(a) True

(b) False

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I would like to ask this question from Mechanization in chapter Foundry Mechanizations of Casting-Forming-Welding I

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) False

Easy explanation: A mechanized foundry always produces castings of cheaper cost than any other foundry. But lacks of maintenance can results into low productivity because in the maintenance of expensive equipment requires specially trained maintenance men which basically results in high cost of maintenance.