Method and device for obtaining and testing properties of sand casting mold

The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the mechanical properties of sand molds which comprises subjecting, at least one conditioned real test piece with predetermined dimensions and obtained from an extracted real test piece extracted from an uncured sand mold having a predetermined composition, curing the extracted real test piece for a predetermined curing time and conditioning the cured real test piece to the predetermined dimensions, to a mechanical breaking strength test under predetermined pressure and temperature conditions to obtain real mechanical strength values;comparing the real mechanical strength values with reference mechanical strength values of a conditioned reference test piece with the predetermined dimensions and obtained by compacting, applying predetermined compacting conditions, a reference composition comprising the same molding compound and the same binding system as the uncured sand mold, curing the cured reference test piece thus obtained for a reference curing time, and conditioning the cured reference test piece at the predetermined conditions; andevaluating the mechanical properties of the conditioned real test piece by comparing its real mechanical strength values with the reference mechanical strength values, the reference mechanical strength values of the conditioned reference test piece having been obtained by means of a reference mechanical breaking strength test under the same pressure and temperature conditions as the test to which the conditioned real test piece is subjected.