All Posts Tagged With: "Metal Casting"
Bronze Casting Information and the process of Bronze Casting
Metal Casting
Bronze has been the most sought-after metal for cast metal sculptures in the bygone years. Bronze alloys have a desirable and unusual property to expand slightly prior to their setting. This helps a great deal in filling every corner of the mold. Their ductility and strength causes them to be molded into any form. […]
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What is the process of Gravity Casting
Metal Casting
Research and development in Gravity Casting has taken an important step in making metal products a part of our day to day lives. The products used in homes, aircrafts, artifacts, automobiles have become more durable and less expensive. Cast alloy parts are formed by melting the alloy and then pouring it in a mold […]
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Learn about the basics of Die Casting, types of Die Casting, and Advantages of Die Casting.
Metal Casting
Die casting is the method used for forcing molten metal into mold cavities under high pressure. Casting is very versatile and hence, is the widest used method for casting a metal. Die casting is same as permanent mold casting the only difference is that the metal is injected into the mould at very high […]
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Metal Casting Crucibles
Metal Casting
A pot in which metal is held, while melting in a furnace is called as a “Crucible.” It is made of silicon carbide and clay graphite.
Shapes of a Crucible: One shape of a crucible is the shape of a barrel and this type of Crucible is called a Blige Shapped Crucible. The part of […]
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Electric Arc Furnace, Blast Furnace, and other Metal Casting Furnaces
Metal Casting
There are several types of Casting Furnace which include Electric Arc furnaces, Blast furnaces, Cornwall Iron Furnace, etc. Lets just take a breif look at some of these.
Electric Arc Furnace: This furnace can be described as a furnace heating charged materials by the way of an electric arc. These furnaces exist in all the […]
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Casting Groups and Associations Described
Casting
Casting has endured through the ages since the time of Ancient Egypt, possibly longer. Since then small foundries have developed to meet the needs of the individual caster. There are several reasons that people choose to create their own home grown foundries. A top reason is the need to create parts and pieces that are […]
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Aluminum Casting and the Types of Aluminum Casting
Metal Casting
Aluminum is amongst those metals which can be ‘cast’ by every process used in metal casting. These processes, in descending order of quantity of aluminum casting are: die casting, permanent mold Casting , sand casting, plaster casting, investment casting, and continuous casting. The Metal Casting process is selected on the basis of factors such […]
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Iron Casting: What is Iron Casting?
Metal Casting
Iron Metal Casting can be referred to as products made out of melted iron molecules. These molecules are, first, poured into mold and allowed to cool. They are then extracted. The casting properties depend a great deal on the foundry practice. They also depend on the cooling rate. Iron contains huge carbon concentrations. This […]
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Learn about Metal Casting Torches and Furnace Torches for Metal Casting
Metal Casting
When you are utilizing oxygen and fuel gasses to cut and weld metals then this process is called Oxy-Fuel cutting.Really, these two processes are very very different. In the first process, a cutting torch is made use of for heating ferrous metal to a temperature of around 980 degree Celsius. An oxygen stream is […]
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Learn about Spin Casting, Sand Casting, and other Metal Casting Processes
Metal Casting
There are various casting processes being implemented now days. The oldest amongst them is sand casting. Sand Casting is also widely used. They can be described as follows:
Sand Casting: Metal Casting involves formation of mold from a mixture of sand and to pour a casting liquid, most probably, a molten metal into mold. Then, […]
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