Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand—known as casting sand—as the mold material. The...

lost-wax casting (which may be further divided into centrifugal casting, and vacuum assist direct pour casting), plaster mold casting and sand casting. The...

material is altered in its initial casting process and may contain colored sand so as to give an appearance of stone. By casting concrete, rather than plaster...

shape. It is used in the process of sand casting for preparing the mold cavity. Green sand is an aggregate of sand, bentonite clay, pulverized coal and...

In casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to form the sand mould cavity into which molten metal is poured during the casting process...

of defect. The following defects can occur in sand castings. Most of these also occur in other casting processes. Shrinkage defects can occur when standard...

can be more expensive than die casting or sand casting, but per-unit costs decrease with large volumes. Investment casting can produce complicated shapes...

cast glass is formed by a variety of processes such as kiln casting or casting into sand, graphite or metal moulds. During the Roman period, moulds consisting...

Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity. The mold cavity is created...

sand in their molding process. These foundries often use, recondition, and reuse sand, which is another form of recycling. In metalworking, casting involves...

it out of the piece. They are most commonly used in sand casting, but are also used in die casting and injection moulding. For example, cores define multiple...

casting is a metalworking casting process similar to sand casting except the molding material is plaster of Paris instead of sand. Like sand casting,...

This is not a problem in chill casting, since the cooling rates are high enough to avoid degeneration. In sand casting in particular, with its slow cooling...

detail is created. A method of casting typically used for casting iron, in which the mould is constructed from compacted sand. By its nature, the mould can...

drive: 3.70:1 Final drive assembly: aluminum sand casting Remaining gearset housing: magnesium sand casting Support bracing: steel Flywheel: steel Clutch:...

Freeze plugs are used to fill the sand casting core holes found on water-cooled internal combustion engines, Sand cores are used to form the internal...

include: Investment casting (called lost wax casting in art) Centrifugal casting Die casting Sand casting Shell casting Spin casting These forming processes...

as shell-mold casting, is an expendable mold casting process that uses resin covered sand to form the mold. As compared to sand casting, this process...

two-part casting flask, used in sand casting. The flask is a wood or metal frame, which contains the molding sand, providing support to the sand as the...

used when molding with silica sand. Degarmo, Black & Kohser 2003, p. 288. Chastain, Steve (2004). snag Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry...

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are...

Spin casting, also known as centrifugal rubber mold casting (CRMC), is a method of utilizing inertia to produce castings from a rubber mold. Typically...

Ablation casting is a variation of sand casting involving a soluble binder. The mold is dissolved and washed away, allowing rapid cooling of the casting. Grassi...

is opened as soon as the casting is solidified, which prevents hot tears. Cores can be used and are usually made from sand or metal. As stated above...

and AZ92 are most used for sand castings, AZ91 for die castings, and AZ92 generally employed for permanent mold castings (while AZ63 and A10 are sometimes...

(Lost-wax casting) Countergravity casting Lost-foam casting Low pressure die casting Permanent mold casting Plastic mold casting Resin casting Sand casting Shell...

Foundry sand testing is a process used to determine if the foundry sand has the correct properties for a certain casting process. The sand is used to make...

elastomers Vacuum molding (casting), a type of sand casting This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Vacuum casting. If an internal link...

He worked in Knock Out as a casting director in 2010. He also acted in Soul of Sand in 2010. In 2011, he worked as a casting director in The Dirty Picture...

connected by conjugation. The resins are generally used as binders for sand castings. The furan monomer is typically converted to a free-flowing resin with...