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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...