casting

machine#construction: casting

Casting

The art of turning something liquid into a solid.
Here are all the sub topics, arranged in what I think is order of difficulty.
&aname(materials)

Casting materials

concrete, plaster, wax, resin, plastic, babbitt, zinc, aluminum, ceramic, brass, iron, steel
&aname(techniques)

Molding techniques

lostfoam, greensand,resin-bonded-sand, plaster, silicone, petrobond, steel_core, silicate, wax, ceramic_shell, plastic, diecast,
&aname(furnaces)

Furnace types

hotplate, charcoal, crucibles, gas, reverberatory, electric, cupola, oil, arc, injection_molder, cokeless cupola, solar, induction, electron_beam

*principles of casting

All casting involves

• a fluid under pressure that becomes solid
• channels through which the fluid flows
• a cavity with the negative shape of the part to be cast
• a pattern to form the cavity
• vents for air to escape the mold

*Links:

Please don't add links here, rather, put them on the relevant sub-topics, for example greensand, petrobond, aluminum, brass,