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1Investment casting — For investment casting in art, see lost wax casting. Investment casting, also called lost wax casting, is one of the oldest known metal forming techniques. From 5,000 years ago, when beeswax formed the pattern, to today’s high technology waxes,… …
2investment casting — Metall. a casting process in which an expendable pattern is surrounded by an investment compound and then baked so that the investment is hardened to form a mold and the pattern material may be melted and run off. Also called precision casting.… …
3Casting (metalworking) — Casting iron in a sand mold In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which… …
4Die casting — An engine block with aluminium and magnesium die castings. 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 using two hardened tool steel dies… …
5casting — /kas ting, kah sting/, n. 1. the act or process of a person or thing that casts. 2. something cast; any article that has been cast in a mold. 3. the act or process of choosing actors to play the various roles in a theatrical production, motion… …
6Casting defect — A casting defect is an irregularity in the metal casting process that is undesired. Some defects can be tolerated while others can be repaired otherwise they must be eliminated. They are broken down into five main categories: gas porosity,… …
7Lost-foam casting — (LFC) is a type of investment casting process that uses foam patterns as the investment. This method takes advantage of the properties of foam to simply and cheaply form castings that would be difficult or impossible, using normal cope and drag… …
8Ceramic mold casting — Ceramic mold casting, also known ambiguously as ceramic molding,[1] is a group of metal casting processes that use ceramics as the mold material. It is a combination of plaster mold casting and investment casting.[2][3] There are two types of… …
9Spin casting — or Centrifugal Rubber Mold Casting (CRMC) is a method of utilizing centrifugal force to produce castings from a rubber mold. Typically, a disc shaped mold is spun along its central axis at a set speed. The casting material, usually molten metal… …
10Continuous casting — The macrostructure of continuously cast copper (99.95% pure), etched, ∅ ≈ 83 mm. Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a semifinished billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling… …
