Primary Forming, Casting, The Range of Materials Applicable and the Process

Moulding Techniques The basic ingredients for the formation of intricate, basic and mass-produced heavy or light products are metals and plastics broadly and occasionally ceramics. Starting with metals and moulding techniques in this assignment. Only the most common are described: Casting Sand casting - mainly ferrous Investment casting - non-ferrous and non-ferrous Continuous casting - mainly ferrous Centrifugal casting - ferrous and mainly non-ferrous Die casting - mainly non-ferrous Gravity die-casting - mainly non-ferrous Pressure …

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