Metals Fabrication: Understanding the Basics
Abstract
This chapter covers the practices and procedures used for shape casting metals and alloys. It begins with a review of the factors that influence solidification and contribute to the formation of casting defects. It then describes basic melting methods, including induction, cupola, crucible, and vacuum melting, and common casting techniques such as sand casting, plaster and shell casting, evaporative pattern casting, investment casting, permanent mold casting, cold and hot chamber die casting, squeeze casting, semisolid metal processing, and centrifugal casting.
Casting, Metals Fabrication: Understanding the Basics, Edited By F.C. Campbell, ASM International, 2013, p 47–101, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.mfub.t53740047
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