Articles about Castings, Machined Components and more!
The history of mechanical engineering is as old as civilization. Indeed, humanity would never have been where it is right now without the invention of manufacturing processes like castings and machined components.
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Advanced Process Control Systems in Castings
Advanced Process Control (APC) systems in castings refer to sophisticated control systems that utilize advanced technologies and algorithms to optimize and enhance the manufacturing process of cast metal components. APC systems are used in castings to improve the efficiency, consistency, and quality....
Metallography and Castings
Introduction to Metallography
Metallography is a branch of materials science and microscopy that involves the study of the microstructure of metals and alloys. It examines the composition, structure, and properties of metallic materials at a microscopic level. Metallography typically ....
Foundry Standards
In the complex and interconnected landscape of modern industries, standards serve as the bedrock that encourages consistency, reliability, and interoperability. These benchmarks, often developed collaboratively by industry experts, regulatory bodies, and stakeholders, play a pivotal role in ens....
Precision in Castings
Each casting process has its strengths and limitations, making it suitable for specific applications. Manufacturers select the most appropriate process based on factors like material requirements, part compl....
Automobile Castings
Foundry casting is a manufacturing process that involves pouring molten metal into a mould to create a solid object or component. This process has been used for centuries and is critical in producing a wide range of products, from simple metal parts to complex machinery. We have covered various type....
Gear Cases
A gear case, also known as a gearbox or gear housing, is an enclosed structure that houses gears and other related components. Its primary function is to provide protection, support, and lubrication to the gears while allowing them to transmit power from one rotating shaft to another. Gear case....
Industrial Casting processes
Industrial casting is an important manufacturing process that is used to produce high-quality castings with a wide range of properties and shapes. There are many different kinds of industrial casting processes, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Some of the most common industrial castin....
Foundry Castings
Foundry castings, often simply referred to as castings, are metal objects or components that are produced by a manufacturing process called casting. Casting is a manufacturing technique that involves pouring molten metal into a mould, allowing it to solidify, and then removing the finished product f....
Casting Processes
Foundries and castings have made industrial progress possible. The idea of melting metal and shaping it has been instrumental in the making of many a tools that aided manufacturing. Today, there are many types of casting processes available; we will cover the basic ones here. Casting process is the ....
Mechanical Properties of S.G. Cast Iron
The most important aspect of any foundry material is its structure, because its properties are closely related to this feature. To be successful, a materials engineer must have a good understanding of this relationship between structure and mechanical properties.
Mould Components
Die casting is a manufacturing process in which molten metal is poured into moulds or dies in a foundry. Die casting is often used to make components for the automotive industry and many other small components. In fact, die-cast parts can be found in many things as they are durable, dimen....
Ductile Iron Grades
Cast iron is a versatile industrial material. Indeed, it has played a leading role in the evolution of manufacturing industry. As per evidences found, humans knew about the casting process at least 2500 years back. Evidences of objects casted from iron have been found in China in this period, a test....
The Sand Casting Process
Metal casting is the process in which molten metal is poured into a mold and allowed to solidify into an object. The object that results from this process is also called a casting. In sand casting, sand is used to define the cavity inside a mold. Sand casting is one of the most basic and at the same....
Austempered Ductile Iron
Metals play a significant role in human life since the Bronze Age. Metals’ important advantages include higher toughness and predictable fracture behavior in all directions, which are fundamentally essential for engineering applications. Machining has been a prominent part of manufacturing till da....
Pattern and Mold Making – Foundry
A foundry is a place that works on metal (or other types) casting in order to manufacture parts of different shapes, designs, and alloys. Metal casting involves pouring molten metal into a mould containing a cavity of the desired shape to produce a metal product. The casting is then removed fro....
Gray Cast Iron
Casting is a procedure to manufacture finished steel and iron products and components in a foundry. It uses moulds to shape the molten metal in the desired shape. Casting offers exceptional capability for design details and customization. What makes casting popular is that it can eliminate the requi....
S.G. Cast Iron
Foundry is the most basic input industry and stringent demands of quality and quantity are being placed on it. With rapid industrialization and growth in other fields of production, up-to-date knowledge of materials and processes for casting is necessary in order to be able to produce sound castings....
Die Casting
Casting of metals is a very ancient process. Progress of civilization has been possible because of industrialization, and metal casting is an important part of it. As technology progressed, sand casting, investment casting, lost foam casting, permanent mold casting, centrifugal casting, and die cast....
Foundry Technology
Introduction
Human progress can be attributed to many factors. The invention of the wheel is one such turning point (no pun intended!). The industrial revolution is another turning point. Foundries and castings have played an important role in the industrial revolution. The Copper ag....
Human progress can be attributed to many factors. The invention of the wheel is one such turning point (no pun intended!). The industrial revolution is another turning point. Foundries and castings have played an important role in the industrial revolution. The Copper ag....
Types of Cast Irons
Casting is one of the most basic mechanical processes and the most direct method of producing a product from the chosen material. The basic steps in casting involve preparation of the material in the liquid state, transferring it into a shaping mould, allowing the material to cool into a soli....
Castings Basics
Casting is a mechanical process whereby a molten metal or its alloy is poured in a mould and allowed to solidify. The object then gets the shape of the mould. Castings are manufactured in a single step from liquid metal without intermediate operations of mechanical working such as rolling or ....
Casting of Ductile Iron
Cast iron essentially is an iron-carbon alloy. The percentage of carbon in cast iron is greater than 2%. Depending on the casting requirements, other important elements like silicon, manganese, sulphur, phosphorus, etc. can be added to the cast iron which modify the structure and properties of ....
Machined Castings
Machining is a material removal process (like cutting, grinding, etc.) that uses some sort of cutting tools to produce the desired size and shape in an object. The object is typically cut from a larger piece of stock, which is available in a variety of standard shapes.
Castin....
Machined Components
Human beings cannot survive without machines today. Most of the products that require mass production or precision are manufactured using machines. In many cases, especially in the manufacturing sector, the final product itself consists of machined components.
Ma....
Applications of Ductile Iron Castings
Cast iron is an alloy that contains more than 2 to 2.5% carbon. It is also called as grey cast iron. The second type of cast iron is ductile cast iron that contains magnesium in addition to the carbon. As the name implies,
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Effects of Various Elements in Ductile Iron Castings
Ductile iron has grown in prominence as the chosen material in castings. It is highly tensile, has excellent castability and better mechanical properties than cast iron or gray iron. It also is low cost casting material.
The properties of ductile iron castings depend on....
Mechanical Properties of Cast Iron
Cast iron is an alloy of carbon (over 2%) and other elements. The rigidity and dampening factor of cast iron make it an excellent material for machine tool frames and parts.
There are many ways of classification cast irons. Some of the common classifications are based o....
Inoculation of Cast Iron
Inoculation is an important process in the production of cast iron. Essentially, inoculation means fast cooling of the cast iron production to enhance its qualities. This is done by the introduction of fine nuclei (less than or equal to 4 micron) of desired element that influences the structura....
Heat Treatment of Ductile Cast Iron
The Heat Treatment Process
Mechanical properties of alloys and castings are structure-sensitive. Their magnitude largely depends on size, shape and distribution of various micro constituents. These mechanical properties can be changed quite drastically by ....
Foundries in India
What is a Foundry?
A foundry is a place where molten metal is converted into castings using various processes. A foundry may also further process the castings, depending upon the customer's specifications. Castings are manufactured in a single step from liquid me....