All Posts Tagged With: "Metal Casting Information"
Bronze Casting: How Does it Work?
Metal Casting
Bronze has been the most sought-after metal for cast metal sculptures in the bygone years. Bronze alloys have a desirable and unusual property to expand slightly prior to their setting. This helps a great deal in filling every corner of the mold. Their ductility and strength causes them to be molded into any form. [...]
2Oct2008 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
Metal Casting Furnaces for the DIYer
Metal Casting
DIY Bronze Furnace are nothing but Do It Yourself casting furnaces. One can make variety of furnaces. The procedure of some of them can be described as follows:
DIY Bronze Furnace : Theoretically, only three things are required for implementing induction heating: High frequency Electrical Power Source, work coil for generating an alternating magnetic field, [...]
Learn all about Casting Torches Including the Cutting and Injector Torch
Metal Casting
When one talks about Oxy-Fuel Cutting or Oxy-Fuel Welding, they mean the process when you cut or weld metals by using pxygen and fuel gasses. There are some striking differences between these two processes. In the first process, a cutting torch is made use of for heating ferrous metal to a temperature of around [...]
28Sep2008 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
Casting Furnaces and Types of Casting Furnaces
Metal Casting
There are several types of Casting Furnace which include Electric Arc furnaces, Blast furnaces, Cornwall Iron Furnace, etc. Here’s a quick review of some of them.
Electric Arc Furnace: This furnace can be described as a furnace heating charged materials by the way of an electric arc. These furnaces exist in all the sizes-right, from [...]
What is Gravity Casting and how is Gravity Casting Used
Metal Casting
Research and development in Casting has taken an important step in making metal products a part of our day to day lives. The products used in homes, aircrafts, artifacts, automobiles have become more durable and less expensive. Cast alloy parts are formed by melting the alloy and then pouring it in a mold under [...]
Casting Groups and Associations Described
Casting
Metal Casting has endured through the ages since the time of Ancient Egypt, possibly longer. Since then small foundries have developed to meet the needs of the individual caster. There are several reasons that people choose to create their own home grown foundries. A top reason is the need to create parts and pieces that [...]
27Sep2008 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
Learn how to Cast Jewelry and the Metal Casting Process
Metal Casting
Casting Jewelry is a process in which liquid material made from heating metals, is poured in a module, to give the liquid a desired shape. Then the liquid is cooled and a solid object in the desired shape and size is obtained. Casting Jewelry is the latest “in-thing” in the fashion markets. This jewelry [...]
26Sep2008 | writer | 0 comments | Continued
Metal Casting Information and Basic Metal Casting Information
Metal Casting
Casting can be defined as a process of manufacturing, which implies pouring of a ‘liquid’ material into ‘A Mold’ containing a desired shaped hollow cavity, and then made to solidify. What needs to be done to finally complete the process is to take out the casting and break it apart so you can see [...]
The history of Artistic Casting and the way that you can practice Art Casting.
Metal Casting
Metal Casting is an ancient method of creating statues and sculptures that has been in practice in Meso-America, China, and Ancient Egypt since 2000 BC. The Greeks practiced it, so did the Romans, and pretty much any civilization with a strong interest in art.
Bronze is an alloy of tin and copper that has been [...]
What are the Inner Workings of Brass Casting?
Metal Casting
Brass Casting , as the name suggests, involves the use of brass as the molten metal. Brass casting can be carried out by the way of sand Casting only. Sand casting can be defined as a ‘cast part’ produced by formation of a mold from a mixture of sand and pouring the casting liquid [...]
23Sep2008 | writer | 0 comments | Continued