Casting
Dr. Young-Bin Park
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Fall 2006
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Metals Processed by Casting
Sand casting – 60%
Investment casting – 7%
Die casting – 6%
Permanent mold casting – 11%
Centrifugal casting – 7%
Shell mold casting – 6%
Source: Jonathan Colton, Georgia Tech
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Examples of Cast Products
Transmission valve body Transmission housing
Hub rotor with disk-brake cylinder
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Examples of Cast Products
Polaroid PDC-2000 digital camera Two piece Polaroid camera case
with a AZ191D die-cast, high-purity made by hot-chamber die-casting
magnesium case process
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Expendable Mold Casting
Sand casting
Shell molding
Lost-foam casting
Investment casting
Vacuum casting
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Sand Mold
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Sand Casting
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Pattern
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Core
Inserts made
