Foundries are responsible for our current standard of living and industrial development, but most of us know next to nothing about them. So what is a foundry? Foundry Definition In simplified terms, a foundry is a factory where castings are produced by melting metal, pouring liquid metal into a mold, then allowing it to solidify. […]
Sand casting, or sand mold casting, is a popular method of producing non-ferrous alloy casts. Invented over 6,000 years ago, this process has undergone a number of changes and modernizations over the years, but the basic principles have remained the same. From small DIY operations to major commercial foundries, the technique has been replicated many […]
An estimated 90% of all manufactured goods rely on metal foundry work. Whether it is metal casting components for products or the machines required to produce the components for those products, foundries are the backbone of the industrial world. For most, however, metal foundry work conjures images of molten metal-filled vats producing harden steel products […]
Metal casting is the process in which molten metal is poured into a mold and allowed to solidify into an object. The object that solidifies is called casting. Sand casting is defined as pouring molten metal into a sand mold and allowing it to solidify in the mold. Sand casting is the most widely used […]