Today, gravity-fed permanent metal molds can produce near-net-shape parts from a variety of aluminum alloys. But it's up to the designer to makes sure it's both possible and profitable to use ...

Castings and cast stock are metals, alloys, polymers and other materials that are cast into bar, rod, angle, channel, tee, or other shapes. Casting is a metallurgical process in which molten metal is ...

Voxeljet, Bosch Rexroth and the Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology (IGCV) worked together ...

Permanent graphite molds and a knowledgeable metal-casting house can help designers of zinc-aluminum-alloy parts go from art to part in less than six weeks. Competition these days is fierce whether it ...

Use new or recycled sand as the base material, adding binders (such as clay, resin, etc.) and curing agents in specific proportions. For example, in resin sand processes, recycled sand requires 1-2% ...