Casting (manufacturing)

group of iron-carbon alloys

thumb|Cast iron casting Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process. Casting materials are usually metals or various time setting materials that cure after mixing two or more components together; examples are epoxy, concrete, plaster and clay. Casting is most often used for making complex shapes that would be otherwise difficult or uneconomical to mak

thumb|right|Aluminium ingot after ejection from mold thumb|right|Gold ingots thumb|Pouring molten gold into a mold at the commons:Category:La Luz Gold Mine|La Luz Gold Mine in Siuna, [[Nicaragua, about 1959.]] An ingot is a piece of relatively pure material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing. In steelmaking, it is the first step among semi-finished casting products. Ingots usually require a second procedure of shaping, such as cold/hot working, cutting, or milling to produce a useful final product. Non-metallic and semiconductor materials prepared in bulk

process by which a duplicate sculpture (often metal) is cast from an original sculpture

wax or plaster cast made of a person’s face following death

metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mould cavity

pouring liquid metal into a mold

adding a soft but not fully liquid material into a mold (like wet clay)

metal casting process

process whereby molten metal is solidified into a "semifinished" billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in the finishing mills

sculpture cast in bronze

making hollow plastic objects in a heated mold

nondestructive testing method of inspecting materials

non-destructive method used to detect defects in ferrous materials

casting technique that is typically used to cast thin-walled cylinders

vessel used to transport and pour out molten metals

Bellfounding is the casting and tuning of large bronze bells in a foundry for use such as in churches, clock towers and public buildings, either to signify the time or an event, or as a musical carillon or chime. Large bells are made by casting bell metal in moulds designed for their intended musical pitches. Further fine tuning is then performed using a lathe to shave metal from the bell to produce a distinctive bell tone by sounding the correct musical harmonics.

Bronze Age objects of the Indonesian archipelago

type of steel production

Castability is the ease of forming a quality casting. A very castable part design is easily developed, incurs minimal tooling costs, requires minimal energy, and has few rejections. Castability can refer to a part design or a material property.

reservoir in a manufacturing mold

industrial application of lost-wax casting for metal forming

channel through which liquid material enters a mold, or excess material that solidifies in such a channel and is later removed

method of plastic casting where a mold is filled with a liquid synthetic resin, which then hardens. It is primarily used for small-scale production like industrial prototypes and dentistry

form used in casting to replicate a shape

intermediate casting type

irregularity in a metal casting process

thumbnail|right|A Casting from Life, an 1887 painting by Édouard Joseph Dantan. Lifecasting is the process of creating a three-dimensional copy of a living human body, through the use of molding and casting techniques. In rare cases lifecasting is also practiced on living animals. The most common lifecasts are 3D hand casting, casting of torsos, pregnant bellies, faces, and genitalia. It is possible for an experienced lifecasting practitioner to copy any part of the body. Lifecasting is usually limited to a section of the body at a time, but full-body lifecasts are achievable too. Compared w

Aluminium dross|right|thumb Dross is a mass of solid impurities floating on a molten metal or dispersed in the metal, such as in wrought iron. It forms on the surface of low-melting-point metals such as tin, lead, zinc or aluminium or alloys by oxidation of the metal. For higher melting point metals and alloys such as steel and silver, oxidized impurities melt and float making them easy to pour off.

metal casting process that employs reusable molds

a sand that when moistened and compressed or oiled or heated tends to pack well and hold its shape

aluminum die casting machine

type of evaporative-pattern casting process

Type of ancient bronze kettledrum

casting process for elastomers

thumb|upright=2.0|Freeze-cast alumina that has been partially sintered. The freezing direction in the image is up.

expendable mold casting process

variant of die casting

process for making objects from molten glass