In many manufacturing operations, casting and machining still operate like two separate trades connected via a drawing and a due date. The foundry pours the part. The machine shop figures out how to ...

There are ten basic steps in the investment casting process. 1. A metal die is used to produce an expendable pattern, now almost universally a complex blend of resin, filler and wax. Precision ...

Continuous casting remains the backbone of modern steel production, providing an efficient means to convert molten metal into semi‐finished forms such as slabs, blooms and billets. The process ...

Continuous casting is a pivotal process in modern metallurgy, whereby molten metal is solidified into semi-finished slabs or billets through a continuous operation. The process encompasses complex ...

Discover the multi-stage working principle of the Gigapress, a revolutionary machine designed for large-scale manufacturing ...

Engineers often have an important decision to make when they design and source a metal part: Should it be machined or die cast? In the past, a cursory review of production volumes, tolerances, ...

Use of computers to improve productivity and reduce cost in manufacture of discrete parts and assemblies. Manufacturing processes: analysis and evaluation of processes usage of the contemporary ...

Deformation processes transform solid materials from one shape into another. The initial shape is usually simple (e.g., a billet or sheet blank) and is plastically deformed between tools, or dies, to ...

Volvo is spending $1.1 billion upgrading its Swedish auto plant for electric-car production. It's taking a page out of Tesla's playbook by introducing the process of megacasting. Volvo aims to be an ...

The Fraunhofer ILT and MacLean-Fogg have jointly produced a complex die casting tool inlay using Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M). The specially developed L-40 tool steel enables the additive ...