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2. Investment casting - Wikipedia

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   Much of the wax used in investment casting can be reclaimed and reused. [2] Lost-foam casting is a modern form of investment casting that eliminates certain steps in the process. Investment casting is so named because the process invests (surrounds) the pattern with refractory material to make a mould, and a molten substance is cast into the ...

3. Continuous casting - Wikipedia

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   Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a "semifinished" billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent rolling in the finishing mills. Prior to the introduction of continuous casting in the 1950s, steel was poured into stationary molds to form ingots. Since then, "continuous casting" has ...

4. Lugged steel frame construction - Wikipedia

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   A stainless steel investment cast seat lug, with hand filed cutout, which has been polished to a mirror finish. These lugs necessitate construction with silver rather than brass filler. Traditional stamped lugs (aka pressed lugs) are formed by pressing sheet steel over a mandrel, bending them to shape, and then welding the seams.

5. Precision Castparts Corp. - Wikipedia

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   They are the market leader in manufacturing large, complex, structural investment castings and the leading manufacturer of airfoil investment castings used in jet engines. The structural casting business manufactures the largest-diameter, nickel-based super-alloy, titanium and stainless steel investment castings in the world. [citation needed]

6. Outline of metalworking - Wikipedia

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   Casting is the process of creating objects by filling a mold with molten metal and allowing it to cool. Centrifugal; Continuous; Die; Evaporative-pattern. Full-mold; Lost-foam; Investment. in art: Lost-wax; Permanent mold; Plaster mold; Sand; Semi-solid metal; Shaw process; Shell molding; Spin

7. Steel casting - Wikipedia

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   Cast parts often require machining to achieve accurate tolerances and desired surface finishes. Carbon steel is the easiest type of steel to machine. High-carbon steel can be more time consuming to cut or grind, and will wear tools faster. Low-carbon steel can get gummy, making it difficult to work with.