Permanent mold is a metal casting process that employs reusable molds. General advantages of permanent mold are consistent surface finish, and consistent dimensional accuracy. Tooling is typically more costly than sand cast tooling, but produces a lower piece price.
Setting a sand core into a sand mold
A core is a shaped body, usually made of sand, which forms the interior part of the casting. In metalcasting, the mold provides a space for the molten metal to go, while the core keeps the metal from filling the entire space. This video features the placement of a sand core in a sand casting at Alcast Co. Midwest Works.
Hunter 20 machine, Automated Sand Casting Molding
Alcast Midwest has 2 automated sand lines in addition to our squeezer and rotolift molding lines. This video features our H20 machine in action. Schedule you foundry tour today to see our larger Hunter 32 machine!
Pouring of a Sand Mold
Sand Casting is a metal casting process characterized by using sand as the mold material. Sand castings typically have a higher piece price, but lower tooling price. Primary alloys poured include aluminum silicon (300 series). 319, 356, A356
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