metal casting
Pouring liquid alloy
Metal casting is the process of shaping metal by pouring it molten into a mold and letting it solidify.
The technique produces everything from engine blocks to bronze sculptures.
A metal casting is also the object produced: The foundry shipped three thousand castings last month.
- riserStair's vertical portion
- moldForm-giving container
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- aluminumElement thirteen
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
bronze statue · porosity · turbine blades · steel · foundry · shrinkage · crucible · sprue · ladle · engine blocks · pattern making · metallurgy · jewelry · brass · copper · inclusions · pewter · ingot
- heavy industrysteel mills, steel production, steel industry, steelmaking, smelters
- artisan craftshandmade goods, fine jewelry, artisan crafts, handcrafted furniture, watchmaking
- metalworkblacksmithing, gilding, silversmithing, enamel, metalsmithing
- metalworkingwelding, forging, smithing, smelting, anvil
- sculptingcarving, clay, modeling, molding, plaster
- metal craftswelding, soldering, tin work, riveting
manufacturing method
metal castingforging
Shaping heated metal; faking documents
machining · metal fabrication · welding · stamping · extrusion
material state during forming
metal castingplastic deformation
Lasting material distortion under stress