Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 8th in SI Units by Pearson

Chapter 11

Metal-casting Processes and Equipment

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Expendable-mold, Permanent-pattern Casting Processes

11.3 Expendable-mold, Expendable-pattern Casting Processes

11.4 Permanent-mold Casting Processes

11.5 Casting Techniques for Single-crystal Components

11.6 Rapid Solidification

11.7 Inspection of Castings

11.8 Melting Practice and Furnaces

11.9 Foundries and Foundry Automation

Case Studies:

11.1 Lost-foam Casting of Engine Blocks

11.2 Investment Casting of Total Knee Replacements

11.3 Die Casting of a Headlight Mount

11.4 Die Cast Magnesium Liftgate

 

• Building upon the fundamentals of solidification, fluid flow, and heat transfer described in the preceding chapter, this chapter presents the principles of industrial casting ...