What are the basic properties of green sand? Understanding the basic properties of green sand and the equipment required to operate a green sand foundry are important for anyone in related casting industries. Green sand …
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What Are the Primary Gear Hobbing Cutting Parameters? Primary gear hobbing cutting parameters include the radial feed rate, the axial feed rate, the work spindle speed, or work spindle rpm, and the hob spindle speed, …
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What is gear hobbing? Gear hobbing is considered a generating process and is the most common method of producing teeth in gears of all sizes. The gear hobbing equipment and tools utilized for an operation …
What is the roll forming process? The roll forming process is a metal-forming operation that imparts the desired shape to a material strip in a progressive manner. The material strip could be either ferrous materials …
Casting Chronicles The history of humanity is defined by man’s relationship with the material world. Man’s ability to make tools from metals has changed our historical trajectory. A copper frog from Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) dating …
The process of forging produces some of the strongest manufactured components as compared to other metal manufacturing process, making it so important in the metal manufacturing industry. Forging does not change the grain structure of …
Additive manufacturing—or 3D printing—is 30 years old now. Today, it has found applications not just in industry but also in households because of how affordable it has become. As anything can be printed, 3D printing opened up unlimited …
Thousands of years ago duplicate metal structures were cast from an original sculpture by the lost-wax casting process. Investment casting is one of the oldest metal-forming techniques based on this lost-wax casting process. A beeswax pattern is …
The manufacturing industry is ever-changing. One of the key drivers of this change is the emergence of new advanced technologies like additive manufacturing which is leading organizations to rethink their manufacturing processes. Shorter value chains, …
Every now and then we need to brush up on our knowledge. Let’s revisit some of our popular blog posts which are aimed to help reinforce fundamental concepts related to foundries. Controlling raw materials is critical …
Must-read Monday: A mini-guide to basic foundry concepts Read More »
