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SFSA: Casting Information
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This page provides an overview of the information that is available
to the designers and buyers of steel casting. The information contained
in these articles is believed to accurate; however, the information
should be considered recommendations.
The designer and buyer should always work with the foundry personnel to
determine specific specifications. Ultimately, the designer is responsible
for the final product design.
Table Of Contents
Introduction and reference material
Overview of the casting process
- The Overview of the casting process highlights the advantages
of the castings process as opposed other methods
of manufacturing metal parts. In addition, a general overview
of the casting process is included.
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Glossary of foundry terms
- used in the metalcasting industry.
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Information for the casting designer
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Framework of designing
- One of the basic principles of the system approach in
engineering design is to define the system boundaries in
such a way that conflicting requirements can be recognized
and resolved.
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Impact of alloy physical characteristics
- Recognizing the impact of physical alloy characteristics and the
mechanical characteristics of each alloy at the outset will help the design
engineer avoid many of the pitfalls in assuming that all
alloys can be treated alike.
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Information for buyers of castings.
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Article 1.
How to order steel castings
- the basic requirements needed to work with your supplier.
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Article 2.
An outline for purchasing steel castings
- This article discusses how to obtain the optimum value from
the purchase of a steel casting by a cooperative
effort on the part of the buyer and of the seller from the
early stages of the conception of design through the
manufacturing process.
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Article 3.
Specifications in used the steel casting industry
- The purpose of this article is to review the role of
specifications as a means of communication between all
parties concerned in the purchase of steel castings.
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List of casting suppliers
- SFSA member company profile. The profile includes: address,
telephone, fax, personnel, type of equipment, testing and upgrade facilities, etc.
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