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  Glossary Of Casting Terms
DENSE CASTING: A casting that is highly compressed and with a minimum of porosity.
FLASK: The metallic container in which the wax or plastic model is placed and then surrounded by investment slurry.
LOST WAX CASTING: When a wax model is surrounded by an investment slurry which hardens to form a mold, the mold is heated during burnout and the wax pattern melts away and is "lost".
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  Casting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Casting is a process by which a material is introduced into a mold while it is liquid, allowed to solidify in the shape inside the mold, and then removed producing a fabricated object, part, or casing.
Casting is a process by which a fluid melt is introduced into a mold, allowed to cool in the shape of the form, and then ejected to make a fabricated part or casing.
Plaster casting is similar to sand molding except that plaster is substituted for sand.
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 Sand casting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A multi-part molding box (known as a casting flask, sometimes referred to as the cope and drag) is prepared to receive the pattern.
When casting with metals like iron or lead, which are significantly heavier than the casting sand, the casting flask is often covered with a heavy plate to prevent a problem known as floating the mold.
The casting may be further strengthened by surface compression treatment—like shot peening —that adds resistance to tensile cracking and smoothes the rough surface.
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