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Cast steel vs cast iron microstructure showing how a fatigue crack propagates through graphite flakes
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Cast Steel vs Cast Iron

Choose cast steel when the part must take impact, bending or internal pressure and yield before it breaks; choose cast

Three-quarter view of a ferrous pump volute casting labeled at four surface zones: the sealing flange face, the bearing bore, a structural rib, and the flat coated external panel, each showing its required surface roughness
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Investment Casting vs Sand Casting

Investment casting holds tighter tolerances; sand casting tools cheaper and goes heavier. Five numbers from your own print decide which route fits a specific ferrous part.

Cross-section of a sand casting mould showing a thin dark chromite facing layer against the pattern surface backed by lighter silica sand filling the rest of the flask
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Types of Sand for Sand Casting

Four base sands and three binder families are two separate specification decisions. The sintering, expansion and acid demand numbers that separate them for ferrous casting.

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What Is Sand Casting

Sand casting is the process of forming a cavity in bonded sand around a pattern, pouring molten metal into that

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