Design & Patterns

A match plate pattern is a split pattern whose cope and drag halves are mounted back to back on one

Metal casting shrinkage is the volume a casting loses on its way from the ladle to room temperature, and it

Draft Angle Calculator inmm Offset from angleAngle from offsetDie casting (NADCA) Wall height from parting line, L (in.) Draft angle,

Machining allowance is the extra metal left on a casting’s to-be-machined surfaces so the finishing cut can take off the

Casting patterns fall into eleven recognized types, and what separates them is not the shape of the part but how

The first 3D printed sand mold I unpacked looked wrong. The layer lines were visible, the surface felt rougher than