Traditional Japanese swordmaking begins with iron-rich sand rather than mined ore. Through a demanding process involving clay furnaces, charcoal, and repeated folding, swordsmiths transform raw ...

Most mass-produced cast-iron pans have a rougher surface that has a slightly bumpy feeling to the touch. This is a natural ...

Levy County commissioners voted 4-1 against a proposed sand mine near Bronson, with Commissioner Rock Meeks casting the lone ...

Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try metal casting. Having created his own tapping arm, he ...

For a series like The Pitt, casting can be an incredibly time consuming and involved process. With over 300 roles to fill, casting directors Cathy Sandrich Gelfond and Erica Berger need to comb ...

Abstract: Metal casting process can produce complex shape products; however, it is usually time consuming and has poor product quality due to casting defects which also impact sustainability. To ...

Abstract: The use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) technology is now playing an increasingly important role in determining the location of parting lines on cast objects. The most used approach is to use ...

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden—Truck manufacturer Scania is recycling the sand from metal casting operations, providing it to a manufacturer of building materials so it can be turned into mortar. Sand casting is ...

The automotive industry has high hopes for the potential of large-scale casting, or megacasting technology. But the adoption of high-pressure die castings to replace assemblages of stamped parts ...