The World of Die-Cast:
Die casting is one of the more important aspects of
the casting systems that are used today. This site gives a fairly detailed
overview of the entire die casting system, from material and equipment
used to an example of the products made.
The Full Monty:
This site has a full range of casting processes and
the types of materials that are best produced by a particular system.
It also gives valuable information on the design portion of materials,
the design portiojn that deals with the making of the casting shell.
In all, this site is very informative about the casting process.
Technical Casting:
There is no such thing as technical casting but
this site really goes into detail about the technical and
scientific aspects of the casting process. The makers of the site
were focused on the scientific making of the casting for a car
engine. This aspect of the casting is good for an engineering perspective
and this is why it was included in the sites for the week 13 links.
Missing Sponge?:
I am not sure what is lost foam exactly. But this
site goes into detail about this casting technique. In fact this was the
main focus of thuis website and is quite intersting.
Casting Made Easy:
This website gives almost a guided tour of the method
of producing a casted product. The site goes from the creation of the
wax filling right to the making of the final proct and the comparison to
the initial filling. it also gives a lovely definiton for Investment
Casting and getting the best out of this method of producing units.