SFSA Steel Casting Wiki

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General information about steel castings Introduction to steel castings Industrial applications of steel castings Advantages of steel castings Purchasing castings Specifying steel castings Purchasing policy SFSA Directory of Steel Foundries - steel casting supplier database Designing castings Design for function Manufacturing design considerations Concurrent engineering Engineering drawings for casting production Redesign as steel castings Cast-weld construction Examples in Metalcasting Design - a set of design study tutorials Manufacture of castings Pattern equipment Casting and molding processes Melting Finishing, heat treatment and inspection Process capability and tolerances Quality control and quality assurance Appendix AISI and SAE composition limits and ranges of wrought carbon and low alloy steels AISI and SAE composition limits and ranges of wrought stainless steels ACI Alloy designation and composition limits and ranges for heat- and corrosion-resistant castings Conversions of units and hardness values ISO specifications Glossary of foundry terms

Getting started Get an account - If you're a new user, you'll need to do this before you can use the wiki How to contribute to the wiki The SFSA website, http://www.sfsa.org Resources SFSA reports and other publications in PDF format Technical & Operating Conference papers Journal of Steel Castings Research archive SFSA Artisan Program Environmental Health and Safety SFSA Webinars Steel Casting Technology Videos Material selection - mechanical and chemical properties Carbon and low alloy steels for pressure containing and structural parts Wear resistant steels Corrosion-resistant high alloy steels Nickel base castings Heat-resistant high alloy steels Low temperature and cryogenic steels Material selection - processing properties Hardenability and heat treatment Weldability and welding Machinability Material selection - physical properties Physical properties Wiki Management/Construction These pages are listed here as a help to those of us who are working on the wiki SFSA Future Leaders Group Contribution