SFSA Steel Casting Wiki

Getting started

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• How to include math in the 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

Designing castings

• Design for function
• Manufacturing design considerations
• Concurrent engineering
• Engineering drawings for casting production
• Redesign as steel castings
• Cast-weld construction

Manufacture of castings

• Pattern equipment
• Casting and molding processes
• Melting
• Finishing, heat treatment and inspection
• Process capability and tolerances
• Quality control and quality assurance

Material selection - mechanical and chemical properties

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