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== Getting started ==
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* '''[[Get an account]]''' - If you're a new user, you'll need to do this before you can use the wiki or forum
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* Visit the [[Special:AWCforum|'''SFSA Steel Casting Discussion Forum''']]
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* [http://www.sfsa.org The SFSA website, http://www.sfsa.org]
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== General information about steel castings ==
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* [[Introduction to steel castings]]
 
* [[Introduction to steel castings]]
 
* [[Industrial applications of steel castings]]
 
* [[Industrial applications of steel castings]]
 
* [[Advantages of steel castings]]
 
* [[Advantages of steel castings]]
 
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== Purchasing castings ==
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* [[Specifying steel castings]]
 
* [[Specifying steel castings]]
 
* [[Purchasing policy]]
 
* [[Purchasing policy]]
 
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*[http://www.sfsa.org/dir SFSA Directory of Steel Foundries] - steel casting supplier database
== Designing castings ==
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* [[Design for function]]
 
* [[Design for function]]
 
* [[Manufacturing design considerations]]
 
* [[Manufacturing design considerations]]
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* [[Redesign as steel castings]]
 
* [[Redesign as steel castings]]
 
* [[Cast-weld construction]]
 
* [[Cast-weld construction]]
 
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*[http://www.sfsa.org/tutorials Examples in Metalcasting Design] - a set of design study tutorials
==Manufacture of castings ==
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* [[Pattern equipment]]
 
* [[Pattern equipment]]
 
* [[Casting and molding processes]]
 
* [[Casting and molding processes]]
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* [[Process capability and tolerances]]
 
* [[Process capability and tolerances]]
 
* [[Quality control and quality assurance]]
 
* [[Quality control and quality assurance]]
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* [[AISI and SAE composition limits and ranges of wrought carbon and low alloy steels]]
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* [[AISI and SAE composition limits and ranges of wrought stainless steels]]
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* [[ACI Alloy designation and composition limits and ranges for heat- and corrosion-resistant castings]]
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* [[Conversions of units and hardness values]]
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* [[ISO specifications]]
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* [https://www.sfsa.org/glossary.php Glossary of foundry terms]
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== Material selection - mechanical and chemical properties ==
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*[[SFSA reports and other publications|SFSA reports and other publications in PDF format]]
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*[[Technical & Operating Conference|Technical & Operating Conference]] papers
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*[[Journal of Steel Castings Research]] archive
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*[[SFSA Artisan Program]]
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*[[Employee Training Resources]]
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*[[Environmental Health and Safety]]
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*[[SFSA Webinars]]
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*[[Steel Casting Technology Videos]]
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*Results of [[SFSA Surveys]]
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*[[AMC CSR Technical Summaries]]
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* [[Carbon and low alloy steels for pressure containing and structural parts]]
 
* [[Carbon and low alloy steels for pressure containing and structural parts]]
 
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* [[Heat-resistant high alloy steels]]
 
* [[Low temperature and cryogenic steels]]
 
* [[Low temperature and cryogenic steels]]
 
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* [[Hardenability and heat treatment]]
 
* [[Hardenability and heat treatment]]
 
* [[Weldability and welding]]
 
* [[Weldability and welding]]
 
* [[Machinability]]
 
* [[Machinability]]
 
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* [[Physical properties]]
 
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* [[ISO specifications]]
 
* [http://www.sfsa.org/sfsa/glossary/cstgloss.php Glossary of foundry terms]
 
 
 
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These pages are listed here as a help to those of us who are working on the wiki
 
These pages are listed here as a help to those of us who are working on the wiki
 
*[[SFSA Future Leaders Group Contribution]]
 
*[[SFSA Future Leaders Group Contribution]]
*[[SFSA Artisan Program]]
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*[[SFSA reports and other publications|SFSA reports and other publications in PDF format]]
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Revision as of 11:14, 14 May 2018

Welcome to the

Steel Casting Wiki

8,848 pages, 1,013 users
 

General information about steel castings

Purchasing castings

Designing castings

Manufacture of castings

Appendix

Getting started

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Resources

Material selection - mechanical and chemical properties

Material selection - processing properties

Material selection - physical properties

Wiki Management/Construction

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These pages are listed here as a help to those of us who are working on the wiki