Is investment casting expensive?
Investment casting is generally more expensive than sand casting due to higher material, tooling, and processing costs, but it offers […]
Investment casting is generally more expensive than sand casting due to higher material, tooling, and processing costs, but it offers […]
Advantages of investment casting: high dimensional accuracy, excellent surface finish, and ability to produce complex shapes. Disadvantages of investment casting:
Investment casting uses wax to make the pattern, ceramic slurry for the mould shell, and metals such as steel, stainless
Advantages of sand casting: low cost, simple process, suitable for large and complex shapes, and flexible for small or large
Sand used in sand casting should have refractoriness (resist high temperatures), permeability (allow gases to escape), adhesiveness (hold shape with
Center drilling is used to create a small conical hole at the center of a workpiece to guide a lathe
Deep hole drilling is a machining process used to create holes with a depth much greater than their diameter. It
Core drilling is a machining process used to enlarge an existing hole by removing material from the inner surface of
Peck drilling is a drilling technique in which the drill bit is fed into the workpiece in short, repeated steps
In manufacturing, different hole-making and hole-finishing operations are performed to achieve the required accuracy, fit, and functionality. Drilling, reaming, tapping,