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Title: RPT gauges aluminum porosity: the rising demand for top quality aluminum metal castings puts emphasis on reducing test variables to improve accuracy. (reduced pressure test)
Author: Wayne Rasmussen
Publication: Modern Casting (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 1992
Publisher: American Foundrymen’s Society, Inc.
Volume: v82 Issue: n3 Page: p29(3)

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RPT gauges aluminum porosity: the rising demand for top quality aluminum metal castings puts emphasis on reducing test variables to improve accuracy. : An article from: Modern Casting

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A.L.A. Casting Company, Inc.: Presents the Encyclopedia of Jewelry Castings

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An unfinished workpiece requiring cnc machining will need to have some material cut away to create a finished product. A finished product would be a workpiece that meets the specifications set out for that workpiece by engineering drawings or blueprints. For example, a workpiece may be required to have a specific outside diameter. A lathe is a machine tool that can be used to create that diameter by rotating a metal workpiece, so that a cutting tool can cut metal away, creating a smooth, round surface matching the required diameter and surface finish. A drill can be used to remove metal in the shape of a cylindrical hole. Other tools that may be used for various types of metal removal are milling machines, saws, and grinding tools. Many of these same techniques are used in woodworking.
  The three principal cnc machining processes are classified as turning, drilling and milling. Other operations falling into miscellaneous categories include shaping, planing, broaching and sawing. Turning operations are operations that rotate the workpiece as the primary method of moving metal against the cutting tool. Lathes are the principal machine tool used in turning. Milling operations are operations in which the cutting tool rotates to bring cutting edges to bear against the workpiece. Milling cnc machines are the principal machine tool used in milling. Drilling operations are operations in which holes are produced or refined by bringing a rotating cutter with cutting edges at the lower extremity into contact with the workpiece. Drilling operations are done primarily in drill presses but not uncommon on the lathes or mills. Miscellaneous operations are operations that strictly speaking may not be machining operations in that they may not be chip producing operations but these operations are performed at a typical machine tool. Burnishing is an example of a miscellaneous operation. Burnishing produces no chips but can be performed at a lathe, mill, or drill press.
  Machining requires attention to many details for a workpiece to meet the specifications set out in the engineering drawings or blueprints. Beside the obvious problems related to correct dimensions, there is the problem of achieving the correct finish or surface smoothness on the workpiece. The inferior finish found on the machined surface of a workpiece may be caused by incorrect clamping, dull tool, or inappropriate presentation of a tool. Frequently, this poor surface finish, known as chatter, is evident by an undulating or irregular finish, and the appearance of waves on the machined surfaces of the workpiece.
  As a commercial venture, machining is generally performed in a machine shop, which consists of one or more workrooms containing major machine tools. Although a machine shop can be a stand alone operation, many businesses maintain internal machine shops which support specialized needs of the business.
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When a gardener goes out to his fields to start planting, one of the top concerns that he has on his mind is what will potentially be able to kill his crops. Modern man has created many alternatives to natural protection of crops such as pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides which can be harmful not only to the soil but also to the people that eat the plants as well as the aquifers that hold our drinking water beneath the ground. One of natures natural fertilizers as well as insect and disease repellents is called a worm casting. These small nodules are created by red worms as they participate in the composting process, something that they naturally do and have done for millions of years. Here are a few ways that you can use worm castings to not only enhance your organic garden but also protect it from harmful invaders.

Redworm compost is used by many people as a source for organic compost. By simply feeding them some organic scraps from their garden, over a period of time these scraps are processed into a compost that can be used as a mulch or a fertilizer. As the worms process the waste into compost, they also create what are called worm castings. Basically, the poop of the worm, castings can be used for a variety of reasons.

Primarily used as an organic fertilizer, most organic gardeners rely on worm composting and castings to not only balance the pH levels in the soil but also to help retain as much moisture as possible, something that all worms need an abundance of. Unlike most fertilizers, castings will not burn plants or roots if used too much. Moreover, they act as repellents for both insects and diseases that may strike your crops without you knowing.

Worm castings also contain a great variety of nutrients that are used by almost all plants today. Some of these nutrients include magnesium, nitrogen, and potassium which are necessary ingredients for a healthy crop or garden regardless if it is organic or not. What is also interesting is the castings are almost like a time release capsule that will, over time, release the necessary water soluble ingredients into the soil thus making it possible to simply top dress the castings on the soil and allow them to disintegrate over time.

Another aspect of castings are that they have many living components such as aerobic bacteria, the good kind, and organisms that will actually take gasses such as nitrogen from the atmosphere and fix them into usable nitrogen in the form of nitrate, thus feeding the roots of the plants even more.

Castings are naturally harvested over time. They tend to move to the lower levels of the worm bin and if the worms and their environment are regularly aerated by moving the dirt around, through vibration and churning, the castings will fall to the bottom of the bin to be harvested.

Many people are confused as to what worm castings actually are because some people have been shown a bag of castings mixed with compost. Pure castings look like black sand grains with no compost or dirt mixed in. If you get a bag of compost, and there is anything that does not look uniform, like sand grains, then you know that the castings were also not sifted properly from the compost itself. Having a mixture of vermicompost and castings can be beneficial as it will provide a steady stream of fertilizer as bacteria continue to break down the compost over time.

As a general rule, you can spread 10 pounds of worm castings over 150 foot to 200 foot area and be assured that this will properly fertilize your soil in the days to come as it begins to break down in a natural way. Many people that have large gardens or if they are growing crops on a commercial level may have their very own red worm compost generating system where they can access thousands of pounds of castings in order to maintain the vast spread that they are growing.

Another way to extract the nutrients from the castings is to add water to them and aerate them, then spray this castings tea which is high in organic nutrients onto the leaves, called foliar feeding, and into the soil. This is used by those who will use the bacterial nature of the castings to fight outside microorganisms that may land on the leaves and begin to sicken or weaken the plant. These beneficial microorganisms will destroy bad bacteria, fungus, and molds that may be growing on the leaf surface.

If you ever do decide to create a little organic garden, be sure to find a way to get worm castings for your garden. If you like the aspect of doing very little manual labor to achieve compost and fertilizer for your garden then create a supply of vermicompost and spread the compost and castings over your garden soil. Then let nature begin to naturally decompose these castings, through regular watering, so that your soil will have the optimum amount of nutrients necessary for a successful organic crop.

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Casting process started about 6000 years ago. The oldest surviving casting figure is of a copper frog from 3200 BC. Casting may be used to form most intricate of shapes, both internal and external. With the use of casting, we can minimize or eliminate several operations like machining, forging and welding.

With the advancement in technology, casting is now playing a greater role in our lives than before. Even in construction, objects are now casted in a single piece which would otherwise require assembly of several pieces if made by other methods. The example is flyover construction, where material like cement, concrete, iron are casted In a required shape and then fixed.

There are several other advantages of metal casting process including meeting the requirements of mass production. In automobile industry, thousands of cast engine blocks and transmission cases are produced every year. Through casting, heavy metal objects can be casted which would otherwise be difficult to produce. Hydroelectric plant parts, pump housing, valves are examples of the advantages of metal casting.

The casting process is further divided into expendable casting and non-expendable mold casting. Expendable casting includes Sand Casting, Plaster Casting, Shell Molding and Investment Casting This type of casting involves the use of temporary and non-reusable molds.

Non-expendable mold casting includes at least four different methods including permanent mold casting, die casting, centrifugal casting and continuous casting.

I will give you definitions of major casting processes that are used to make metals for different industries.

Die Casting

Die casting is a process for producing engineered metal parts by forcing molten metal under high pressure into reusable molds often called as dies. These dies can be designed to produce complex shapes with a high degree of accuracy and repeatability. Most die castings are made from nonferrous metals, specifically zinc, copper, and aluminum based alloys, but ferrous metal die castings are possible.

Aluminum Casting Process

Aluminum is one of the few metals that can be cast by all of the processes used in casting metals. There are factors like cost, quality and feasibility that affects production of aluminum parts. If you are interested in contacting suppliers of aluminum, ferrous and non-ferrous casting.

Investment Casting

Investment Casting is one of the oldest methods for metal forming. It is also called as lost-wax casting. Investment casting process is generally used for small castings but the process has also produced aircraft doors, heavy steel casting and aluminum casting. This process is more expensive than die casting or sand casting. Investment casting process is generally used for aerospace and power industries.

In the end, I would like to say that casting are helping the industries grow. They are shaping the future. They play an important role in our lives and made life much easier for us.

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