In casting, a pattern is a replica of the object to be cast, used to form the sand mould cavity into which molten metal is poured during the casting process...

Evaporative-pattern casting is a type of casting process that uses a pattern made from a material that will evaporate when the molten metal is poured into...

Investment casting derives its name from the fact that the pattern is invested, or surrounded, with a refractory material. The wax patterns require extreme...

000 years. In its earliest forms, beeswax was used to form patterns necessary for the casting process. Today, more advanced waxes, refractory materials...

Investment casting – Industrial process based on lost-wax casting Lost-foam casting – Type of evaporative-pattern casting process Lost-wax casting – Process...

Pattern (architecture) Pattern (casting) Pattern coin Pattern matching Pattern (sewing) Pattern recognition Patterns in nature Pedagogical patterns Software...

Sand casting, also known as sand molded casting, is a metal casting process characterized by using sand—known as casting sand—as the mold material. The...

Lost-foam casting (LFC) is a type of evaporative-pattern casting process that is similar to investment casting except foam is used for the pattern instead...

and then disassemble to release the finished casting; they are expensive, but necessary when the casting shape has complex overhangs. Piece-molding uses...

Die casting is a metal casting process that is characterized by forcing molten metal under high pressure into a mold cavity. The mold cavity is created...

Full-mold casting is an evaporative-pattern casting process which is a combination of sand casting and lost-foam casting. It uses an expanded polystyrene...

casting. Early Cadillacs manufactured before 1965 used a "round top" bellhousing very similar to early Buicks; around 1965, the bellhousing pattern was...

cast. Shell mold casting requires the use of a metal pattern, oven, sand-resin mixture, dump box, and molten metal. Shell mold casting allows the use of...

Rapid casting is an integration of investment casting with rapid prototyping/3D printing. In this technique disposable patterns that are used for forming...

Centrifugal casting (industrial) Continuous casting Die casting Evaporative-pattern casting Full-mold casting Lost-foam casting Investment casting (Lost-wax...

process called metal impregnating. Diagrams of two pattern types In the casting process, a pattern is made in the shape of the desired part. Simple designs...

crystallization patterns, and potential defects in the casting before the start of the actual production process. By simulating the casting process, manufacturers...

Britannica article "Pattern". Multiple patterning, a class of technologies for manufacturing integrated circuits Pattern (casting), a replica of the object...

In computer science, type conversion, type casting, type coercion, and type juggling are different ways of changing an expression from one data type to...

casting is a metalworking casting process similar to sand casting except the molding material is plaster of Paris instead of sand. Like sand casting,...

part of the pattern can be made from wax in conjunction with a standard pattern; essentially using investment and ceramic mold casting techniques together...

Lost-wax casting – also called investment casting, precision casting, or cire perdue (French: [siʁ pɛʁdy]; borrowed from French) – is the process by which...

Centrifugal casting or rotocasting is a casting technique that is typically used to cast thin-walled cylinders. It is typically used to cast materials...

Cleveland which uses the small block V8 pattern) 400 V8 (except some 1971 and 1973 late Windsor-style castings) 385-Series 370 V8 429 V8 460 V8 514 V8...

sand-casting procedure, the drag is placed upside down on a board, around a pattern of the part to be cast. The pattern is a model of the desired casting....

a set of English pronunciation features Lost-foam casting, a type of evaporative-pattern casting process Low Framerate Compensation, a software technique...

Spin casting, also known as centrifugal rubber mold casting (CRMC), is a method of utilizing inertia to produce castings from a rubber mold. Typically...

Continuous casting, also called strand casting, is the process whereby molten metal is solidified into a "semifinished" billet, bloom, or slab for subsequent...

Pattern maker or patternmaker may refer to: Someone who makes patterns for casting Patternmaker (clothing) Patternmaker (engineering) This disambiguation...

cures, it is cut into distinct sections and the pattern is removed. The cavity formed is used for casting the end product. The cavity or void is filled...