There exists a need for ever more accurate parts and products to be created, and to be created quickly and efficiently. One way of doing this is to use rapid prototyping technologies. Rapid ...

Pouring molten metal into three-dimensional molds to make metal parts is the basis behind both sand and investment casting. But there are significant differences between these two methods. In sand ...

With most casting today, the process starts at the computer, where a part has been designed and needs to be developed for precision sand-casting. The part is broken down to determine how many molds ...

SPRINGFIELD -- In Roman mythology, the sea god Neptune carried a trident. In modern-day Springfield's North End, a new robot playfully nicknamed by his new owners in Neptune's honor is carrying ...

Project will develop the science and engineering of 3D printed sand-casting molds The base year of the contract is worth $4.6 million; four one-year options, if all are exercised, would bring the ...

The process of sand casting involves the use of non-reusable sand molds to form metal castings. Casting appears to be a simple manufacturing process on the surface: anyone who has built a castle on ...

Sodium Chloride has a melting point of 801 C (1,474 F), putting it comfortably between commonly-cast materials like aluminum ...

Johnstown, PA, June 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) a prime contract worth a potential $15 million to demonstrate ...