Manufacturing – Casting methods - European Aluminium Association
Manufacturing – Casting methods - European Aluminium Association
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1 <strong>Casting</strong> <strong>methods</strong><br />
1.1 Overview of casting processes and their use in automotive<br />
applications<br />
Automotive casting processes can be differentiated according to (A) mould filling and (B)<br />
moulding technologies. The following <strong>methods</strong> are described in this section and are ranked<br />
according to current usage in the fig. below:<br />
1) Green sand casting<br />
2) Modified DISAmatic casting<br />
3) Core package casting<br />
4) Gravity die casting<br />
5) Low pressure die casting<br />
6) High pressure die casting<br />
7) Vacuum die casting<br />
8) Squeeze casting<br />
9) Thixocasting<br />
10) Vacuum riserless casting<br />
11) Lost foam casting<br />
<strong>Casting</strong> <strong>methods</strong> ordered for casting and moulding technology, size shows market<br />
importance<br />
Source: VAW<br />
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