All about Aluminum
Aluminum is a widely used metal in our modern world. Imagine a world without aluminum. It will also be a world without silver paints, explosives, glass, ceramics, cans, foils, LED lights, frying skillets, automobiles, airplanes, CPU’s, outboard motors, lawnmowers, escalators, conveyor belts, streetlamps, typewriters, and some dental equipment. All these things have a component of aluminum, as aluminum cast parts or in other forms.
First step in the aluminum casting process is the presence of an original object which a mold is patterned after. The mold could be made out of sand, wax, plaster, or another metal. There are variations within these variations. For example, sand could be dry sand cores or green sand molds. Metal molds could be water cooled or not. Lubricant is placed on these molds before anything else. Next step is the melting of the metal. The molten metal is then poured into the mold and allowed to solidify inside. As it cures, it takes the shape of the mold, copying every little detail. The product is then taken out of the mold. For aluminum part castings, the process is repeated on and on for a number of times, in the mass production of 380 aluminum parts. These parts are then used for building machines or casings of equipment, or they become part of the little details of some ordinary things that we take for granted.
The casting process is also used in applications other than industry, for example, in art. Sculptors are familiar with the aluminum casting process. In fact, one famous sculpture that is made of aluminum casting is the statue of Eros in Piccadilly of London, the U.K. which used the lost wax method.
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