Love Casting » sand http://www.shotatlovecasting.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:53:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sand Casting part1 the cope and the drag http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-part1-the-cope-and-the-drag/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-part1-the-cope-and-the-drag/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:08:16 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-part1-the-cope-and-the-drag you need to pack the sand tight into the cope and drag and make sure that the mould is free from any dust.

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-part1-the-cope-and-the-drag/feed/ 0 Kinlochleven High – Sand Casting part3 http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/kinlochleven-high-sand-casting-part3/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/kinlochleven-high-sand-casting-part3/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:33:25 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/kinlochleven-high-sand-casting-part3 Continue reading →]]> Aluminum is put into the crucible and heated to 660oC until is molten. A degassing tablet is put in to help all the impurities separate from the pure aluminium. The cope and drag, with the mould inside the sand, is placed underneath the crucible. The molten aluminium is poured into the runner until it comes out of the riser.

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/kinlochleven-high-sand-casting-part3/feed/ 0 Sand Casting The River Boat Bell Part 1 of 6 Intro http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-the-river-boat-bell-part-1-of-6-intro/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-the-river-boat-bell-part-1-of-6-intro/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:32:11 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-the-river-boat-bell-part-1-of-6-intro Continue reading →]]> The Santa Fe Forge & The Santa Fe Artist Guild Invite you to watch as they attemp to recreat the Famous River Boat bell. please note no modern tools were used in this project only coal and coke were used in the Forge and handtools for the creation of the molds . Sand and clay were hand milled and mixed .hope you enjoy/

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-the-river-boat-bell-part-1-of-6-intro/feed/ 0 Hot Glass Sand Casting (001) http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-001/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-001/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:29:06 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-001 Continue reading →]]> Hot glass sand casting at The Glass Bubble Project in Cleveland,Ohio. Main Artist: Bruce Golovan. A design was made in the sand and hot glass is poured into the mold.Once the glass cools down it is placed into the annealer until the next day.

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-001/feed/ 0 Case Study: Aluminum Casting via Precision Air Set Sand Casting process http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/case-study-aluminum-casting-via-precision-air-set-sand-casting-process/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/case-study-aluminum-casting-via-precision-air-set-sand-casting-process/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:08:06 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/case-study-aluminum-casting-via-precision-air-set-sand-casting-process Mak Garofano discusses recent project utilising the Precision Airset Sand Casting process to produce a superior quality casting

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/case-study-aluminum-casting-via-precision-air-set-sand-casting-process/feed/ 0 Sand Casting Aluminum CNC Parts http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/sand-casting-aluminum-cnc-parts/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/sand-casting-aluminum-cnc-parts/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:09:00 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/sand-casting-aluminum-cnc-parts Sand cast two parts each weighing about 25 pounds of aluminum alloy. They will be the (adjustable) foundation that the rest of my 4x4x2 foot (usable area) CNC machine will be built on.

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/sand-casting-aluminum-cnc-parts/feed/ 11 Hot Glass Sand Casting (002) http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-002/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-002/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:32:33 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-002 Continue reading →]]> Main Artist: Bruce Golovan

Hot glass sand casting at The Glass Bubble Project in Cleveland ,Ohio. A design was made in the sand and hot glass is poured into the mold.Once the glass cools down it is placed into the annealer until the next day.The final photo is the object that you saw being cast placed on a welded base.

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/hot-glass-sand-casting-002/feed/ 0 US Aluminum Castings http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/us-aluminum-castings/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/us-aluminum-castings/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:32:32 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/us-aluminum-castings Continue reading →]]> US Aluminum Castings is a precision aluminum casting foundry providing green sand, lost foam, permanent mold and no-bake foundry services on a just-in-time basis to the aviation, aerospace, heavy truck, military and marine industries. Our company is certified under the NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) requirements for heat-treatment and NDT (Non-Destructive Testing), AS-9100 quality management system, HUBZone business registration, and ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations).
Visit “www.us-castings.com” for more info.

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/aluminum-casting/us-aluminum-castings/feed/ 1 Pre-treatment of sand casting dies with a KUKA robot http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/pre-treatment-of-sand-casting-dies-with-a-kuka-robot/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/pre-treatment-of-sand-casting-dies-with-a-kuka-robot/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:22:09 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/pre-treatment-of-sand-casting-dies-with-a-kuka-robot Continue reading →]]> The Weilbach, Germany plant belonging to Linde Material Handling uses the sand casting process to manufacture 51 so-called structural counterweights for forklift trucks. This is done by pouring molten iron into a molding box made of quartz sand, which is mixed with resin and hardener to achieve the necessary strength. Linde was looking for a more cost-effective alternative to the existing solution, in which the required protective layer between the sand and the molten iron was applied manually in the form of an alcohol-based wash.

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]]> http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/pre-treatment-of-sand-casting-dies-with-a-kuka-robot/feed/ 0 Sand Casting Tim http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-tim/ http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-tim/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:05:11 +0000 admin http://www.shotatlovecasting.com/sand-casting/sand-casting-tim Continue reading →]]> I did this video, so my friend Tim could see what I do in my spare time. The only way I could let him see it, easily, was to put it here. Enjoy

And if anyone has any questions on this process please feel free to ask.

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