The advantages and disadvantages of sand casting | Oeform

Author: Polly

Jul. 02, 2024

The advantages and disadvantages of sand casting | Oeform

Sand Casting is very traditional process, In ancient China, there have many products already used this process to produce goods; they can use kind of material(like gold, iron,Brass, Aluminium and so on) to produce various products, till now it still use on many industry area. like many Machine equipment base, what is advantages and disadvantages of sand casting? today let us dig it out.

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Advantages of Sand castingDisadvantages of Sand castingSimple production processHandmade processLow cost Casting moldsLow strengthLower production costsLow dimensional accuracyWider material choiceRough surface qualityHigh complexity shapesMore casting defectsShort lead timeUnstable casting quality

Advantages of Sand casting

 

Simple production process

 

Use common Sand make mould or Pattern out. and ouring into Melten metal liquid into mould or pattern. after cool down, take the part out.

 

Low cost Casting molds

 

the Mould or pattern most is square one. it is simple with low cost.

 

Lower production costs

 

this process is good for low volume with very thick wall parts. and part price will not expensive.

 

Wider material choice

 

there have many material can choice, like iron, steel, Aluminium, Brass and so on, only the sand foundry have this material.

 

Short lead time

 

From make mould or pattern out to Product been casting out, it will take short lead time.

 

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Disadvantages of Sand casting

 

Handmade process

 

Manpower to Monitor and controll this whole casting process.  will cause unstable quality.

 

Low strength

 

Sand casting is pouring molten material into by hand. no pressure. cause the part inside is loose. and easy to have porosity defects. it is different with Gravity Die Casting and High Pressure Die Casting.

 

Low dimensional accuracy & Rough surface quality

 

due to this process is use Sand core to make parts out, cause the casting parts surface is rough, also dimension is not precision, some of the dimension have to use CNC to Machine.

 

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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Metal Casting Process

Metal casting is a production method in which molten metal is poured into a cavity with a shape and size appropriate to the workpiece and left to cool and solidify to obtain a blank or part.

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