Sand Casting

What is Sand Casting?

Sand Casting Custom Components is a casting process where the molten metal is poured into a mold made of sand. There are various types of sand castings like Green-sand molding, air set sand casting, dry sand molding and the lost form method. Sand casting is the most commonly used Casting Process because of the cost effectiveness of the process and the easy availability of raw materials.

Sand Casting Custom Components is extensively used, for cast iron and steel parts of medium and large size where surface smoothness and dimensional precision are the main concerns. The sand cast parts can vary in size and weight. Sand casting is also used to make large parts in material like bronze, brass, aluminum, etc like housings for large equipment and heavy machine bases. This process is used in producing automobile components like engine manifolds, transmission cases, cylinder heads and engine blocks and to make small parts like gears, crankshafts, connecting rods and pulleys. Also used for casting sculptures which can have a certain amount of rough surface finish.