CASTING OF METALS

**Definition:** This place covers:

The casting of metals and of other substances by the same processes or machines. By "other substances" is meant basically the group of non-metals, e.g. silicon.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Shaping of plastics -> B29C

**Glossary:** - Core: Part of a mould used in a casting process that forms the internal shapes of a casting, which cannot be shaped by the pattern - Gate: Channel that allow the molten metal to enter the mould cavity during casting