I’ve always thought that there are three things you can do with metal: cut it, bend it, and join it. Sure, I knew you could melt it, but that was always something that happened in big foundries- you ...

Pouring molten metal into three-dimensional molds to make metal parts is the basis behind both sand and investment casting. But there are significant differences between these two methods. In sand ...

I’ve always thought that there are three things you can do with metal: cut it, bend it, and join it. Sure, I knew you could melt it, but that was always something that happened in big foundries- you ...

You can melt down almost any kind of aluminum—cans, even—but a piece that has already been cast (such as a water pump, wheel, or intake manifold) will have an alloy that's better suited for casting.

Laurie Adkins sang as she walked room to room at the Metro Arts Center, using a pair of tongs to hold a metal canister heated to 1,000 degrees. "It's like a dance," she said, announcing the hot ...

Family company Dean Group is celebrating its 50th years of casting metal parts in the Manchester area. Specialising in lost-wax, investment and die casting, as well as forging, the company makes parts ...