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Application:
Typical materials that can be cast with this process are iron, steel, stainless steels and alloys of aluminium, copper and nickel. Two materials can be cast by introducing a second material during the process. Typical parts made by this process are pipes, boilers, pressure vessels, fly wheels, cylinder liners and other parts that are ax-symmetric.
Type of Centrifugal Casting:
 Semi-Centrifugal Casting
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Centrifugal casting is both gravity- and pressure-independent since it creates its own force feed using a temporary sand mould held in a spinning chamber at up to 900 N (90 g). Lead time varies with the application. Semi- and true-centrifugal processing permit 30-50 pieces/hr-mould to be produced, with a practical limit for batch processing of approximately 9000 kg total mass with a typical per-item limit of 2.3-4.5 kg.
Industrially, the centrifugal casting of railway wheels was an early application of the method developed by German industrial company Krupp and this capability enabled the rapid growth of the enterprise.
Small art pieces such as jewelry are often cast by this method using the lost wax process, as the forces enable the rather viscous liquid metals to flow through very small passages and into fine details such as leaves and petals. This effect is similar to the benefits from vacuum casting, also applied to jewelry casting.
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