Casting

: This article is about the manufacturing process. For other uses, see casting (disambiguation).

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Casting is a process by which a material is introduced into a mold while it is liquid, allowed to solidify in the shape inside the mold, and then removed producing a fabricated object, part, or casing. Casting is often used for creating one or more copies of an original piece of sculptural (three-dimensional) artwork. It is also used extensively in the automobile manufacture industry, such as the casting of engine blocks or cylinder heads, or vacuum-forming of plastics and in the lost core process. The process, particularly when performed with molten metals, is also called founding.

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Casting may be used to form hot, liquid metals or meltable plastics (called thermoplastics), or various materials that cold set after mixing of components such as certain plastic resins (e.g. epoxy), water setting materials such as concrete or plaster, and materials that become liquid or paste when moist such as clay, which when dry enough to be rigid is removed from the mold, further dried, and fired in a kiln.

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Casting related Images and Photos (experimental)

Altar-Casting Crown	Casting Spells of Love and Hate	Fisherman Casting Net in the Niger River at Segoukoro	NBC NY 1926 Casting Unisex T-Shirt
Disney Mickey Mouse Casting a Spell Canvas Giclee Print	Silhouette of Fisherman Casting a Line into Lake Ontario Canada	Couple Walk Purposefully Through a Gallery Room Casting a Quick Glance at the Pictures as They Pass