Products made by casting or moulding?

Question

I am doing an assingment on casting and moulding and I really need examples of products made by casting and moulding.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Everything that you see in the toy store - doll parts - model cars - metal wagons would be formed by pressing the sheet metal into a mold.

plastic broom handles - fly swatters - eye glasses.  You name it! If it isn't one of a kind it is most likely produced in a mold.

Answer 2

toilets,sinks.vases,brake drums for cars,any bronze statue,anything made of clay or plaster of Paris,anything plastic like toys the plastic models of cars planes boats ,your computer mouse,home phone,the list goes on look around your house if its plastic it was made with a mold,shoe soles,silver ware,Cd's

Answer 3

Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material such as a suspension of minerals as used in ceramics or molten metal or plastic is introduced into a mould, allowed to solidify within the mould, and then ejected or broken out to make a fabricated part. Casting is used for making parts of complex shape that would be difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods, such as cutting from solid material.

Casting may be used to form hot, liquid metals or meltable plastics (called thermoplastic), or various materials that cold set after mixing of components such as certain plastic resins such as 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 or furnace.

Substitution is always a factor in deciding whether other techniques should be used instead of casting. Alternatives include parts that can be stamped out on a punch press or deep-drawn, forged, items that can be manufactured by extrusion or by cold-bending, and parts that can be made from highly active metals.

The casting process is subdivided into two distinct subgroups: expendable and nonexpendable mold casting

A mold or mould is a hollowed-out block that is filled with a liquid like plastic, glass, metal, or ceramic raw materials. The liquid hardens or sets inside the mold, adopting its shape. A mold is the opposite of a cast (see casting). The manufacturer who makes the molds is called moldmaker. A release agent is typically used to make removal of the hardened/set substance from the mold easier.

see second web page for types of molding