sand casting

sand casting

See figs. 9, 61, 101, 107, 108, 542.

A casting technique in which metal is poured into a made of a specific type of sand that is bound by clay (or oil or resin in modern foundries). The piece mold is made by ramming the sand around a rigid or within stacked metal frames (aka flasks). See GI§2.4.1.

Sources

Cultural Heritage:

Copper Industry:

Art and Craft Textbook:

General Dictionary: https:​/​/​www​.merriam​-webster​.com​/dictionary​/sand casting

Translations

French: fonte au sable

Technique de fonderie utilisant un en sable.

Note: Dans les textes anciens, le terme de sable est parfois ambigu et peut faire référence à d’autres matières (terre, voire cire) et donc à des procédés autres que la fonte au sable ().

Sources

Cultural Heritage: , 66; , 624; ; , 330

Historical: , 14:353–65, entry « sable »

Art and Craft Textbook:

Alternate Translations

  • moulage au sable

    Sources: Copper Industry: , 5; Art and Craft Textbook: , 31

  • moulage en châssis

    Source: Historical: , 221

  • moulage en sable

    Sources: Copper Industry: ; Other: , 221

  • moulage en sable vert

    Sources: Copper Industry: , 5; Art and Craft Textbook: , 31

German: Sandformguss

Source

, 723

Alternate Translations

  • Sandguss oder

  • Sandgussverfahren

Italian: fusione a staffa

Staffa is Italian for “flask,” the wooden or metal frame containing the sand.

Source

, at the end of fusione a staffa

Alternate Translation

Chinese: 砂型铸造

Source

, 1247