This site offers more than 20 metal casting case studies including: nickel-based superalloy floatwall panels for a jet engine combustor, steel diesel locomotive traction motor rotor disc, aluminum cylinder block for General Motors Truck/SUV engines, and magnesium internal interface frame for LCD digital projector. Each case study walks the user through performance goals, design requirements, materials selection, and lessons learned.

Citation: "Practical Examples in Metalcasting Design." Steel Founders' Society of America. July 2006. Steel Founders' Society of America/American Foundry Society.

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“Nice set of case studies in casting of various metals. Provides helpful discussion explaining choice of metal and casting process in part design. But transfer rates are *very* slow for both images and PDFs.” Adam Powell, Veryst