  The Metalcasting Area of
the FAME Lab provides graduate and undergraduate students
with instructional experiences in metal casting and
the use of software tools for gating, risering, and
solidification modeling. The laboratory uses a medium
frequency coreless induction furnace for student instruction
and experimentation with both ferrous and non-ferrous
metals. A wide variety of casting and molding processes
are used including green san casting, resin bonded sand
casting, the evaporative casting process, and permanent
mold casting. Students gain valuable experience doing
the molding and casting themselves under the direction
of a skilled technician and teaching assistant.
The metal casting lab also includes a complete sand
testing equipment, patternmaking facility, and metallograph
and carbon sulphur analysis instrumentation.
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