The old foundry got a new location in the other side of the yard and it became a museum introducing especially the traditional sand casting method of the foundry.
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Remington then returned to sculpture, and produced his first works produced by the lost wax method, a higher quality process than the earlier sand casting method he had employed.
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One pair even had magnetically held lenses; another one got its shape from the intended production method : Its shape was accommodated to a sand casting process of titanium.
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With sand casting parts this means a rather rough finish; but with molded plastic or die-cast metal, the threads can be very nice indeed straight from the mold or die.
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Sand castings generally have a rough surface finish, therefore need a greater machining allowance, whereas die casting has a very fine surface finish, which may not need any machining tolerance.
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In a sand casting foundry there are broadly two reasons for rejection of the casting & mdash; metal and sand & mdash; each of which has a large number of internal variables.
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The main disadvantage is that the process is slower than traditional sand casting so it is only suitable for low to medium production volumes; approximately 10 to 15, 000 pieces a year.
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The sand used is finer than sand casting sand and is mixed with a resin so that it can be heated by the pattern and hardened into a shell around the pattern.
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From castings that fit in the palm of your hand to train beds ( one casting can create the entire bed for one rail car ), it can all be done with sand casting.
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A mold for each of these segments was produced using the sand casting method ( sand mixed with epoxy forms to the outer shape of the statue and then hardens creating the mold ).
