Castings: Ten Rules for Good Castings

Abstract

The Ten Rules are a checklist of the conditions necessary for the production of successful castings, particularly dealing with the metal quality, with a view to achieving a casting with minimal, preferably zero, faults. The first five Rules specify the conditions to avoid entrainment defects, particularly bifilms and bubbles. The remaining Rules deal with the provision of feeding, avoidance of convection, chemical segregation, and residual stress, and the provision of pickup locations for machining.