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TOPIC: Gravity Casting advantages
#532
Gravity Casting advantages 1 Year, 6 Months ago  
There are many advantages of gravity casting over die casting and as a die caster I was hoping I could share a few of those advantages. Feel free to add additional advantages you know also.

Gravity casting does not require a large machine to inject the metal.

Gravity casting start up cost is much less than die casting.
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Re:Gravity Casting advantages 1 Year, 6 Months ago  
i think that gravity casting also allows for experimentation.

die casting is great but the tooling and equipment can be prohibitive.

for production yes... die cast

but i think for most artist and hobbyist die casting may be out of reach.

thanks for the info kineticdc

good luck casting,

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Re:Gravity Casting advantages 1 Year, 6 Months ago  
Gravity casting lends itself to more material types
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Re:Gravity Casting advantages 1 Year, 5 Months ago  
You can do undercuts with lost wax or foam.

For the inverse, look at this vid on contra gravity casting !
(You got to let it run a bit before they show it.)

www.hitchiner.com/HIMCO/Advantage05_DSL.html
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Re:Gravity Casting advantages 1 Year, 5 Months ago  
you have more options to do the same shape.


your die or mold can be disposable
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