Centrifugal Casting
H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia
Centrifugal casting has a rotating cylindrical
mould; molten matter poured into the mould solidifies to give a pipe. The
quality is excellent and the process is used for making long pipelines
for the chemical industry. Here we illustrate small-scale centrifugal casting, to make particularly homogeneous castings of solid steel-rods.
The photographs below are provided by Professor Sung Mo Jung, of the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea.