Metal Process Uses Flashcards
Press forming uses
Metal seats, car body panels, boxes and containers
Spinning uses
Body of stainless steel kettles, saucepans, metal light shades
Cupping and deep drawing uses
Fire extinguishers, aerosol cans, drinks cans
Drop forging uses
Spanners, pliers and screwdriver shafts
Wrought iron forging uses
Decorative metal work such as gate scrolls, decorative fencing
Bending uses
Seams on metal edges, bending sheets for product casings or housing
Hot rolling uses
I beams, angle bar, plate and channel railway tracks
Cold rolling uses
Filing cabinets, chairs, steel drums, containers
Sand casting uses
Railway carriage wheels, wood working clamps, vices, drain covers, post boxes
Gravity die casting uses
Alloy wheels, engine components, door knobs and handles
Pressure diecasting uses
Toy cars collectible figures, decorative door knobs and handles
Investment casting uses
Cast jewellery or collectible figures, hip replacement joints.
Pewter casting uses
Jewellery, key fobs and active components
Mig welding uses
Tubular products such as climbing frames, bike frames and vehicle exhausts
Tig welding
Stainless steel ladders for boats or swimming pools, welding stainless steel car exhausts
Oxy acetylene welding uses
Welding miles steel sheet, tube or plate where Ark welding processes are not available
Spot welding uses
Used to weld mild steel sheet metal at points along the length
Soldering uses
Lightweight applications and thin gauge metals, joining precious metals such as gold and silver, the jewellery or joining copper pipe in plumbing.
Brazing uses
Lower temperature than welding, so it is suitable for joining thinner gauge mild steel and tube or bar
Pop riveting uses
Sheet metal or plate joining
