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A Design Study in Steel - Cast Connex Steel Construction Connector

Green Sand Molding

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Metal Pouring into Sand Mold

  • Green sand molding can meet the baseline requirements for the connector for surface finish, detail level, and cost.
  • But for the longer 27" heavy connector, green sand molding has a larger dimensional tolerance (3.0 mm) than the  target tolerance  of  2.6 mm.

Green sand molding is not the best choice.
Go back and select another process


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