Technical Terms Turn Friendly


In an industry riddled with technical terms, don’t trip up on familiar words with different metalcasting meanings.


APRIL DAHLQUIST, ASSISTANT EDITOR M


any industries have unique vocabularies and their own acronyms. T e metalcasting industry has the extra burden (or blessing, depending on how you look at it)


of using terms with alternative, everyday meanings. Sometimes the everyday defi nition can


help you understand the metalcasting defi nition, and sometimes it can further confuse. To help clarify, we’ve set up a short glossary of terms with double meanings, taken from the American Foundry Society’s Metalcasting Dictionary and


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conversations with industry experts. So wipe those hot tears away, metalcasting


isn’t that bad. Grab a biscuit, take a shot and get ready to learn all the terms you thought you knew before you started working with the metalcasting industry.


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