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What is porosity?
Porosity is a phenomenon that occurs in materials, especially castings, as they change state from liquid to solid during the manufacturing process.
Casting Porosity
Porosity is found in many cast metal components, but is particularly prevalent in aluminium and…
The Impregnation Process Explained
The impregnation process involves five key stages:
Porosity In Powdered Metal Components
Cast components are impregnated to seal them against leaks. Powdered metal parts are impregnated to…
Electronic Component Porosity
Electronic and electrical components need to be protected against water or chemical ingress which can…
Resources
The Vacuum Impregnation Process
An Introduction to the causes of Porosity
Find out more about the causes of casting porosity and the strategies employed to reduce…
Control Porosity with Processing Parameters
Part two of four in this series of webinars from NADCA explores the processing parameters and…
Control Porosity with Casting and Tooling Design
Part three of four in this webinar series exploring the problem of porosity in die-cast…
Predicting and Measuring Porosity
This webinar, the final in a series of four from NADCA, explores how to predict…
News
Ultraseal Chongqing to exhibit at 19th Lijia International Intelligent Equipment Fair 2018
Ultraseal Chongqing will be exhibiting at the 19thLijia International Intelligent Equipment Fair from 9thto 12thMay…
Ultraseal America to exhibit at 2018 AFS Metalcasting Congress
Ultraseal America is exhibiting at the 122nd American Foundry Society (AFS) Metalcasting Congress from April 3 – 5 in Fort Worth, Texas (Booth 528).
Ultraseal International to exhibit at EUROGUSS 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany
Ultraseal International is exhibiting at EuroGuss 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany from 16-18th January 2018 (Stand…
Norman Hay plc acquires Internationale Metall IMPrägnier GmbH and Ing. Hubert Maldaner GmbH
Norman Hay plc has successfully acquired the share capital of Internationale Metall IMPrägnier GmbH (IMP)…
