Castings have been widely used in various industries. Typical castings are roughly divided into the following categories according to different classification methods:
(1) According to the size of castings, they are classified into: large castings, medium castings, small castings, etc.
(2) According to the wall thickness of castings, they are classified as thick wall castings, thin wall castings, etc.
(3) According to the shape and structure of castings, they are classified into: thick wall block castings, Wheel Castings, flange castings, cylinder castings, Ring Castings, plate castings, box castings, pipe castings, cover castings, etc.
Large turbine box, axle holding box for locomotive, reducer box, KF60 self tipping axle box and cylinder block castings belong to typical box castings.
Among them, the shaft box belongs to thin-walled castings: large gears, wheel hubs, sprockets, gear rings and belt pulleys all belong to typical wheel castings.
Cylinder block castings are commonly used in oil cylinder of hydraulic press, hydraulic cylinder of machine tool, large valve body, etc.