Manufacturing processes — casting, forging, machining

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're making a metal spoon. Casting is like pouring melted chocolate into a mould — you pour hot liquid metal into a shaped hole and let it cool into a solid spoon! 🥄

2. 2

   What do you do to the metal before pouring it into the mould?

3. 3

   Let's compare casting and forging step by step. 🛠️

4. 4

   Drag each process name to match its description: 'Pouring liquid metal into a mould' goes with which process?

5. 5

   Which process uses a hammer or press to shape hot metal?

6. 6

   A car engine block is made by pouring molten metal into a sand mould. Which process is this?

7. 7

   If you start with a solid block of aluminium and cut away material to make a bracket, that's called...