Ablation casting

Ablation casting is a sand casting process that uses water to wash away the mold while the metal solidifies.

This process produces castings with high mechanical properties, reduced defects, and a fine microstructure.

Here are some steps in the ablation casting process: Ablation casting has several advantages, including: Honda used ablation casting to produce the Acura NSX hybrid supercar.

Honda chose ablation casting because conventional castings would have been too brittle for the car's crush zones.

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