FORMATION

OF RING
(CASTING
PROCESS)
Casting techniques brought the
industrial age of 18th century
3300 B.C. Otzi, the oldest natural mummy
had an axe with a copper casted axe head.
 Casting Process
● Casting is pouring molten metal into a
refractory mold cavity and allows it to
solidify.

● The solidified object is taken out from

the mold either by breaking or taking the
mold apart.

● A solidified object is called casting and

the technique followed in method is
known as casting process
 ADVANTAGES OF
CASTING
● Product can be cast as one piece.
● Very heavy and bulky parts can be
manufactured.
● Metals difficult to be shaped by
other manufacturing process may
be cast (eg, Cast Iron)
● Best for mass production
● Complex shapes can be
manufactured
 DISADVANTAGES
OF CASTING
● Casting process is a labour intensive
process
● Not possible for high melting point
metals.
● Dimensional accuracy , surface finish and
the amounts of defects depends on the
casting process
 WAX
CASTING
Another traditional form of ring
making involves of wax carving.The
first use of this method dates to times
of primitive craftsmen. Wax casting is
still the preferred method to this day.

The method is also referred to as the

“lost wax process” – no trace of it will
be left by the time you put your ring on
to your finger.
Analysis of ring formation
technique

CASTING IN ACTION
 CASTING WAX
MODEL
Each design begins as a series of
sketches to flesh out the design
and measurements for the final
piece. The carving sometimes
changes along the way, but a good
sketch gives us a road map to
follow at the start.
FINISHED WAX
MODEL
 MAKING
MOULD
The wax ring is attached to a
rubber base to create a mold. A
wax rod called a sprue connects
the two. This will become the
channel through which molten
gold flows into the ring.investment
plaster is poured into the cylinder
and over the wax model. This part
is like pouring pancakes.
INGOTS
MANUFACTURER
 MIDAS TOUCH
Our flask gets loaded next to our
crucible in a spring loaded
centrifugal caster. We light the torch
and begin to melt down the casting
grain. Watching this flame and the
molten gold dance feels a bit like
magic.The molten metal is forced
out of the crucible and into the flask
using centrifugal force.
SOLID GOLD RING
FINISHING AND POLISHING
The sprue and button left over
from casting must be removed
from the bottom of the ring. A
jeweler’s saw makes quick
work of this task. Next, we
shape the bottom of the ring
with a file. We clean the whole
ring using progressively finer
grits of sandpaper to leave a
perfectly smooth surface.
SPARKLE, BABY
OTHER
TECHNIQUES
Heat treatment: It is the
process of heating metal without
letting it reach its molten, or melting,
stage, and then cooling the metal in a
controlled way to select desired
mechanical properties. Heat treatment
is used to either make the metal
stronger or more malleable, more
resistant to abrasion, or more ductile.
Machining: It is a
process in which a metal is
cut into a desired final
shape and size by a
controlled material removal
process. The processes that
have this common theme,
controlled material
removal, are today
collectively known as
Subtractive manufacturing.
 PROCESS
MANUFACTURING
PRESENT
Prototyping Making of Making of
Design rubber mold wax
patterns

Stone- Making of
Polishing setting Touching up investment

Finished
Electroplating product
COMPUTER-AIDED
JEWELLERY DESIGN
PROTOTYPE SYSTEM
A 3D graphics workstation forms the heart of
this system. It is supported by an image-
requisition subsystem on the input side (in
addition to standard input devices like the
keyboard and mouse) and a stereolithography
apparatus (SLA), film-recorder, colour hard
copier and laser-printer plotter on the output
side. Completing this prototype system is a 3D
product modelling software package and
interfaces to the various input and output
devices.
THAN
K
YOU