Online Video Training - Metal Melting and Handling

Metal melting and handling is key to successful die casting operations.

NADCA, through funding from the H. L. Harvill foundation, has produced this 46 minute video to assist die casters to learn proper techniques at the melting and handling furnaces.

The video is broken down into the following key topics:

Storage and Pre-heating Materials
Types of furnaces
Metal Handling and Transport
Metal Quality
Casting Defects
Specific Alloy Groups - Aluminum, Zinc, Magnesium

To view samples of these videos, click on any of the topics listed in the paragraph above. The full DVD version of this video, Metal Melting and Handling, can also be purchased in our Media Catalog.

This video was made possible through funding from the Harvill Foundation. The Foundation was established to provide support for continuing education opportunities in the die casting industry.