Brass and Bronze Casting Education and Training

How to find useful industrial brass and bronze casting education and training programs

By Howard Robertson
If you want to use cast bronze or brass products, you must be aware of the metal casting process and the factors that affect the composition of cast bronze or brass products.  

If you wish to enter the business of brass castings or bronze castings, you need to gain adequate knowledge about the process of casting brass or bronze. If you are a brass or bronze casting services provider, updating your knowledge is very important in order to stay ahead of your competitors.  

You can educate yourself and your employees on brass and bronze casting techniques by:
  1. Reading basic brass and bronze casting information
  2. Subscribing to magazines that provide information on brass and bronze castings
  3. Joining associations of metal casting companies
  4. Searching for courses that cover brass and bronze casting processes as a part of their syllabi

 

Find online resources for brass and bronze casting education and training

If you are a beginner in the field of metal casting, you can educate yourself and/or your employees by referring to brass and bronze casting information available on various websites.
Try: The Non-Ferrous Founders' Society (NFFS) offers a detailed metal casting guide that includes useful information about brass and bronze casting processes. You can read detailed information about brass and bronze casting processes in the collection of notes on metal casting at theworkshop.ca. In addition, you can log on to MetalCastingZone.com, a free metal casting community site that gives useful information about the brass and bronze casting method.

Subscribe to magazines that provide information about brass and bronze casting processes

You can subscribe to metal casting magazines that provide insights about various aspects of brass and bronze casting industry such as brass and bronze producers, brass and bronze casting prices and new developments in the industry.
Try: Foundry Management & Technology, a reputable magazine by Penton Media, provides updates about the foundry industry including the brass and bronze casting industry. You can also subscribe to MODERN CASTING, a metal casting magazine that provides updates about the brass and bronze casting industry.

Find certification courses that provide education about brass and bronze casting processes

Various institutions offer certification courses about metal casting science that cover brass and bronze casting processes as a part of their syllabi.
Try: The North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) offers a certification course in die-casting that covers brass casting and bronze casting. Cast Metals Institute offers a course in practical metallurgy for copper-base casting alloys. In addition, California State University, Northridge offers a certification course in industrial bronze casting.