Advantages of gravity casting:
1,The parts of gravity casting with less pores and can be heat treated. After heat treatment, the strength of the products can be greatly improved, even more than the die casting products.
2, The cost of gravity mold is lower than the cost of other processes.
3, Highly repeatable and simple process, suitable for mass operation.
4, Large range of alloy choices.The special aluminum alloy with low liquidity can be manufactured by gravity casting way.
Disadvantages of gravity casting:
1,The surface of the product is not smooth enough, the gravity casting products tend to form pits on the surface after cooling similar to those that are easily generated after shot blasting.
2,Slow filling speed and low production efficiency. Its production efficiency is only 1/4 of the high pressure die casting, leading to the increase of production cost.
3, Simple process isn’t suitable for the production of thin-walled parts.
4, Low product density. Depending on the liquid self-weight molding, the product density and the its strength are lower than that of die casting, but its elongation is higher.