Casting materials are usually metals or various time setting materials that cure after mixing two or more components together. Casting is most often used for making complex shapes that would be otherwise difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods. Steel casting is a specialized form of casting involving various types of steel. Steel castings are used when cast irons cannot deliver enough strength or shock resistance. ... Steel castings are categorized into two general groups: carbon steels and alloy steels. Examples of items that are steel castings include: hydroelectric turbine wheels, forging presses, gears, railroad truck frames, valve bodies, pump casings, mining machinery, marine equipment, turbocharger turbines and engine cylinder blocks.

These items are different sizes and different grades with different chemical compositions. These items are casted in Furnaces and moulds are used to make such items.Casting takes place largely in Punjab,Chhatisgarh,Uttar Pradesh Tamil Nadu,Orissa etc.

Examples of items that are steel castings include: hydroelectric turbine wheels, forging presses, gears, railroad truck frames, valve bodies, pump casings, mining machinery, marine equipment, turbocharger turbines and engine cylinder blocks.