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Pouring, Fabrication, & Assembly
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Once the molds are produced by Synappsys Digital Services Company, the foundry begins the process of pouring. After the pouring is complete, the fabrication and assembly process begins:- The bronze alloy is heated until it is liquefied and poured into the molds where it remains until cooled.
- Once cooled, the molds are broken away from the now hardened bronze alloy panels.
- Approximately 3,600 panels will be poured to make up the outer skin of The American monument.
- The outer skin will weigh over 350,000 pounds.
- The individual panels will then be welded together in sections of 16 to 20 panels.
- The welded seams on each section will be sanded and finished.
- Then the sections will be attached to a steel substructure.
- The sections will then be delivered to the site of The American and mounted to the infrastructure of the Monument.
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