Centrifugal casting is particularly suited as they behave in the manner of shallow flat castings relative to the direction of the centrifugal force. Centrifugal casting is also used to manufacture disk and cylinder shaped objects such as railway carriage wheels or machine fittings where grain, flow, and balance are important to the durability ...

In biology, inoculum refers to the source material used for inoculation.Inoculum may refer to: . In medicine, material that is the source of the inoculation in a vaccine; In microbiology, propagules: cells, tissue, or viruses that are used to inoculate a new culture Microbial inoculant, the beneficial introduction of microbes to improve plant health; A method of propagation of fungal plant ...