Investment Casting
This process allows the manufacture typically of small components, up to around 35Kg in weight to a very high degree of accuracy, 0.5% of length.
Investment casting requires the use of a metal die, wax, ceramic slurry, furnace, molten metal, and any machines needed for sandblasting, cutting, or grinding.
The process
1 Pattern creation - The wax patterns are typically injection molded into a metal die and are formed as one piece. Cores may be used to form any internal features on the pattern. Several of these patterns are attached to a central wax gating system (sprue, runners, and risers), to form a tree-like assembly. The gating system forms the channels through which the molten metal will flow to the mold cavity.
2 Mold creation - This "pattern tree" is dipped into a slurry of fine ceramic particles, coated with more coarse particles, and then dried to form a ceramic shell around the patterns and gating system. This process is repeated until the shell is thick enough to withstand the molten metal it will encounter. The shell is then placed into an oven and the wax is melted out leaving a hollow ceramic shell that acts as a one-piece mold, hence the name "lost wax" casting.
3 Pouring - The mold is preheated in a furnace to approximately 1000° C (1832° F) and the molten metal is poured from a ladle into the gating system of the mold, filling the mold cavity. Pouring is typically achieved manually under the force of gravity, but other methods such as vacuum or pressure are sometimes used.
4 Cooling - After the mold has been filled, the molten metal is allowed to cool and solidify into the shape of the final casting. Cooling time depends on the thickness of the part, thickness of the mold, and the material used.
5 Casting removal - After the molten metal has cooled, the mold can be broken and the casting removed. The ceramic mold is typically broken using water jets, but several other methods exist. Once removed, the parts are separated from the gating system by either sawing or cold breaking (using liquid nitrogen).
Finishing - Often times, finishing operations such as grinding or sandblasting are used to smooth the part at the gates. Heat treatment is also sometimes used to harden the final part.
Material Selection
The types of material suitable for investment casting include carbon steel, steel alloy, stainless steel (304 316 316L), Aluminum Alloys, Copper Alloys, and some precious metals. Etc.
Most of die casting products should be processed or manufactured into components or a finished product for end using.
Available surface treatments: Polishing, coating, plating, hot DIP galvanizing, anodizing.
Main products: Street lamp body, marine hardware, medical instruments and other machined parts. These components are manufactured to out customers'specifications provided in forms of blueprint files or samples.
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Material available |
Carbon steel, Stainless steel, spring steel, Bronze, brass, copper alloy, aluminum alloy, tinplate, nickel silver, plastic |
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Surface treatment |
Polishing\Spray Coating\Deburring\Electroplating\Oxygenation\Baking Paint\Grind\Oil Blooming , etc. |
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Manufacturing Methods |
Investment Casting, Die Casting, Sand Casting, Stamping, CNC Machining, Forging, |
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Specification |
OEM & Custom According to Drawing or Samples |
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Package |
Standard Export Carton/According to customer' s requirement
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General Parts Co., Limited is a professional supplier specialized in manufacturing and exporting of various custom-made-products metal and plastic products, Located in the East of China, Ningbo city which is famous for the second biggest container port in China.
We can manufacture casting, forging, die casting, stamping, and precision machined parts. Which is widely used for Automobile, Medical, earthmover, petroleum, electricity Industry, and in long-term business with foreign customers from North America and west Europe, we are exactly know what's the customer requirement when they provide drawings and material specification. And our engineering dept. Can suggest the best process and technology to make the component or any design changing if necessary. Most of our products are exported to Canada, USA, and Europe Union Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Turkey, Finland, Switzerland, etc. And win good reputation among our customers.
The material available are: Carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, ductile iron, gray iron, copper, brass, aluminum; Zinc, kinds of alloys, etc. Its standards cover JIS, ASTM, DIN, EN, SAE, as well as Chinese GB. The materials available for plastic are ABS, POM, PET, PVC, PE, PA (PA6.6), TPE, PU, etc
Available surface treatment: Coating, plating, hot DIP galvanizing, polishing, dull brushed, shot. Sand, blast blasting passivation, anodizing, phosphate coating etc.
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