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INVESTMENT DIE CAST
Investment casting is also called precision casting, or lost wax casting. The process starts from creating a wax pattern like the shape of desired component. Attaching the wax model to the sprue repeatedly to form tree assembling. Dipping the assembly into liquid ceramic to form a protective layer and removing the wax by heating in the oven. Then caster will fill the shell with liquid metal and cool in the room temperature. Finally cutting the shell to get solid shape components.
There are lots of investment casting advantages. For example, It is good for complex design products. Investment casting is used if you need zero draft angles on the part, something die casting cannot offer. Investment is more suited to lower volume quantities since the tooling is less but the part prices is higher than die casting.
Investment Casting Benefits
Investment Casting offers greater design freedom (complex intricate shapes easily as well as assemblies cast as one part), greater investment casting alloy selection to best meet your investment casting application), improved surface finishes and a greater opportunity for cost and weight reduction. Also known as lost wax Investment Casting, investment Castings will enhance the design and the performance of your mechanical components. Consolidated Casting offers Investment Castings to precision tolerances of +/- .005 inch per inch and to machined like surfaces of 125 RMS.
Weight Reduction
Thin wall IC steel castings offer maximum strength to weight ratios
Premium Casting Tolerances
Tolerances of .003 – .005″ can reduce or eliminate costly secondary machining and can often result in a new cast part with little or no waste of material.
Excellent Design Flexibility
– Consolidated Casting Corporation has the ability to cast complex shapes and eliminate multi-part fabrications and sub-assemblies
– Investment castings can better satisfy fit, form and functional requirements
– Duplicated precisely in small numbers (hundreds, thousands or even millions)
With proportionate cost advantages
– No concessions need to be made for draft angles or other alternative process limitations
Lower Tooling & Part Cost
– Tooling for molding of the required wax patterns
– Is often less expensive than conventional die cast tooling
– Is produced in less time than other types of pattern tooling, resulting in shorter lead times
– Can be single cavity manual operation or multi-cavity automatic tooling
– Can reduce total costs for finished parts
– Has potential life expectancy up to 50 years and one million pieces,
Investment Die cast Manufacturer
Shakti Enterprise is an Investment die cast manufacturer that has specialized in investment castings with ferrous grades such as carbon steel, Alloy steel, stainless steel, super alloys, hast alloy, and monels. The company has endeavored to provide high quality products through rigorous quality assurance using testing processes such as single spark spectrometer, Universal testing machines, hardness testing, die penetration testing and many more.
Our vision is to be a global leader in castings manufacturing by offering the highest quality products in the market. We have a mission to have the best customer service, through efficient sales processes, ethical business practices and customer satisfaction. We have achieved this level through teamwork and highly trained and dedicated staff.
ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT CASTING
Design flexibility
Investment casting produces near-net-shape configurations, offering designers and engineers freedom of design in a wide range of alloys. The process is capable of producing precise detail and dimensional accuracy in parts weighing many pounds or just a few ounces.
Wide choice of alloys
many dozens of ferrous alloys are routinely cast at Hitchiner.
Elimination of tooling setup
By offering near-net-shape configuration, fixturing costs are substantially reduced or eliminated.
Reduction of production costs
Costly machining operations are reduced and often eliminated. No capital equipment investment is needed to produce parts in-house.
Reduction of assembly operations
Several parts can be made as one casting, reducing handling, assembly and inspection costs.
Reproduction of fine details
Splines, holes, bosses, lettering, serrations and even some threads can be cast.
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