Graphite Permanent Mold Aluminum Castings
Do you require castings for your product with a short lead time? Then a graphite mold aluminum casting process may be the casting method of choice.
Why settle for a fragile SLA model when you can get production ready graphite molds cut within a 4 week time frame. The actual aluminum or zinc aluminum alloy castings will be exact to your end product.
Real Life Application
The Charles Loomis Company needed metal components for a new lighting fixture that was to become a part of displays in Nordstrom department stores, they approved the graphite permanent mold casting process and ultimately, approached Castechnologties, Inc. to get engineering design assistance and machined castings
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While our competitor quoted $100.00 plus for a set of four parts (two inner and one each of the two outer machined castings), we came in at $40.00 for the set and we were able to accomplish this by utilizing two molds, one two cavity mold for the higher volume inner component and one two cavity family mold for the two outer components. A common machining fixture enables Castechnologies to minimize the CNC machining set-ups, also helping with short production lead-times. The project was helped along with excellent CAD files which were supplied by the customer. Clean files assist us to produce the parts to the exact configuration that the customer has specified. In the casting of these parts, we then shipped machined samples with the production run of over a thousand sets of parts. With complete files and utilizing CNC capabilities in both the mold shop and in the machine shop, the fit and finish was exactly what Charles Loomis required for their product. Samples and production parts were delivered in a seven week (and one day) period of time. We are looking forward to seeing our product at local Nordstrom stores by mid summer.
For more information , please use the alloy and process charts to best select an alloy to comply with your application needs. Be sure to also view our video on graphite mold aluminium casting.
Please contact Dick Palmer for assistance with your casting project. PDF and 3D files of your design can be sent to: Palmer Associates, 142 Main Street, Suite 302, Nashua, NH 03060 or call toll free: (888) 494-0414
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