Light Metal Alloy Investment Casting

CASTING PROCESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gravity in Vacuum
By using vacuum gravity, the mould is placed in a tank which is then put into a vacuum. Then one mould after the other is cast.

Low-Pressure & Vacuum Casting
By using a combination of low and vacuum counter-pressure, this process was developed by Microcast and constructed following an important research programme which was carried out in the late eighties. This installation allows pieces with sizes of 1m3 to be cast with high mechanical properties (premium castings). This low pressure and counter-pressure vacuum casting machine is entirely managed by computer, since each piece uses a casting cycle which is recorded and identically reproduced each time. This equipment allows pieces to be cast in a way that was not possible to achieve before, in a lost-wax foundry. It is a world-wide innovation without precedence.

High Mechanical Properties Shell process « CERAMCAST »
High characteristics process a result of consequent research, one facility has its own technology in the field of high mechanical properties.
Based on principles recognized by the metal industry, this facility produces by the way, parts of structure meeting the highest criteria of "Premium Castings" by the mechanical resistance and very good performance.


HIGH MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Alloy : AS7G06
Treatment : Quench + Ageing (T61)

  Thickness
Characteristics 2 mm 5 mm 14 mm
Rm (Mpa)
340 330 330
Rp 0,2 (Mpa) 300 290 290
A % 6 5 3

*Synthesis of the Results obtained from parts dissection