Capabilities
Finishing
Every casting is separated from its gating and risers, and the flash and parting-line metal are removed. We grind from coarse to fine and shot blast to the finish your part needs.
The result is a clean base for whatever comes next: machining, heat treatment, plating, powder coating, anodizing or wet paint.
Finishing protects parts from corrosion, UV and chemicals, improves their appearance and hides small flaws from the casting process.
More capabilities
- Sand castingGreen sand for repeat parts and air-set (no-bake) for larger, complex or low-volume castings.
- Permanent moldGravity-fed die casting for repeat parts with tighter tolerances and a better finish than sand.
- CNC machiningIn-house CNC turning and milling, planned together with the casting.
- Heat treatmentCertified furnaces bring castings to the strength your print calls for, in-house.
- Prototypes & toolingCast aluminum prototypes in about a week, and tooling built and maintained in-house.
Related reading
What Is An Alloy
A metal alloy tends to be harder/stronger and more durable than pure metal because the mixture has atoms of different sizes. Alloys also provide resistance to corrosive environments and can improve appearance of products, as they are lustrous and contain a better finish.
Read the article →When to use castings vs. machining
When does it make sense for a part to be a casting versus a machined or fabricated part? Identifying complex parts or parts that waste raw materials is an easy first step to determine a good candidate for conversion.
Read the article →Why Aluminum?
Aluminum applications span from everyday items like fuel-efficient vehicles to smart phones to window frames to airplanes. It has a long list of inherent assets that makes it referred to as a “miracle metal” – lightweight, corrosion resistant, easily formed, highly conductive, highly reflective, non-toxic, durable and recyclable – and gives manufacturers and designers a wide range of options for product innovation and process improvements.
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