machined-investment-castings

The casting process is an essential part of metalworking. This process holds the ability to create a variety of complex parts in a wide selection of metals for countless industries. Sometimes, castings can be utilized in the exact form that they leave the mold. They often, however, need to be machined in order for the […]

Before you can truly appreciate the beauty of machined castings, you’ll need to understand the importance of the casting process as a part of metalworking. This process makes it possible to produce a wide variety of complex metal components in a vast array of metal selections for many industries. Although castings can be used in […]

Ferralloy, Inc. is producing investment cast, internal valve components for an international Pressure Relief Valve manufacturer in the oil and gas industry. The ‘high lift disc’ components are cast in 17-4 stainless steel, machined, and heat treated to the customer’s drawing specifications and hardness requirements. These investment castings are purchased in lot sizes between 10,000 […]

There are a variety of applications where heat resistant castings are needed. Especially when temperatures reach extremely high levels, making sure that components in the equipment being used will withstand the circumstances is important in order to ensure the manufacturing process is successfully accomplished. What kind of applications benefit from heat resistant castings? The focus […]

Ferralloy, Inc. is currently shipping machined Type 316 stainless steel investment castings to a major US food equipment manufacturer. Ferralloy, Inc. is providing six (6) machined investment castings to this customer from an inventory stocking program. The investment castings in this program weigh between 10 ounces and 3.26 pounds each. The photographs show the intricacies […]

Machined castings include a number of services and factors. Thus, in searching for the best company to deal with this matter, it is essential that you look for an on-site and full-service machine shop with the ability to machine a variety of alloys, as well as, to machine enormous castings up to 4500 kilograms. The […]

A large manufacturer of industrial motors requested Ferralloy, Inc. to redesign an internal motor component, so as to eliminate a large portion of the machining required to finish it.By utilizing the investment casting process, the company was able to reduce the weight of the casting and actually ‘cast in’ a few features that were machined […]

Plaster mold castings are machined castings that combine gypsum and enhancing compounds to create a mold. A pure plaster is not very strong; therefore, a combination of plaster and additives are used to enhance castability, permeability, dry strength, and green strength. For instance, magnesium oxide or talc is sometimes added to reduce setting time and […]

Producing a quality machined castings surface does not only deal with the metal used, but it is also affected by a lot of factors. It’s always a group effort that includes the customer, materials used, the process performed, and the efficiency of the producer. Since the areas that you need to finish machining require that […]

Machined castings of metals involve an intricate process wherein molten metal is poured into a mold that has a hollow cavity of the preferred geometrical shape. After such a process, it is processed to form a solidified component. The word “casting” is likewise used to define or refer the part made by the machine casting […]