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Reduce Your Product Costs with 2-Step Pre-Casting

Written by Vostermans Alu Foundries | Oct 28, 2024 10:43:40 AM

What Is 2-Step Pre-Casting?

Our 2-step Pre-Casting technique lowers high investment costs by eliminating the need for pre-milling raw materials in the casting process. Instead, we use sand casting to produce near-net parts, followed by a comprehensive X-ray quality check.

Casting Near Net Shape Parts Using Sand Casting

This method reduces material waste and machine time. Additionally, sand molds eliminate the need for expensive tooling, making this approach cost-effective, even for smaller production runs. This enables suppliers to offer more competitive pricing, while manufacturers benefit from significant cost reductions.

X-ray Quality Check

By integrating X-ray inspection early in the process, we minimize defects such as blowholes, reducing interruptions during the precision milling stage.

The result is high-quality, cost-effective semi-finished parts, ready for precision milling.