Material: Cast Stainless Steel Process: Lost Wax Investment Casting Weight: 1.50 kg Heat Treatment: Solution
Cast Stainless Steel Investment Casting from China Iron and Steel Foundry
Cast Stainless Steel Investment Casting with OEM Custom and CNC Precision Machining Services.
Investment Casting Technical Data at RMC | |
R&D | Software: Solidworks, CAD, Procast, Pro-e |
Lead Time for Development and Samples: 25 to 35 days | |
Molten Metal | Ferritic Stainless Steel, Martensitic Stainless Steel, Austenitic stainless steel, Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steel, Duplex Stainless Steel |
Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, Tool Steel, Heat Resistant Steel, | |
Nickle-base Alloy, Aluminium Alloy, Copper-base Alloy, Cobalt-base Alloy | |
Metal Standard | ISO, GB, ASTM, SAE, GOST EN, DIN, JIS, BS |
Material for Shell Building | Silica Sol (Precipitated Silica ) |
Water Glass (Sodium Silicate) | |
Mixtures of Silica Sol and Water Glass | |
Technical Parameter | Piece Weight: 2 gram to 200 kilo gram |
Max Dimension: 1,000 mm for Diameter or Length | |
Min Wall Thickness: 1.5mm | |
Casting Roughness: Ra 3.2-6.4, Machining Roughness: Ra 1.6 | |
Tolerance of Casting: VDG P690, D1/CT5-7 | |
Tolerance of Machining: ISO 2768-mk/IT6 | |
Inner Core: Ceramic Core, Urea Core, Water Soluble Wax Core | |
Heat Treatment | Normalizing, Tempering, Quenching, Annealing, Solution, Carburization. |
Surface Treatment | Polishing, Sand / Shot Blasting, Zinc Plating, Nickel Plating, Oxidation Treatment, Phosphating, Powder Painting, Geormet, Anodizing |
Dimension Testing | CMM, Vernier Caliper, Inside Caliper. Depth Gage, Height Gage, Go/No go Gage, Special Fixtures |
Chemical Inspection | Chemical Compostion Analysis (20 chemical elements), Cleanliness Inspection, X-ray Radiographic Inspection, Carbon-Sulfur Analyser |
Physical Inspection | Dynamic Balancing, Static Blancing, Mechanical Properties (Hardness, Yield Strength, Tensile Strength), Elongation |
Production Capacity | More than 250 tons per month, more than 3,000 tons annually. |
▶ Capabilities of Stainless Steel Investment Casting Foundry
• Max Size: 1,000 mm × 800 mm × 500 mm
• Weight Range: 0.5 kg - 100 kg
• Annual Capacity: 2,000 tons
• Bond Materials for Shell Building: Silica Sol, Water Glass and their mixtures.
• Tolerances: On Request.
▶ Main Production Procedure of Stainless Steel Investment Casting
• Patterns & Tooling Design → Metal Die Making → Wax Injection → Slurry Assembly → Shell Building → De-Waxing → Chemical Composition Analysis → Melting & Pouring → Cleaning, Grinding & Shot Blasting → Post Processing or Packing for Shipment
▶ Inspecting Stainless Steel Lost Wax Castings
• Spectrographic and manual quantitative analysis
• Metallographic analysis
• Brinell, Rockwell and Vickers hardness inspection
• Mechanical property analysis
• Low and normal temperature impact testing
• Cleanliness inspection
• UT, MT and RT inspection
▶ Post-Casting Process
• Deburring & Cleaning
• Shot Blasting / Sand Peening
• Heat Treatment: Normalization, Quench, Tempering, Carburization, Nitriding
• Surface Treatment: Passivation, Anodizing, Electroplating, Hot Zinc Plating, Zinc Plating, Nickel Plating, Polishing, Electro-Polishing, Painting, GeoMet, Zintec.
• Machining: Turning, Milling, Lathing, Drilling, Honing, Grinding.
▶ Advantages of Steel Investment Casting Components:
• Excellent and smooth surface finish
• Tight dimensional tolerances.
• Complex and intricate shapes with design flexibility
• Capability to cast thin walls therefore a lighter casting component
• Wide selection of cast metals and alloys (ferrous and non-ferrous)
• Draft is not required in the molds design.
• Reduce the need for secondary machining.
• Low material waste.
▶ Why You Choose RMC for Steel Custom Lost Wax Casting Parts?
• Full solution from one single supplier ranging customized pattern design to finished castings and secondary process including CNC machining, heat treatment and surface treatment.
• Costdown proposals from our professional engineers based on your unique requirement.
• Short leadtime for prototype, trial casting and any possible technical improvement.
• Bonded Materials: Silica Col, Water Glass and their mixtures.
• Manufacturing flexibility for small orders to mass orders.
• Strong outsourcing manufacturing capabilities.
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