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All
Casting Process & Costing Data
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| Process |
Appearance
& Finish |
Cost |
Applications |
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Die
Casting |
Excellent
can be finished with variety of mechanical, plated, chemical or
organic finishes. |
High equipment cost, High Tool cost& low labor cost. Low parts cost
on high activity items. Machining, Grinding & other operations usually not necessary |
Structure
parts, machine elements& decorative members & parts for automotive, business, machine electrical appliance & all other high
production industrial & consumer
products. |
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Permanent
mold Casting |
Usually
machined or ground but left with
base metal surface. |
Medium
equipment cost, high tool cost, high
labour cost. Fairly high part cost |
For parts similar to sand casting but
which must have superior surface
finish, closer tolerances &
better strength in as cast condition. |
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Sand
Casting |
Inferior
to die or permanent mold castings.
usually machined or ground but left
with base metal surface. |
Low
tool cost, high equipment cost, high
labour cost part cost between those
of die casting & precision
castings. |
Gear,
framing members, housing motor blocs & structural members when cast
structure having relatively low
strength & resistance to impact
satisfactory. Usually limited to cost iron & cast steel for industrial equipment. |
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Plaster
Mold Casting |
Excellent |
Low
tool cost, low equipment cost, high
labour cost, fairly high parts
cost. |
Various engineering parts, mostly of brass
alloys. |
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Precision
Investment Casting |
Equal
to die castings, but usually left
with base metal surface. |
Low
equipment cost. low tooling cost, high labour cost, high part cost. |
Small intricate parts made in limited
quantities, usually from high alloy
metals such as stainless steel.
Inconel Hostelly etc. |
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& D Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
B/9
1st Floor Parsi Panchyat Complex,
Nr, Jasoda nagar,
G.I.D.C. Road, Vatva
Ahmedabad 382 445 (Gujarat) INDIA
Phone : +91-79-25830217
Fax : +91-79-25830217
E mail : info@pdepl.com,
pdengineers@gmail.com |
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