Investment Casting
01
![Tool Room](/Areas/UploadedImage/AEP/Infrastructure_toolroom.jpg)
Tool Room
Fully equipped tool room with
- 3D CAD/CAM facility to design tooling as per client drawings/samples.
- CNC Turning and Milling Centers to machine forged aluminum dies for the investment casting unit, wooden and aluminum patterns for the no-bake sand casting unit and cast iron patterns for the shell molding unit as per CAM generated programs.
02
![Wax Pattern Injection](/Areas/UploadedImage/AEP/Infrastructure_investmentcasting_waxpatterninjection.jpg)
Wax Pattern Injection
Central AC wax injection room with precision temperature control to prevent dimensional variations in wax patterns equipped with
- Multiple auto and manual injection presses with facility for horizontal and vertical injection of patterns.
- Facility to cool automatic injection dies to allow for bulk production.
03
![Wax Assembly](/Areas/UploadedImage/AEP/Infrastructure_investmentcasting_waxassembly.jpg)
Wax Assembly
A well-ventilated assembly room with multiple assembling stations to assemble patterns into trees as per approved route-cards.
04
![Coating](/Areas/UploadedImage/AEP/Infrastructure_investmentcasting_coating.jpg)
Coating
Separate coating rooms for pre-coat and backup coat application have been setup with
- Various Slurry pots, slurry mixers, rainfall machine and fluidized beds.
- Manipulator to handle large size shells.
- Separate rooms for pre-coat and backup coat drying.
05
![Dewaxing](/Areas/UploadedImage/AEP/Infrastructure_investmentcasting_dewaxing.jpg)
Dewaxing
A shell-type boiler and autoclave for de-waxing of shells without causing cracks.
06
![Melting](/Areas/UploadedImage/AEP/Infrastructure_investmentcasting_melting.jpg)
Melting
- Multiple Gas-fired shell firing furnaces to pre-heat shells before pouring.
- Multiple medium frequency induction furnaces (Inducto-therm make) with 300 kg crucibles for melting of scrap.
- PMI machine for effective screening of scrap before loading into furnace
- Multiple pyrometers to ensure right pouring temperature
- CCD based Spectrometer from BRUKER, Germany with capacity of analyzing 27 elements (including Nitrogen).
07
![Fettling](/Areas/UploadedImage/AEP/Infrastructure_investmentcasting_Fettling.jpg)
Fettling
Fettling shop equipped with
- Multiple pneumatic knockout machines, heavy duty disc cutting machines
- Heavy-duty bench grinders
- Multiple swing grinders with two stations
- Multiple belt grinders with two stations each
- Multiple shot blasting machines