Honorable Mention Trough Mount ng Bracketacket
ough Mounting Bri
Franklin Bronze Precision Components Franklin, Pennsylvania
Material: SAE 304 stainless steel. Process: Investment casting. Weight: 3 lbs.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 3 x 3 in.
Application: Structural part for material handlin • T e original trough mounting br
erting to a stainless steel in estment casting educed part count fr m nine to one
educed tructural part for material handling.
e original trough mounting bracket was fabr cated fr carbon steel or stainless steel bar stock and then ma- e welded parts suff ered fr m problematic
• Converting to a stainless steel investment casting reduced part count from nine to one, reduced weight by 32%, reduced cost by 26%, nearly eliminated ma- hining and successful y met the dimensional
arbon steel or stainless steel bar stock and then ma- chined.hined. T e welded parts suff ered from problematic dimensional repeatability. Co
eight
y 32%, educed cost by 26%, near y eliminated ma- chining, and successfully met the dimensional repeatability requirements.
ket was fabriicated from
Honorable Mention EcoMotors opoc Crankcase Assembly
Tooling & Equipment International (TEI), Livonia, Michigan Material: A356-T6.
Process: Low pressure sand casting. Weight: Assembly comprises four unique castings (6 in total) weighing 123 lbs. Dimensions: 47 x 22 x 20 in. Application: New engine main assembly for transporta- tion, off -highway and
tion, off -highway and power generation.
• First castings wer
irst castings were produced two weeks from the release of data
using 3-D printed sand technology
• using 3-D printed
and casting solidifi a- tion modeling.
and casting solidifi ca-
that allo ed the customer to quickly evaluate the design and test the product. ■
In total In total,, seven engine sets were produced that allowed the customer to quickly evaluate
se en engine sets were produced May/Jun 2017 | METAL CASTING DESIGN & PURCHASING | 29
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